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Last Days on Hayman Island
It will be exactly 3 months and 3 weeks when we depart Hayman Island on Monday morning, but it feels like only yesterday we were unpacking our bags and getting our uniforms for work. Now we are starting to pack up, clean our rooms and plan the next phase of our journey. Many of our [...]
Birthday Celebrations Down Under
At almost 11 months into our journey here in Australia, today is a day that happens only once a year – my birthday. And while I have celebrated a few birthdays abroad, I would have never imagined that I would be spending my 26th on Hayman Island. Sky diving was the official “gift” from Andrew [...]
Free Falling From 13,000 ft
It’s just another day in the Whitsundays, the sky is clear, the sun is shining, and we’re about to jump out of a plane at 13,000 ft above sea level. How the heck did I get here? I ask myself as I look down at the houses and roads that keep getting smaller and smaller [...]
Canada Day Down Under
It’s 7:30 am on July 1st and Andrew and I are about to embark on a Cruise Whitsunday boat trip out to the Great Barrier Reef to celebrate Canada Day – Australia style. Ourselves along with 5 other Canadians, and one brave Australian, have planned an epic day to celebrate Canada and it’s 143 years [...]
First Print Publication with TNT Down Under Magazine!
After a long day of cleaning rooms, on the first day of rain here on Hayman Island, I checked my email and saw a line that turned my day around, “You’re in TNT Magazine!” After submitting my article on the pros and cons of living and working on a remote island about a month ago, [...]
Hamilton Island – Our Reason for Coming to Australia
After 8 months in Australia, we find ourselves heading to Hamilton Island – the location of the “Best Job in the World” and our reason for packing up our lives and deciding to travel. Andrew and I both applied,(video featured above) and when we weren’t selected as the winners we thought, “What’s stopping us from [...]
