Tag: Travel

NOVEMBER

Berridale, Australia Wake up, walk dogs, pack, research visas, vaccine jabs, walk dogs again, repack, apply for visas, make chia pudding (hmm, not enough chia), drive to Canberra, acquire visas, see friends, drive back to Berridale, walk dogs again, repack. Dear Friends, We passed into November halfway through my first full week back in Australia, […]

OCTOBER

October marked the end of the New Zealand season, filled with parties, pack-downs, pack-ups and of course, a road trip or two. Fern Burn Hut The month began at Fern Burn Hut, waking up to rain on the tin roof and clouds settled in the valley. It was going to be a wet hike back […]

The Working Holiday Club – My Experience

I’ve had the strong desire to live overseas for a long time which was  compounded by the  stories and experiences of the foreigners that worked with a lot. As my Marketing degree was wrapping up in the middle of 2021, the late stages of COVID, I, like many others, had the strong desire to escape! […]

The New Ute: the SUV Pickup

Have you ever come across pictures of the new light pick-up trucks that are emerging in the US? Cars such as the Ford Maverick and the Hyundai Santa Cruz… yeah Hyundai has a “pick-up” and from the front, it looks exactly like a Tucson just with the back chopped off. SUVs are at the height […]

The Bugaboos & Conrad Kain Hut

By Rory DiaconoOriginally Published – Feb 14, 2024 Backside of the Hut Located in British Columbia’s Purcell Mountain Range you’ll come across one of the world’s most magical natural wonders that comes in mountain form, The Bugaboo Mountains! The Hut Facilities: All areas are communal where guests are expected to clean, chop wood and shovel […]

Ha Ling Peak

By Rory DiaconoOriginally Published – Jun 27, 2023 Overlooking the town of Canmore, on the Massif of Ehagay Nakoda lies Ha Ling Peak, no we’re not in Tibet, it’s yee-haw Alberta! (although the least yee-haw-ey part…) Ha Ling Peak in Canmore (Bogdan Teodoru 2015) Standing at 2,407 m (7,897 ft) it’s the northernmost peak of […]