December 2009

December 31, 2009 · 5 comments

Casterton, My Home

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With my future travel aspirations luring me off to the greater world I often wonder if I will miss home. After reading a post by Candice on How Do You Define Home the other day it made me think about it even more. I grew up in a little country town called Casterton which is recognized as the birthplace of the Kelpie breed of Australian Working Dog. With just on ...

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December 29, 2009 · 5 comments

Moving House to Save Money

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As I had begun the task of sorting through what to do with all of my belongings and working out what I was keeping, selling and throwing away, the next step was to save money. After all money is the big killer on my travel goals and without it I’m not going to be able to afford the plane ticket let alone survive in Europe. My first money saving tip ...

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December 25, 2009 · 5 comments

Merry Christmas Everyone

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Just a quick shout out to everyone to say Merry Christmas. Where ever you are on this fine day may your belly be full, your glass raised high in celebration and most of all that your happy and healthy. I look forward to celebrating Christmas with some of you next year, it can be my shout at the bar http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottfeldstein/ / CC BY 2.0

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December 24, 2009 · 1 comment

Travel Blogger Friday #3

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Well its that time again, Travel Blogger Friday make that Thursday. With Christmas upon us I have brought this weeks contestant on theaussienomad.com forward a day. This week we have Michael from The Mobile Lawyer. I thought it fitting that Michael’s post on Rental Car Insurance in Oz be posted today. You see as I was headed out to begin the long list of duties my parents had bestowed upon ...

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December 23, 2009 · 8 comments

Travel Should Be About The Little Things

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As the next few days temperature starts to warm up or more commonly known as perfect beer drinking weather in Australia. I am reminded how hot weather and Christmas go hand in hand here in the land down under. We wake Christmas morning to the sun beating down, dress in shorts and a singlet, before running to greet the gifts Santa has brought us. Followed is a lunch, a great ...

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December 21, 2009 · 12 comments

What To Do With All My Belongings

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Having made the great decision to travel the world I was feeling pretty excited. I had told my family and begun the task of deciding where to go first. Then that excitement turned into an oh my god moment. What to do with all of my belongings. The ute I have a loan for, the furniture, the bills and an endless list of other bits and pieces that I was ...

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