Category: Grand Tour 2023
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Day 15: Sydney, Australia
February 10, 2023 — Hello and good morning on another beautiful day in Sydney, Australia! I woke up with a plan to head to the wharf in Circular Quay and just get on whatever ferry struck my fancy to head to the beach. Turned out, the ferry that I wanted that morning was heading to…
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Day 14: Sydney, Australia
February 9, 2023 — On my first full day in Sydney, I booked in for the I’m Free Walking Tour that runs daily at 10:30am. I booked it the day before and got the last slot available for the day! As the name implies, it’s free, but they still have you sign up for a…
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Day 13: Sydney, Australia
February 8, 2023 — When I finally got myself and my bag (which wound up squished to the back of the luggage area) off the coach, I made my way to the bathroom first and to the hostel second. I settled my bags into a locker for safe storage while I waited for it to…
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Between Day 12 & 13: Overnight Bus Melbourne to Sydney
February 7 to February 8, 2023 — When I arrived back in Melbourne, high off the awesomeness of my Great Ocean Road tour, it was 7:30pm. I had two hours to kill until I got on the Greyhound bus that would take me on an overnight journey to Sydney. My plan was to head to…
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Day 12: The Great Ocean Road, Day Two
Pssst…if you haven’t read Day 1 yet, go read that here first! February 7, 2023 — I love making early-morning memories. The day before, a few of us were talking about taking a sunrise swim at the beach just a couple blocks from our hostel. It ended up being just two of us, but it…
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Day 11: The Great Ocean Road, Day One
February 6, 2023 — My Great Ocean Road (GOR) trip was supposed to start bright and early at 6:15am when I got all my stuff out of my dorm, ate breakfast, and met the tour bus. Except I woke up at 6:45am (thanks Mom & Dad for the call) and rushed to make sure I…
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Day 10: Melbourne, Australia (last day!)
February 5, 2023 — On my last full day in Melbourne, I went a little nuts. I had another quiet morning with breakfast at the hostel before I headed out on a little walk. I made my way down to the Yarra River, since I had been wanting to walk along it. It wasn’t raining,…
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Day 9: Melbourne, Australia
February 4, 2023 — I had a slow morning to start the day, and headed out on my adventures after lunch. I was planning to head to the Royal Botanic Gardens, since I’d heard they were beautiful. However, when I got off the tram at the station, I was sidetracked by the Shrine of Remembrance.…
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Day 8: Melbourne, Australia
February 3, 2023 — I had to switch rooms in the morning, with a checkout time of 12:00pm and a check-back-in time of 2:00pm. I spent some time in the morning packing my stuff up, then wandered down to the kitchen for breakfast. I “checked out” around 11:00am and left my bag at the hostel.…
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Day 7: Melbourne, Australia
February 2, 2023 — Melbourne, as I discovered over the next few days, is not the warmest spot to spend an Aussie summer. I hit a little bit of a bad patch as well, I think, but this morning dawned with the threat of rain. A check of the weather indicated that it was going…
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