Vagabonding Field Reports: 6 months in sydney - Part 1

(Sydney - Harbor Bridge) Cost/day: $75-250 (depending on lodging and meals) Hello and g-day from down under! How are you going? That last bit, “how are you going” always trips me up - I never know whether to answer to “how are you doing” or “where are you going”. I’ve been living in Sydney since...

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Moving to Bali

When most people (outside of Australia) think of Bali, they tend to think of a tropical island paradise, dense with brightly-colored birds and laughing brown faces. Maybe they think of Elizabeth Gilbert's ubiquitous Eat, Pray, Love or Susan Golden Gelman's Tales of a Female Nomad or a destination wedding. In Australia, many people pop over...

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Deliver the mail in outback Australia

Do you yearn for the red desert of the isolated Australian outback? Want a weird experience that might lead you to a promising career choice? Consider delivering the mail (for a day) on a 550 km (that's 342 miles, for Americans) round trip leaving from Broken Hill, NSW , a town familiar to anyone who's...

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My World competition through BBC World Service

The BBC says: "No-one sees the world the way you do. BBC World Service wants to see things from your perspective - and create a unique picture of our lives today across the planet." Here's the rest of the info, including the link to enter the competition . We are asking you to use any...

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