The Nomad

Australia | New Zealand | Asia

"Travel is good for the soul"

‘The adventure capital of the World.’ I peered out of the window as we passed Frankston and headed into Queenstown and saw hand gliders...

We left Franz Josef after 2 nights to enter Haast country. Juilius Von Haast was the first to start mapping this region and named...

By now we could start to see the outline of the Southern Alps. Snow tipped mountains stared down from above as we started to make our way...

Feeling slightly nervous I stepped onto the Air China flight realizing that this would be the first time I would be completely alone on...

‘Everything you would expect and more’. The final long coach journey of the trip took 21 uncomfortable hours; you never get used to the...

The drive to Darwin was the toughest journey yet taking 27 hours by the Greyhound Bus. Along the way we encountered controlled bush fires...

A quick 2 hour trip up the road from Coral Bay is the town of Exmouth. I really don’t think the place is any bigger than my village back...

We booked into the Witches Hat hostel in Northbridge in the suburbs near Hyde park costing $22 per night. The converted house was pretty...

The quiet costal town is surrounded by national parks located north of Brisbane. This was the start of the second leg on our Loka trip...

The only city in Australia that I was really looking forward to visiting. The sports capital of the country hosting F1, Moto GP, the...