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Caroline Eubanks is the blogger behind Caroline in the City and a freelance writer. This native Atlantan spent four years at university in Charleston before choosing a life of perpetual travel. After a summer volunteering in Thailand and sailing in Croatia, she made the move to spend a year in Australia. Read more.Popular Topics
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Category Archives: Australia
Photo Essay: Where I Slept in Oz
In my almost year in Australia, I slept a lot of places. Dozens of hostels, a few floors, friends’ apartments, two boats, tents, swags and countless cities. It all started in Sydney at Tommy’s house in Petersham, where he and … Continue reading
Posted in Adelaide, Alice Springs, Australia, backpacking, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Canberra, Coober Pedy, hostels, Newcastle, Noosa, photo friday, Port Macquarie, Surfers Paradise, Sydney, Whitsundays
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2011: My Year in Review
How do I even begin to describe this year? I’m still processing it myself, so this post will serve as a Cliffs Notes version of my year, in case you missed it. I will be getting into what’s next for … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, backpacking
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Photo Essay: Christmas in Sydney
While I’m no longer in Sydney, the city was already getting ready for Christmas. I saw one particular bus decked out inside and out for Christmas, with tinsel lining on the railings and pictures of Santa taped on the windows. … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Christmas, photo friday, Sydney
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Photo Essay: Convicts and Spraypaint
Something I found fascinating about Sydney is that there are dozens of islands around it, mostly owned by the state government. Cockatoo Island, the largest of these islands, has had many lives, including stints as a prison for the thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in art, Australia, photo friday, Sydney
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Touring the Sydney Opera House
In my rainy last week in Sydney, I was getting stir crazy and needed to explore, even if it meant getting wet. I bundled up as best I could and went to Circular Quay to explore a building I had … Continue reading
3 Ways to See the Bridge
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, second only to the Opera House, and is known affectionately as the Coathanger. It was one of the first things I saw on my train ride … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, bridge, Sydney
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Conquering Fears in Cairns
After a long month and a half of traveling completely by bus, I was more than ready to be in Cairns. I was finally traveling solo and had no clue what I was going to do now that I finally … Continue reading
Video: Alice Springs to Adelaide
Here is a very long overdue video about my trip from Alice Springs to Adelaide with Groovy Grape. At this rate, the rest of my Australia videos should be up by 2013… Related Reading: Caroline in the Outback Planning a … Continue reading
Posted in Alice Springs, Australia
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Tropical Cape Tribulation
My entire knowledge of Cape Tribulation came from a post on Vagabond 3 entitled, “Don’t Panic: How to Survive Cape Tribulation.” I knew it was a tropical rainforest, but past that was ignorant. But a 2 day 1 night visit … Continue reading
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Thankful List 2011
This is the first Thanksgiving I’ve ever missed. Instead of rushing from one set of grandparents to the other, stuffing myself silly on turkey, hashbrown casserole and buttery Sister Schubert rolls, I’m having a few beers with my fellow travel … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, fall, family
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