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Port Macquarie

The Best and Worst of Australian Hostels

February 17, 2012 by Caroline 9 Comments

**This post has been updated in May 2014 to reflect the places I stayed on my most recent trip. Some locations have since closed.** I stayed in more hostels in Australia than I ever care to count. Some were great, some were disgusting and some weren't really memorable. In this post I will break … [Read more...] about The Best and Worst of Australian Hostels

Filed Under: Adelaide, Agnes Water, Airlie Beach, Alice Springs, Australia, backpacking, best, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Cairns, Canberra, Cape Tribulation, Coffs Harbour, hostels, Magnetic Island, Melbourne, Mission Beach, Newcastle, Noosa, overrated, Port Macquarie, Rainbow Beach, Surfers Paradise, Townsville

Where I Slept in Australia

January 5, 2012 by Caroline 7 Comments

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 his dad graciously let me sleep until I found my own pad. I got very … [Read more...] about Where I Slept in Australia

Filed Under: Adelaide, Alice Springs, Australia, backpacking, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Canberra, Coober Pedy, hostels, Newcastle, Noosa, photo friday, Port Macquarie, Surfers Paradise, Sydney, Whitsundays Tagged With: Australia

Home Sweet Ozzie Pozzie

October 10, 2011 by Caroline 4 Comments

I'm not even sure why I decided to stop in Port Macquarie. I had just spent three days in tiny Newcastle, so I wanted something bigger, but wasn't ready to take the nearly ten hour bus to Byron Bay. I just booked a few nights there, just in case I didn't like it. Unfortunately, the bus didn't … [Read more...] about Home Sweet Ozzie Pozzie

Filed Under: Australia, backpacking, hostels, Port Macquarie

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Hi, I'm Caroline. I'm a professional storyteller, sharing experiences from life abroad and my own backyard. This blog began as a way to document my twenties as I lived in a city I adored and attended college. But from there, it developed into a journal of my travels as well as my ideas about life … Read more about About Caroline

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