Australia: The Last of the Best Bits

We ended our fantastic trip with a day out to the Great Barrier Reef. This has always been a bucket list item and now I can say I have done it!

We snorkeled, scuba dived and swam with an array of beautifully coloured sea life. It was so lovely to see.

However, I feel we were ten years too late to the party. The reef (especially at the pontoon we visited) didn't have a lot of colour to it, like I imagined it would have. I think a combination of the sun bleaching the reef and thousands of tourists had simply ruined it. 

Don't get me wrong though, it was still a sight to behold - which I will never forget.

 

 

The Great Barrier Reef marked the end of the most amazing three and a half weeks in Oz.

Australia - you were simply the best and we will definitely be back. Maybe to live?


K x

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Australia: The Best Bits (Part II)

 

All of the drone photos are courtesy of our lovely friend Deb of Toes on the Sand - such a fantastic photographer - check her out!

I hope that these photos really give the places we visited some justice.

Following some time in Melbourne we jumped on a train down along the coast to Ocean Grove. We stayed with an amazing friend who put us up for a few days and even invited us to her Australia Day beach BBQ party. We paddle boarded for the first time, played beach cricket, flew the drone and genuinely had the most amazing day and met so many new and fantastic people.

After a relaxing few days, they all managed to convince us to head north to Queensland to see the Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef instead of heading back to Hong Kong - who am I kidding, we didn't need convincing in the slightest. 

Best. Decision. Ever.

Paradise is the best way to describe the Whitsundays. The majority of my photos were taken on the beautiful Whitehaven Beach. Crystal blue waters and white silica sand that squeaks as you walk upon it - need I say more? Actually, I might. The sand is so fine that you can exfoliate with it and even clean your jewelry. Ah-mazing.

As you can probably tell, we literally had the time of our lives.

See you in the next post.

K x

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Australia: The Best Bits (Part I)

Couple of monkeys just arsing around.

Just over a month ago me and Jack sat down and booked a one way ticket to Sydney, leaving the very next day. We have never done anything so last minute in our lives and it was exhilarating!

What we didn't know is that we would fall head over heels in love with Australia.

We spent time between Sydney, Melbourne, Ocean Grove and Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays and we certainly didn't hold back on any of the opportunities and adventures that came our way.

We got to experience the Australian Open, visit Taronga Zoo, sipped cocktails at the Opera Bar, experienced the Moonlight Cinema, paddle boarded near the Great Ocean Road, celebrated Australia Day with amazing friends, sailed the Whitsundays and dived on the Great Barrier Reef - just to name a few! It was simply amazing.

I have selected a few (maybe around a thousand) photos that depict our time in Australia perfectly. So please keep an eye out for further posts on our amazing adventure down under.

Enjoy...

K x

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A Little Christmas Adventure to Bali: Part III

Sorry for the lateness of this post. Jack and I have been enjoying a last minute adventure to Australia, but I will tell you all about that in the future!

Anyway, lets get down to the final installment of our trip to Bali over Christmas. As with the two previous posts, the latter part of our holiday was also filled with socialising and eating a lot of food. Standard.

I also managed to capture some pretty amazing sunsets and take a good few selfies.

This snap was taken in Motel Mexicola, a quirky little Mexican near the centre of Seminyak. We enjoyed some tasty tacos and a yummy cocktail or two.

After a few drinks and two new friends later, we made our way down to Potato Head (in the rain) - a highly popular bar and restaurant. I ordered the best looking and tasting cocktail on the menu, Espresso Martini, with a yummy cookie to boot. Jack got a little jealous...so the waiter handed him one too.

Looking slightly soaked and bedraggled hiding from the rain.

We didn't want to call it a night so we made our way back to the hotel soaked from the downpour and entered Pop! lounge bar in the hotel basement. We had the whole place to ourselves so we kicked back and enjoyed our last drink. That was after I took a snap of the bar area...

Cool eh!?

The next day arrived and so did the miserable weather. We found it so difficult to do things when it wasn't sunny, so we took advantage of our hotel cinema. A comfy sixteen seater with waitress service. Now that is what I call a perfect rainy afternoon well spent.

The cinema came with big comfy reclining rocking chairs and a nice little blanket to snuggle under.

We didn't get to choose the film but we were pretty happy with the whole set up.

We greedily ordered some popcorn and a butt naked dog to share with a lovely fresh cold Bintang too. Perfect.

Once the rain cleared up we put on our glad rags and headed for a nearby restaurant - Sambal Shrimp. A traditional Balinese type restaurant with extra tasty food.

I told you we ate a lot!

We munched our way through some beautifully fresh calamari and a spicy shrimp noodle dish until the main man arrived consisting of garlic buttered shrimp with rice and a fresh salad. The food was superb and so tasty. I would certainly recommend giving it a try.