Albania was by far the craziest country on our European road-trip to drive in. Cars seemed to have complete disregard for anything in the way of driving etiquette. At one point, whilst en route to Tirana, we witnessed a group of vehicles defy the traffic jam which had developed and opt to drive around a roundabout the wrong way – all of which occurred in front of some rather relaxed looking policemen who were all gathered in …
Over the past three weeks I’ve learnt some pretty important lessons and discovered things about myself which I didn’t even know existed. The first point that I picked up on from my whistle-stop tour of Europe is that I don’t like that style of travelling. Having to leave for a new city or country every single day seemed fun at first but the stress and tiredness that came with it soon started to take it’s …
So far the road trip across Europe has been wildly success. We’ve visited 13 countries so far and accumulated over 2,500 miles on my brand new car (never before used before this trip). I’m writing this post from an apartment which we are renting in Albania, where four of us are staying, but the journey started with only myself and my brother as we set off from our hometown of Newcastle. Our first port of …
I moved out of home at the age of 18. After graduating high school I left my hometown of Bendigo and relocated to Melbourne to attend Melbourne University. It wasn’t a bold or courageous step – to me, it was just the next step that most students from my high school took in their life. […] via Taking Steps to Remove the Unnecessary Ones — defyingdisability
A little while ago I wrote a blog post answering what was then the most popular question posed to me; “why are you in a wheelchair?”. If you’d like to see my answer, you can do so by clicking HERE! There’s now a new question which is possibly overtaken the previous as my new most frequently asked question and that is, “how do you manage with travelling in a wheelchair?” – so I thought I’d …
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Wherever I go in the world I’m always on the lookout for companies that specialise in adapted vehicles. Since getting rid of my car in the back end of 2013 I’ve spent the majority of the past year and a half relying heavily on public transport. For the most part, it’s fine, but sometimes you yearn for the flexibility that a car provides. Despite my searches, it became apparent to me that finding such companies is …
Aharr! I’m back – eventually. I’ve been a bit preoccupied with a whole host of different things, from University assignments, to exams, to side projects and writing jobs – which has all meant my blog has been put on the back-burner for a little while… but not any more! It’s ironic that the advice I always dish out to people wanting to get into the blogging game is to ‘just keep uploading’, but then here …
I’d like to take a moment to commend the folks at Sydney Trains (www.sydneytrains.info) for the impeccable service they provided me. Whilst staying in Sydney, my friend and I were living with a Vietnamese couple out in Carramar – which is around an hours commute from Sydney City Centre. On one particular day when visiting Manly Beach with some buddies, we were unexpectedly hit with one of the most impressive storms I’ve ever personally witnessed. Honestly, …
For the second leg of our New Zealand road trip around the South Island we took in the delights of the south western region – chiefly Te Anau and Milford Sound, but then moving slightly north and checking out Queenstown and the sleepy little town of Glenorchy. Te Anau is a great resting point for all those looking to head on through to go see Milford Sound. We opted to stay there both before and …
New Zealand is widely regarded as the most beautiful country on the planet and as you soak in the natural wonders that this rich biosphere has to offer it is easy to see why the nation receives such accolades. You can never have too much time to explore this magnificent land and if you’re in an unfortunate position where you need to muster up a whistle stop tour, then there’s no better way to see as …