It’s about time I blogged about the event that I haven’t stopped thinking about since I booked my flights nearly two months ago! That and I’ve been asked by people “Why haven’t you blogged about your trip yet?” My one big adventure is an adventure down under this summer.

Yes, I’m going to Australia.

Photo taken by Michael McDonough.

Now usually my summer is spent obsessing over cricket (some might say that I do this all year) and spending long lukewarm days at Edgbaston watching my beloved Warwickshire don their whites/pyjamas. It’s also spent contemplating life and drinking Pimms and cider (but not together) as I dog sit as my parents and brother have usually gone away to Spain.

But not this year. This year I have decided to make a very very big dent in my savings to splurge on this trip. I could have done it last year, but I chose not to. I decided to do it this year as it will be the summer between my second and third year at university and therefore a good relaxing break before the stress and chaos of the production project, dissertation, and applying for jobs and PGCE courses. It made sense to me at the time.

So from 24th June to 3rd September I will be exploring the East Coast of Australia, taking in the likes of Sydney, Canberra, Townsville, Brisbane and Melbourne. I’m not backpacking, I’m making my base at my friend Evie’s house in Canberra and travelling from there, saves lugging everything around with me.

I was going to create a whole new blog for my adventure but having bought my shiny new domain, I felt that it should go here, after all, I’ve created a new category where all of my Australia related posts will go.

I want to use my blog for the purposes of my planning thoughts and progression, my research for places to go and see, and then the actual holiday itself.

I seriously cannot wait for 24th June to come along.

It’s going to be one great holiday.