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Getting from Brisbane Airport to the city is easy on the Brisbane AirTrain! Both the domestic and international terminals have their own stop on the AirTrain line. The journey takes about 20 minutes from the domestic terminal into the city centre. The train also continues on to the Gold Coast.
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I have come to realise that I have always taken travelling for granted. For as long as I can remember, looking forward to the next holiday has been a way of life. Planning it, anticipating it, and then finally getting to go there. It took a global pandemic in 2020 to show me just how much freedom I have always had. This year, more than ever before, it has become a priority for me to make sure my travel memories are protected. This leads me to encourage you all to back up your travel photos.
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Should I stay in a Hostel? The age-old question. The traveller’s cost-benefit analysis. The potential ‘pot of gold at the end of the rainbow’ – affordable travel.
Recently I took a quick hop up to Brisbane that was the result of a combination of several factors including a tough week at work, a glass of wine, and a Qantas sale. But that’s a story for another day. In order to reduce the financial impact of last-minute decisions I decided that since I was travelling solo, I’d stay in a hostel while I was there. After all, it was only going to be one night, so how bad could it be?
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Having had to change my diet and eliminate gluten for health reasons, I am always just a little concerned about eating out in places I haven’t been before. So when I was preparing for my holiday in Greece, I did some research into the types of food, and usual methods of preparation for those dishes. I wanted to be able to choose easily, and quickly, without causing any fuss. The more I looked, the more confident I was that eating Gluten-Free in Greece was going to be fairly easy.
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I have recently returned from a 24 day trip to France. A trip that I had been planning for over a year. The Australian Government was already recommending travellers to exercise a high degree of caution due to high threat of terrorist attacks before I paid for our flights, but we decided to go anyway, and to be mindful of our surroundings. Then in November 2018, we started seeing news of the protests in France by the Gilets Jaunes. While unsettling, I was hoping that the situation would have resolved itself by the time we made our appearance in January-February 2019. As the day of our departure grew closer, it was becoming evident that the demonstrations would be likely to continue throughout our time in France.
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When you hear the word “Santorini”, images instantly come to mind. Cascading whitewashed buildings with perfectly sculpted walls and arches decorating the inside edge of the crater of an active, though presently dormant volcano. Views out over the Mediterranean blue of the mostly underwater caldera. When you arrive by water you are cruising across the inside of the volcano.
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So you are going on a holiday? Awesome news! I hope you have a great time.
Now to pack. You have your travel bag open in the middle of your bedroom floor, but where do you start? What to pack for a holiday? Everyone is different, and therefore has different priorities on what constitutes a necessity. I’m not going to bore you with how many different outfits you’re going to need, or how many pairs of shoes, nor dictate the quantities of underwear required. But I would like to offer up a list of some items that I have found very helpful on my own travels, for your consideration as to whether or not they will make it into your empty suitcase. I may also throw in a few opinions for good measure.
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Ok, I am no fashion diva. I’ll be the first to admit it. If my clothes are clean, and the colours coordinate, I’m pretty comfortable. Yet, I concede that putting together a suitcase full of clothes for a holiday trip requires a bit more thought. I need to select items that won’t wrinkle too much, items that dry quickly, and items that don’t take up too much space. Then I also need enough variety so that I’m not wearing the same thing in every photo, because that makes it look like you went away for one very long day… I like to select items that mix and match with the other items in my bag so that I have my options covered for the various different kinds of weather that will be encountered.
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