Author: Global Pawprints

Here it is. The moment you’ve all been waiting for: Banff National Park. This is quite possibly the most beautiful and unreal place in the world. Don’t believe me? Look at any of the pictures in this post. This is my summer guide to Banff National Park: where to stay, where to eat and what Read More

The thing I was looking forward to most when I booked my exchange to Canada was the opportunity to visit the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I mean, who hasn’t heard of them? With their insanely blue lakes and huge mountains, they’re world famous. They were even more incredible than I could have imagined and I can’t Read More

I left you at the end of my last post, at Horseshoe Bay. Which is where we’ll be starting the next part of my trip: Vancouver Island! If you hop on a ferry at Horseshoe Bay, it’ll take you to Nanaimo on the South East of the Island. I didn’t spend any time in Nanaimo, Read More

As I flew into Vancouver from Brisbane, it was raining. The local girl next to me said “I wouldn’t want to come home to any other weather!!!” So that gives you a pretty good indication of what Vancouver is known for: rain. However, I ended up being super lucky! Aside from that first day, it Read More

If you’ve read last week’s post about why you should go on exchange, you’ll know that overall I loved my time in Canada! But there are certainly plenty of difficult things about exchange. As much as they sucked at the time, it’s these moments that really help you to grow and change. Really at the Read More

The night before I left on my six-month exchange to Canada, I said to my mum “this is either going to be the best or the worst decision of my life”. I’m sure you’re all shocked (not) to read that it was, in fact, the best decision of my life (maybe not anymore but it’s Read More

I was going to drop down to posting once a week from now on, but I figure I might as well squeeze one more of these “my blogging journey” posts in before I do! This one is all about social media for your travel blog. My first post in this series has been my most Read More

Brisbane has a bit of a reputation for being a boring city. But in my opinion, it’s not THAT bad! Sure, Brisbane isn’t anything like Melbourne or Sydney… It’s more like a giant country town. But there’s still plenty to do, especially if you like the great outdoors! Honestly, not many tourists come here, but Read More

What do you think of when you think about Melbourne? Most people would probably say fancy barista coffees. I would say four seasons in a day. But there’s lots more to Melbourne than rain and coffee. Whenever I mention to people I am going to Melbourne for Christmas, they say “Oh I’m jealous I love Read More

Sydney is Australia’s biggest and probably most famous city. Despite popular belief, it’s not actually the capital of Australia! That doesn’t mean it’s not a great place to visit, though; it’s definitely one of the best places to visit in Australia. It’s really easy to spend at least two days in the city itself, plus Read More