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1770 Air Adventures – Aerobatic Flight Review

by Gap Year Escape

From the sleepy town of 1770 on the East Coast of Australia is a thrilling adventure to be had. 1770 is slow and I was feeling rather upbeat and wanted to do something a bit crazy. The tour driver was going through a list of things to do when the words “zero gravity” made my [...]

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Neighbours Tour & Neighbours Trivia Night Review: Bunyip Tours

by Gap Year Escape

Cheddar, Mozzarella, Edam and the Neighbours Tour. Yes all types of cheese! It’s loveable, fun and let’s be honest; it’s Neighbours! Although the Neighbours Night and Neighbours Tour are two separate events, I would suggest you do both for the full Neighbours experience. Let’s start from the top shall we…

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Fraser Island

by Gap Year Escape

In the last six months I have seen and done many things. Fraser Island ranks incredibly high on my list of favourites. It doesn’t matter that I ate my own body weight in sand or lost my flip flops (why did you have to leave me?), Fraser Island is incredible!

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The Other Side of Bali

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This post was guest authored by Keith & Amy Sutter from GreenAroundTheGlobe.com. They are currently traveling the world for a year documenting efforts in sustainability. Expanding on Amar’s experience in Kuta, Bali I wanted to showcase what else Bali and the nearby Gili Islands have to offer as part of a trip to Indonesia.

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Australia Zoo – Crikey!

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Is it wrong that as I am sat in the Crocoseum watching the Crocodile feeding, I wonder if the reptile will get the better of Terri Irwin? Probably, but hey it would make for an interesting show!

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Top 5 Travel Songs

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If you ask anyone what kind of music they listen to you will never get a straight answer. In all fairness you wouldn’t get a definitive answer out of me either.

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STA World Traveller Internship: The Lindsay Clark Interview.

by Gap Year Escape

Wouldn’t it be great if an international travel company gave you the trip of a lifetime, spending the summer travelling across 8 countries which includes Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil and the US? Wouldn’t it be even better if you could do all this for free? That’s right free!

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Feeling Lost? Follow these Top 50 Travel Twitters!

by Gap Year Escape

Below is the Top 50 Travel Twitters. It is a mixture of media, corporate and independent travel blogs offering tweets on anything from green travel to cheap flights. I don’t believe that the number of twitter followers equates to a better Twitter and as such the list below is very subjective and not in any [...]

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My Moment of Shame

by Gap Year Escape

I’m on the edge. My heart beats harshly against my chest as adrenaline surges through my body. Not even my pride can stop me from admitting that I am petrified. Fear grips me and I am immobilised. Unable to do anything. What the hell am I doing?

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Top 10 Travel Websites

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Maybe you’re about to set off on your travels or maybe you are just day dreaming at the moment. It’s good to have reliable resources to use. I give you the Top 10 Travel Websites!

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Australia’s answer to Amsterdam

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After a huge hippy festival in 1973, Nimbin earned itself a place on Australia’s map. With a population of 352 and an unemployment rate of 18 percent this sleepy former dairy town relies heavily on tourism.

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Want a cool place to live? Byron Bay has the answer.

by Gap Year Escape

Byron Bay is just pretty damn awesome! It has to be one of the best places on the East Coast of Australia. I think the highlights have to the beach and strangely the artistic use of graffiti to cover up ugly (what I assume to be) power boxes.

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Do you want to learn how to surf?

by Gap Year Escape

Right on dude! Having been surfing before I should be pretty good at it by now, right? Wrong. Spot X is the name, surfing is the game. MojoSurf (also based in Byron Bay and Sydney) run an awesome surf camp out of Arrawarra beach. If you want to learn to surf in Australia this is [...]

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Happ New Year!

by Gap Year Escape

Happy New Year! I can’t say I have ever had an amazing New Years Eve. I mean there have been some that have been fun but nothing that has lived up to the hype. This year was certainly different.

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Christmas on Bondi Beach

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It’s the Christmas we all dream of; leisurely sitting on Bondi beach with a Santa hat and a BBQ. I did chuckle to myself knowing that back home the weather would be drab and cold. I couldn’t wait for Christmas Day!

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