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australian passport — In case you didn’t know, I am American, but I came to Australia because of a nice Aussie bloke I met over in Europe. When I arrived, I did the whole work and holiday visa thing, but the idea was always in the back of my mind that we needed to prepare for the partner visa if we wanted to […]

How to Get an Australian Defacto Partner Visa

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fraser ocean — This is the first post in a new feature on WhyGo Australia called the Australia Blog Roundtable. For the roundtable, I’ve joined forces with other Aussie lovers and bloggers — yTravelBlog, Nomads Hostels, Hostelworld and Australia Rocky Travel — to touch on a specific topic from our own unique perspectives each month. Enjoy! When I chose the topic of “Why […]

Australia Blog Roundtable: Why I Love Australia

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giant koala dadswells bridge — This is a post in an ongoing series on the Big Things in Australia. If you like the post, be sure to follow along by subscribing to my RSS feed. Australia has a love the roadside attraction, or what they would call “big things”. We’ve been discussing a number of these big things in other posts, but did you know […]

Australia’s Big Things: The Giant Koala in Dadswells Bridge

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brooke with giant mango in Bowen — This is a post in an ongoing series on the Big Things in Australia. If you like the post, be sure to follow along by subscribing to my RSS feed. Queensland is a giant Australian state filled with tropical weather, gorgeous beaches and Bowen. Bowen is this lazy little town that you will likely drive through on any east coast […]

Australia’s Big Things: The Big Mango in Bowen

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big bench broken hill australia — This is a post in an ongoing series on the Big Things in Australia. If you like the post, be sure to follow along by subscribing to my RSS feed. There’s an outback town just on the edge of New South Wales that is home to another one of Australia’s big things. This town, Broken Hill, is an old silver […]

Australia’s Big Things: The Big Bench in Broken Hill

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big lobster Kingston — This is a post in an ongoing series on the Big Things in Australia. If you like the post, be sure to follow along by subscribing to my RSS feed. When it comes to giant roadside attractions, Australia takes the cake with their 150 different “big things“. They’ve got giant pineapples, big bananas, huge birds, 3 times life-size sheep and […]

Australia’s Big Things: The Big Lobster in Kingston South ...

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big crocodile — Crocodiles, and we’re talking the fiercely gigantic salt-water kind, have a home in several areas around Australia, especially in the estuaries that surround the area of Wyndham. Wyndham is the most northern point in Western Australia (3440km northeast of Perth) and is located within the East Kimberley region. As you can imagine, it is a place of intense weather, actually […]

Australia’s Big Things: The Big Croc in Wyndham

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akubra — The Akubra is an iconic piece of rural Aussie gear. With its wide brim, these hats are especially important for those working in the bush and the outback to protect their heads, necks and ears against the harsh elements. Besides protection, the hat was used as a tool: a way to carry items, fan a fire or give dogs a […]

It’s an Akubra, Not a Cowboy Hat

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two-up — ANZAC Day is a big public holiday in Australia; I would liken it to Memorial Day in the USA since its purpose is to remember the people who served and those who lost their lives in war. Each year on April 25th, there is a parade, veterans dress up in uniform, and after the gathering, everyone heads to the RSLs […]

Two-up Legal on ANZAC Day

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whaleshark — Australia in May finds itself in the final month of autumn, just before the beginning of the cooler winter months. Don’t be fooled; winter in Australia doesn’t mean cold snow for the majority of the country. You might just find that the cooler weather is more conducive to hiking, biking and taking road trips. If it is sunny heat that […]

May in Australia

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