Yvonne Reilly
| Fancy a trip to Las Vegas, but don't want to gamble your precious money and time? There's so much more to the City of Sin than casinos, says Yvonne Reilly. | Apprehensive after some horror stories about work in Sydney, Yvonne and Dan have settled quickly. When you travel for fun, things seem to just land in your lap. |
Australian Time Out #6: New Year, and the Belts are being Tightened Determined to save for a trip around Australia, Yvonne and Dan list ways to enjoy Sydney and not spend a lot of cash. | Australian Time Out #4: Never Underestimate the Power of Jetlag After walking around like a zombie for a few days, Yvonne's mood improved along with the weather. Until, that is, she went to the bank. |
| Before Yvonne could book her trip to Australia, she had to make sure she had her Oz working holiday visa. No one likes dealing with bureaucracy and Yvonne's advice is to cut out the middle man. | |
| The first day of Yvonne's trip up the east coast corresponds with the first rain in seven months, breaking a drought but dampening her spirits. | Australian Time Out #16: Marry a Millionaire and Other Ways to Make Money in Tully Tully is a one street town in tropical Queensland popular with backpackers for two things: fruit picking work and whitewater rafting. |
| If you've ever wanted to skydive, scuba dive, see the reef, bungee jump, or see a wet t-shirt competition, Cairns is the place to do it! | Australian Time Out #15: Do as Much or as Little as You Like On a good weather day, Magnetic Island offers a wealth of activities, including some of the cheapest diving on the east coast. |
Australian Time Out #13: The Last Untouched Area on the Whole East Coast Yvonne found that 1770 is a great place to recharge the batteries between Hervey Bay and Airlie Beach. Just get there before everyone else finds out. | Australian Time Out #14: You Can Choose Your Boat, But You Can't Choose Your Cabin Mates A boat tour of the Whitsundays is a must-do event, but unfortunately, you can't choose your cabin mates. |
| A self-guided tour of Fraser Island is a great way to meet other travelers and enjoy the world's largest sand island. | Yvonne found Brisbane to be a fantastic city, because it offers both the convenience and culture of a big city, but with extremely friendly locals. |
Australian Time Out #11: Between Yuppieland and a Bushcamp I'll take the Chemical Toilet Yvonne believes if you're visiting Australia's East Coast, and Gagaju is not on your itinerary, you're really missing out. | For all its hippy spirit, Yvonne found Byron Bay can really fleece the tourists as well as the rest of them. Evidently it costs money to chill out. |
| Surfers Paradise is an easy place to blow your backpacking budget and Yvonne did just that, even on the days she did very little. | For her last minute preparations, Yvonne considers travel insurance and just how much she loves her backpack. |
| Yvonne is suffering a Quarter-Life Crisis. Her remedy is pack up and move to Australia for a year and see what happens. | |
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