The only way I can try to explain the Aboriginal concept of “Dreamtime” is to share my experience learning about it. It is so different than western ideology that learning about the beliefs while in Sydney, an advanced and westernized city, makes it even more confusing. Dreamtime consists of many parts of Aboriginal life including,...Read More

You can’t spend much time driving through the Blue Mountains or Australian countryside without wondering about how people survived in this rugged terrain before cars, restaurants, and roads. My grandpa connected me, Taylor, Olivia, and Anna to …Read More

On my first day in Sydney I was wandering around what was soon to become my neighborhood. At that point, it was just a mess a buildings and stores I had never heard of. All I wanted was to find this “woollies” place everyone kept telling me about. Ap…Read More

Despite my intense phobia of snakes and some other sneaky animals in wildlife, I decided to walk through the beautiful trail leading to Grotto Point to see some Aboriginal Engravings. First of all, the view from the trailhead was spectacular. I felt like I was looking ac…Read More

Wynyard Crossing is a well-known location in Auckland. The actual “crossing” is a large drawbridge that is raised every five minutes to allow yachts and sailboats to enter the harbor. From this bridge there is a great view of the Auckland skyline…Read More

T2 is a small teashop located on Queen Street. I learned after my visit that T2 is a chain and they have locations all over New Zealand and Australia. There is a T2 shop located at Manly Beach and there are a few directly downtown in Sydney. While all of the T2s I have seen...Read More

Cakes n Ladders is a small gaming café located a quick Uber ride away. This café offers nice snacks, deserts, and drinks along with over 150 different board games. They have everything from Star Wars to Monopoly to Operation to, my personal favorite, Cards Against Humanity. For only 2.50 NZD an hour, you can spend...Read More

Price: Average Key Factor: Sweet Potato Fries, Dirty Milkshakes Fokker Bros is a small pub located near the Wynyard crossing. It is just one of the many restaurants in an outdoor mall near the docks. The other restaurants in this strip are very nice, but are about $30 to $40 dollars a plate. This pub...Read More

Price: Cheap Key Factor: Inexpensive, delicious food Better Burger is a chain restaurant with three different locations within a fifteen-minute walk of the Scene Apartments. This restaurant is the place to eat when you are low on money, but too classy to eat at McDonalds. While there are a lot of other cheap burger places...Read More

Time: 4-8 Hours What to bring: 20-30$ (Ferry), Water, Food, Sunscreen, Walking shoes Rangitoto is a small island located directly across from the Auckland Harbor. This island is an active volcano and erupted only about four hundred years ago. This has caused the formation of the volcanic rocks that line the pathways on the sea...Read More