One of the most popular activities to do when visiting Victoria is to take a drive down the Great Ocean Road. The drive, which begins an hour outside of Melbourne in Torquay and stretches over 250km’s of road to Warrnambool, takes you through surf towns, National Parks, hippy communities, and of course to some of the popular limestone rock formations [...]

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Onboard the US aircraft carrier the Intrepid gazing out over New Jersey from New York at Sunset

Travel Bug Tuesday – A Patriotic Sunset

by Nicole on January 3, 2012

Patriotic isn’t something I’d call myself. Sure I love my home country of Australia but my feelings of patriotism are more subdued than the patriotism you experience when travelling through America. Throughout New York City the star spangled banner hangs. From the biggest flags covering walls of buildings, hanging crisp and straight an ever present [...]

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Overview photo of Hosier Lane off of Flinders Street with Street art

Melbourne’s Street Art: Hosier Lane

by Nicole on December 27, 2011

When talking about Melbourne’s street art the name Hosier Lane is sure to pop up. Perhaps the most famous of the street art lane ways Hosier Lane, located just a short walk from Federation Square, is full of some of the best street art Melbourne has to offer. Melbourne is the art capital of Australia, but what most [...]

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Merry Christmas from Bitten by the Travel Bug

December 25, 2011
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Just wanted to say a big Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to all the Bitten by the Travel Bug family – this includes readers, commenters, people who Tweet, Facebook or Google+ with us. It includes everyone who leaves kind words in my inbox, people who try the things that I write about and the people [...]

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“Toy to the World” at Harbour City

December 22, 2011
Aliens from Toy Story at the Harbour City Christmas Display in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is my winter city. Each time I visit it’s been in December or January and whilst this does mean shorter amounts of daylight it means I get to experience Christmas here. With Christmas comes decorations, decorated Christmas trees sit in shop windows and hotel lobbys, ornaments adorn shop roofs and sometimes even a [...]

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Travel Bug Tuesday – Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

December 21, 2011
Myer Melbourne's Christmas window display of Santa Claus is coming to town in Bourke Street

When walking down Bourke Street, Melbourne’s shopping strip, it’s hard to miss the Myer Christmas window display. Each year visitors and locals head to the city to visit what has become a Christmas tradition.  A queue of people will be snapping photos or gazing into the windows at the moving display and a soundtrack of [...]

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Travelling through the Alphabet

December 12, 2011
Qantas, Plane, Sydney, Skyline, A380

Back when Facebook was boring and Myspace reigned supreme meme’s were what all the cool kids did to express themselves. When Chris from Aussie on the Road tagged me to participate in the A to Z of Travelling my inner 15-year-old jumped at the change to take part. So let’s start at the very beginning [...]

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Getting the Base Pumping in Melbourne

December 8, 2011
Base Backpackers Hostel St Kilda Melbourne check-in desk

The red building is unmissable on Carlisle Street, just one street away from Melbourne’s most popular city beach, St Kilda.It’d taken me three attempts to get to Melbourne this year but the wait was worth it. A friendly staff member walked me to the elevator instructing me where to to go. Personal service for each [...]

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Travel Bug Tuesday – Stairway to a Surfers Heaven

December 6, 2011
Stairs to Beach at Bells Beach, Torquay Victoria Australia

The reason I wanted to stay in Torquay for a week was half logistical, half dream. Firstly was the draw of cheap accommodation, second was the dream to become a world class surfer in 7-days at Bells Beach. Oh, and I wanted to drive the Great Ocean Road. If the weather was better I still believe [...]

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