Straya: The Land Down Under
When I think of Australia, or Straya as most locals call it, a few things come to mind: Opera House, Great Ocean Road, Uluru, kangaroos and koalas.
Sydney Opera House, NSW
The Twelve Apostles, VIC
Ayers Rock/Uluru, NT
Curious Kangaroo on the Beach, WA
Mama Koala and a Joey, SA
Australia is home to more than 500 national parks and has around 50,000 kilometers of spectacular coastline. You can see why it would be impossible to see the country and experience everything it has to offer on a single trip.
My short visit in 2015 got me wanting to explore more of this vast country. With a one year Working Holiday Visa (WHV) I set out to discover Australia's extraordinary landscapes, laid-back cities, pristine beaches, cascading waterfalls, impressive rock formations, and spectacular gorges.
Purnululu NP, WA
Blue Mountains NP, NSW
Girringun NP, QLD
New England NP, NSW
Ikara Flinders Ranges NP, SA
Watarrka NP, NT
My road trip around Australia, which is a three-part journey, began early this year. First exploring the East Coast from April to June; then The Red Center, Western & South Australia, Victoria and Canberra from July to October. I am currently in the middle of planning the last bit of this grand adventure. In a week I will be returning to Tasmania. For much longer this time. I can't wait to share all about it.
Cradle Mountain, TAS
An enchanting sunrise in Tasmania
Freycinet NP, TAS
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Beautiful post and pictures. Talo na ako hahaha. Ikaw na! Welcome to Steemitfamilyph. Glad to have you here. Keep on steeming!
Sibling goals talaga kayo. Galing!! 😁
Just wish to be at her spot (traveling) one day :D
That would be soon for you. You're about to graduate 😁
Hopefully. Cross fingers. Ikaw din nmn ggraduate na :)
Sana din 🤞
You have seen so much already but I know you will be doing exactly what I am doing now one day. And u bet I will be coming to visit you so we could go on more adventures.
Thanks ading @jon24jon24 for your encouragements to share on this platform.
Haha hindi naman, galing din ng mga post mo kaya.
Your welcome. Just want you to share your travels also and feel like it is appreciated.
OMG that's unreal! You made me to pick Australia as next soon travel destination.
Thank you for sharing, honestly..
Followed and upvoted.
I invite you to see Landscapes of Lanzarote in my first post.
Thank you @steemit.travel :) It's a beautiful country and has so much variety to offer for adventure seekers :)
OMG ate!! Your photos are all great. 😍It makes me want to travel also. I wish I have the money 😅
Welcome to steemit and to @steemitfamilyph. 😊🎉
Let's go. Travel na tayo dito sa pinas hehe
Tara sa Burnham 😂
Ganda din ng pinuntahan nyo nila @rjd 😊
Thanks @klborillo. Visit Australia one day if you get the chance, it's beautiful!
I will, ate. Hopefully, it's soon. 😊
Great content from a new member! Welcome to steemit. If you keep putting out images and content like this, you will do well. I'll re-steem this in the hope that some of my followers like it as much as i do.
Me as well. I also resteemed. Cant help but share this amazing post.
I have to agree with this. I did too resteemed did hoping that others will like her post too.
Thank you @markangeltrueman. Appreciate the warm welcome and for re-steeming my post :)
The post is doing really well, congrats :)
Thank you @markangeltrueman
Thanks as well for re-esteeming my post @jon24jon24 @klborillo
I am overwhelmed by the support guys!
The one in Watarrka NP, NT is kinda scary and you're about to go closer to the edge in the picture. 😮
I was there with her. I was suppose to go next so that she could take a picture of me on the same spot but I didn't go through it because it was scary as .....Sh*t. haha.
Cool shot thought. It's worth it to go there. If it was me, my knees would be shaking so hard.
I have done a lot of stupidly scary stuff before and I must say this is definitely up there. That slab of rock could have crumbled beneath my feet at anytime...but it didn't. Thank goodness. You must have been shitting yourself when you took this photo @jon24jon24 as I was shitting myself looking at you standing so close to the edge on the other end. LOL. #Don'tLetMomSeeThisPost
Hopefully mom wouldn't go on steemit. haha. Right now its hard for her to navigate so its gonna be later on that maybe she will see this? haha
Hello Ate @jh3n, welcome to stemmitfamilyph! Do you still remember me? Hehe
Hi @gheghenrv thank you and of course I do remember you :)
We are excited on your next travel blog ate. First post is awesome.. hopefully I can visit Australia. Soon! if God’s permit Enjoy steeming ate. 🙂
Thank you ading @gheghenrv :)
Gorgeous pictures! Where did you stay on your trips? I imagine it would be fun to camp!
Thanks @bymelissaclaire :) I camped most of the times but also stayed at hostels, hotels, and at friends'
These pictures are amazing! You’ve seen heaven on earth. Love to go there someday!
Thanks @laurasusannah :) Do visit when you get a chance, you won't be disappointed!
It is so amazing that other people who come and visit the land down under have more experience traveling the country than people who actually live in it.
It would be nice to travel to those places that you have been to.
The only thing that get me is you guys prefer western australia? Hmmm I don't know about that I don't see much that worth seeing in WA... Maybe I'm missing something.
I have met so many amazing Aussies in my travels, heaps of them welcomed me into their homes and adventures. And a lot of them also say the same. I believe it is human nature to explore other places first before exploring their own/home because, well, it's home. It will always be there. At least that's what a lot of people I've met have said. As for me, I have explored my home state a lot when I was living there.
If you love the outdoors and nature, WA has got so much to offer. And I think that's why I love it there. But mostly due to the fact that it's so remote and not easily accessible. A lot of the places I visited in WA aren't as crowded as say Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. Definitely worth exploring :)
That first one looks like the spider walk in karijini?
I loved the spiderwalk @wakeupworldnews. I spent hours just relaxing in that pool at the end. This one was in Karijini but a different gorge, can't remember what it's called now. There's so many of them
Welcome. Shine!
Thank you for the warm welcome and for taking the time to visit my post @surpassinggoogle
Really appreciate it. Not entirely sure how this platform works as far as rewards goes but @jon24jon24 has been very helpful in trying to make me understand.