The Life That Broke - Tales of a Jersey Girl Abroad

• Australia, Goodbye 3 weeks ago Believe it or not, I wrote an entire goodbye Australia post last night. It was draining, and writing it before bed probably contributed to a restless sleep. Somehow, even though my blog posts usually save automatically, and I could’ve sworn I clicked “save draft,” it...
• On Not Really Liking Darwin 3 months ago When Brendan surprised me with a trip to Darwin for Christmas — our last getaway alone before getting married — I was pumped. Lonely Planet had ranked Darwin as one of the top global destinations to visit in 2012, describing it as a cosmopolitan, yet...
• Moutain Biking with Olympian Caroline Buchanan 3 months ago When I found out I’d be mountain biking as part of the Adventure stream for Canberra’s Human Brochure, I elected to be put in the beginner category. There were two words that kept popping into my head next to each other as I imagined skidding...
• Sitting on Top of the World 4 months ago When I was selected from a pool of more than 31,000 for the second weekend of ACT Tourism’s Human Brochure, I’d heard rumors a hot air balloon ride was part of one of the streams. But after the first weekend of Human Brochure took place...
• Confession: Wedding Planning Kind of Sucks 5 months ago In the months before I moved to Australia, my friend Nicole and I became obsessed with the reality show

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