Archive for the ‘Australia’ Category
WWOOFing In Australia
by Thea Hutchinson
For travelers not familiar with “wwoofing” here is a little introduction. It is a type of eco-tourism, where workers and travelers can develop a different kind of tourist connection with locals and openminded hosts. Travelers can give back to a community instead of the...
May 22nd, 2012 | Australia, Eco-Travel, Extras, Traveling Solo & Together | Read More
Australia’s Best Reason to Road Trip: The Great Ocean Road
by Adam Miezio
Special to Lost Girls World
The Great Ocean Road along Australia’s southeastern coast is the Aussie’s answer to California’s Pacific Coast Highway. The Great Ocean Road stretches for 151 miles (243km) between the cities Torquay and Warrnambool in the state of Victoria. An Australian...
March 3rd, 2012 | Australia, Featured, Road Trips | Read More
Australia: A Laid-Back & Down-to-Earth Country
By Brooke Schoenman
Special to The Lost Girls
If I could paint a picture of Australia with words, there’s about a 95-percent chance that “laid-back” will be in that description—and most of the time, this chill quality is why I’m so happy to now call Australia my home. It’s also a great reason...
August 8th, 2011 | Australia, Featured | Read More
Cracking Misconceptions: 3 Must-Knows About Sydney
Yelena Galstyan, a magazine journalism student at Syracuse University, recently completed a study abroad semester at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. For her fifth and final piece in a series about her observations in the land down under, she corrects three common misconceptions...
June 30th, 2011 | Australia, Australia/New Zealand/Pacific, Destinations, Extras | Read More
Hidden Sydney: Five Travel Tips for Adventurous Visits
By Edd Morris
How much do you really know about Sydney? Even if you’ve never set foot in golden Australia, it’s easy to visualize the sweeping sails of the Sydney Opera House beside the mighty arches of the Harbor Bridge, while the blue bay sparkles gently beneath. You probably imagine elegant...
June 29th, 2011 | Australia | Read More
Air Travel News 6.14.11
by Nancy Yeomans
LG Air Travel News Editor
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird….it’s a plane! No….it’s your weekly air travel news! Here’s what’s happening in the world of aviation, from the ground up.
Get A Charge Out Of This
From the same people who bring us the...
June 14th, 2011 | Air, Air Travel News, Australia, Australia/New Zealand/Pacific | Read More
Australia’s Islands: Exploring Islet Havens
Yelena Galstyan, a magazine journalism student at Syracuse University, is taking a study abroad semester at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. In her third piece in a series about her observations in the land down under, she hops through Australia’s islet havens.
Australia...
May 12th, 2011 | Australia, Australia/New Zealand/Pacific, Destinations, Extras, Ideas | Read More
Exploring Australia’s East Coast
By Bobbi-Jo O’Gilvie
Special to The Lost Girls
Australia. Known to many as the land of Vegemite and funny-looking animals that can almost always kill you. Where things grow bigger and weirder, and you’re always greeted with a hat tip and a “G’Day, mate!” Australia is also known for the...
May 2nd, 2011 | Australia, Country Guides, Featured | Read More
Colorful Cairns: Four Must-See Places
Yelena Galstyan, a magazine journalism student at Syracuse University, is taking a study abroad semester at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. In her second piece in a series about her observations in the land down under, she explores Cairns’ natural wonders.
If you’re looking...
April 21st, 2011 | Adventure Travel, Australia, Australia/New Zealand/Pacific, Extras, Wildlife & Animals | Read More
Speak Like an Aussie: Slang for Down Under
Yelena Galstyan, a magazine journalism student at Syracuse University, is taking a study abroad semester at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Her first piece in a series about her observations in the land down under provides a lesson on Aussie slang.
It took me all of two days in Brisbane...
April 7th, 2011 | Australia, Australia/New Zealand/Pacific, Destinations, Studying Abroad | Read More