Lessons from Jean
Sassy lessons which ultimately have one outcome - educating you #dontbeadick
A Traveller’s Guide To Celebrating Anzac Day in Australia
On the morning of April 25th each year Australians around the world stop to pay respect to those who have served our country. Anzac Day is by far the most culturally significant day on the Australian calendar. This singular day marks the anniversary of the first...
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Common First Aid Kit Failures That Backpackers Make
Safety doesn't happen by accident. Travelling can be a whole lot of fun but staying safe and in good health while your on the road takes a little bit of planning and preparation before you leave. It's really not that scary or difficult to do. Imagine this, you’re...
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Amazing Authors To Take On Your Next Adventure
The act of travelling is in fact rather boring. Some may fall into the dreamy world of it’s not the destiny it’s the journey. In all honesty there are parts of the journey on the way to your destination that are bland, boring and usually not written about. It’s the...
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What’s The Deal With Australia’s Working Holiday Visa?
Australia is a travellers haven. This vast land offers mountains to be climbed, slopes to be skied down, beaches to be a mermaid on and some of the best coffee in the world can be found in Melbourne. That's really just to name a very few of the wonderful things to see...
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Is Australia Safe for Female Travellers?
Australia is a vast, beautiful and exceptionally diverse country. Each year we see tens of thousands of backpackers, Gap Year, socially lost and generally lovely sun-seeking travellers come here to work under our infamous Working Holiday program or just to visit. In...
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2017’s Most Amazing 17 Female Travel Bloggers
Women are kicking ass in the travel blogging world. There's no doubt about this. In honour of International Women's Day we are presenting you with - 2017's Most Amazing 17 Female Travel Bloggers. The women listed below are all fantastic influencers and are great to...
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Real Travellers Buy Travel Insurance
Real travellers know the importance of packing all the right things. Real travellers know to buy travel insurance. Real travellers always... Hang on what's up with the wanky term "real travellers"? Ok let's take a step back. The traveller vs tourist things is a crock...
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An open letter to travel bloggers – Please stop!
Dear Newbie Travel Blogger, This open letter is from me directly to you. Who am I to be writing to you? Well I'm me, Jean. A well known Australian travel blogger. Actually Melbourne's most infamous coffee fuelled adventure travel blog. I'm also a chapter leader for...
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What to Buy Your Most Beloved Traveller this Valentine’s Day
February is the month of love. There’s a plethora of red roses, cheap wine and tacky chocolates floating around. With declarations of lust and love being thrown around more often then Donald Trump’s bottle of fan take. Firstly let me say that we don’t ‘celebrate’...
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Taking Care of Down There When You’re Travelling
Today's Lesson From Jean is all about Taking Care of Down There When You're Travelling. That's right ladies and gents we're talking all things STI, sex and sexual safety whilst you're off travelling the world. Warning the following content is hilarious, factual and...
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Simple ways to help you save money for travelling
Adventures are amazingly fun. Travel is terrific is for the soul. Sadly these things cost money. Somewhere along the line you need to pay. Short trips, long trips, road trips. It all costs the dollars. We do subside our wanderlust when at home by doing shorter road...
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How to Create the Perfect Campfire Cheese Board
Camping does not equal dull, boring or poor food choices. You can easily create the perfect campfire cheeseboard and wow all your friends. Or just do as I do and make yourself incredibly happy as you devour delicious cheese in a stunning natural setting whilst off...
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Top 5 gifts to never give to travellers
Have you ever wondered exactly what to get for your beloved traveller? That one person who has a good dose of wanderlust. Well this list is telling you the top 5 things to never give to a traveller. We're not wanting to be ungrateful here but there are some truly...
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Are you a tourist or a traveller?
The age old debate- Are you a tourist or a traveller? In today's lesson from Jean we are going to discuss the minute differences and the importance of these differences to boost your ego and make you feel like a better person. I think you can see where we are going...
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Shoot Better Hyperlapses with your Smartphone Today.
After attending TBEX Asia 2016 I've come home with a new love. Something that I'm proud to show my friends and family. And something I didn't need to sneak off into a doctors office to get a script for. What is this magical new fascination? - Hyperlapse. I could go on...
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Should travel bloggers go to TBEX?
Yes. And No. Maybe? Ah well that’s a fairly pathetic answer that’s really not helping you make up your mind at all. It’s not a simple yes or no should I stay or should I go. After attending my second TBEX Asia this year it’s certainly a question that was floating...
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Next Stop- Adventures in Australia
Next stop - Adventures in Australia! Woo hoo. But wait? Aren't we based in Australia? Isn't Melbourne our home town? Full of amazing street art, delicious food and the world's best coffee. Yup. All of the above is true. This past year I've done a lot of international...
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Travelling isn’t stopping me from having a baby but you are.
Travelling isn't stopping me from having a baby but you are. Travelling around as we do has opened a plethora of doors, opportunities and friendships to us. Not one of which I regret what so ever. I'm happy with the life choices that have led me here to being able to...
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How to behave like a professional on a FAM trip.
It's with great sadness that we've had to take a walk back into the classroom and do another Lesson From Jean aka the #dontbeadick series. Today students we are going to cover a very important and overly simple topic- How to behave on a FAM trip. I almost feel as if...
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Oops! I made a travel mistake
As much we we don't like to admit it we all make mistakes. Horrendous. soul destroying, embarrassing kind of mistakes. There is seemingly this illusion that as travel writers/bloggers/vloggers/influencers that we live in a perfect utopia world where we get to travel...
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Travellers Tale- Part 2- The Joy of Flying Qantas
I love flying and traveling in general. Which is one of the many reasons that I'm here. I love trying out new airlines, new destinations, new food. I'm sure that you get the image. I love being an adventurer. As travellers we all know that some days the stars just...
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Little things that can make your road trip easier
Road trips are such a magical way to explore an area. We're huge fans of hitting the road and going exploring. Some times it's for days on end and other times just a few hours down the road to visit family and friends. There's just something truly special and unique...
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Do I really need to buy travel insurance?
Do I really need travel insurance? Flight delays, over booked hostels, lost luggage and stolen underwear. These are just a few of the fine things that all travellers face every time we leave home on an adventure. But do we really need to pay all that extra money...
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5 Fundamentals of Travel Insurance.
5 Fundamentals of Travel Insurance. So you've decided to buy travel insurance! Excellent choice. You can still make yourself a blanket fortress to live in while you are busy making your adventure plans and buying expensive underwear off eBay. As I discussed in Do I...
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Top 10 Do’s & Don’t for travel bloggers attending TBEX
Top 10 Do's & Don't for travel bloggers attending TBEX If you're attending TBEX or any other amazing conference as a blogger - vlogger - influencer - selfie queen or general person interested in the travel community than here's a list of the top 10 Do's and Don't!...
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