SURPRISE! We decided it was time to leave Australia. Any guesses where we are for the holidays?
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Where Are We This Christmas!?
Road Trip Special Guests: Velvet Thunder & Co.
We’d like to include our road trip special guests: Velvet Thunder. These guys are joining us over the first 2 weeks to explore the Red Centre. Coming from all over the country (well, Cairns and Brisbane), we were all once Mad Monkey employees together and want to enjoy one last trip together before we go... Continue Reading →
Goodbye Cairns
Oh Cairns, where to begin? We arrived in February, with the intention of staying only two weeks to complete our planned trips, and move on. With about $200 in our bank accounts (combined), we realized pretty quickly that we would have to stay for a while. What we found was completely unexpected, and became the... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday to Borderline Backpackers
Celebrating our 100th post and 1 year of blogging! Find out what comes next for Borderline Backpackers...
My Medical Emergency
I'd like to start by saying, for those of you just hearing about this incident now: I'm ok! This took place on Wednesday 15 August and I'm recovering!
10 years ago…
Believe it or not, today marks 10 years since my first time abroad. As a kid, my parents took my brother and I on holidays each year, to different spots within the UK. We had a caravan until my early teens and would take it for a week to caravan parks like 'Trencreek Farm' in... Continue Reading →
Bungy Jumping in Cairns
Believe it or not, bungy jumping was never on my bucket list. I'd seen it in film and heard the odd horror story, so the thought of being tied by my feet, jumping headfirst towards the ground, hoping the rope doesn't snap on the way down... nahh, safe to say that never really appealed to... Continue Reading →
A Travel Blogger’s Paradox
As most of you know by now, we're no longer just writing for fun... we are officially paid travel bloggers. HURRAY! Over the past few months, companies have contacted us for commissioned articles about travel-related topics, after reading articles on our website. When we started Borderline Backpackers, we'd followed the digital journey of other famous... Continue Reading →
5 Tips To Save For Your Travels
We've said this before, but we often see comments on our travel photos and across our website, saying things like: "You're so lucky" "I wish I could afford to travel" "So jealous, I wish I could go somewhere like that" "How do you afford to travel all the time?" The simple truth is, you can... Continue Reading →
