Once upon a time an Irish doctor spotted a Swedish nurse in a hospital in London.
They dated, fell in love, moved to Papua New Guinea and then Tasmania, Australia and had two children. The first was a boy, who loves music and science. The second was me, a girl who loves icecream, trees and animals.
I grew up going on family holidays back to Europe and elsewhere and fell in love with travelling from a young age. My first trip overseas without my parents was at nineteen to Spain, Finland and Sweden. The Spanish part of the trip was a coach tour and the whole time I was convinced the tour guide had the best job in the world and I knew I wanted to do that someday.
Once I finished university in Australia, I moved to Europe and later Canada to work as a tour guide so I could keep exploring the world and share my love of travel with others.
Evenutally, I fell in love with an Australian, moved back home to Australia and got a ‘real job’ in an office, but I volunteered as a tour guide at Perth Zoo in my free time, because I love meeting people and spouting facts about the natural world.
Nowadays, I live back in my hometown of Hobart, Tasmania…for the time being at least. In 2023, I’m taking a whole year out of work to travel my myself to Africa and South America and I can’t wait.
Because I’ve worked as a professional guide, travelled a lot and love to travel, people I know often reach out to me for travel advice, both in general and regarding specific destinations.
I love sharing any information I can that I believe will help people get the most out of their next adventure, be it a local camping trip or bushwalk in Tasmania, or a vacation overseas.
I began Adventureist to create a space online where I can share this passion, and I hope I can provide you with some great travel advice, interesting facts or useful trip accounts.
There’s such a lot of world to see!
Fast Facts
Countries I’ve lived in: Australia (Hobart, Perth, Brisbane), Canada (Vancouver), United Kingdom (London, Norwich)
Countries where I’ve guided tours: United Kingdom, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Vatican City, Greece, Turkey, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lichtenstein, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, United States.
Countries I’ve visited: United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, Vatican City, Greece, Turkey, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lichtenstein, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, United States, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Morocco, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Fiji, New Zealand, and of course, Australia. That’s 43 so far!
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and happy reading!
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