Buying international money before you go

If your heading overseas, your going to need some cash in the national currency shortly after stepping off the plane. You can either use your bank or currency exchange business, but these attract fees. Getting your currency exchanged is fee free at the Post Office. If purchased before 12am, this can usually be turned around [...]

Geoblogging arrives!

With perfect timing prior to my US Trip in a weeks time, the latest WordPress iPhone app update 2.3.1 adds geotagging.

Taking your phone overseas

  One of the most important things you need to remember when travelling overseas is to call your carrier (Tesltra, Optus, Vodafone etc) and ask them to turn on international roaming. This will allow your phone to connect to US cell towers. If you forget to do this prior to your trip, you phone will [...]

Getting your passport

First time out of the country ? your going to need a passport. A good place to start is https://www.passports.gov.au  The thing is, to get a passport, you need identification, starting with a birth certificate. Not an extract, but an original. For that you need to head to your states Birth Deaths and Marriages site. [...]

Planning

This trip essentially started 6 months ago, with planning. An important element in organising a trip this size. I started with the goal of going to the US, that’s all I knew to start. You may ask why I chose the US, the answer is simple. I love technology, as you can tell by my [...]

travelAU Launch

Today I’m very happy to be posting for the first time on a brand new site. Called travelAU the blog aims to cover all the trips, and adventures I take over the years. The motivation for the site comes from my upcoming trip to the United States. It’ll be my first time out of Australia [...]