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Hotel Indigo: Adelaide (AUSTRALIA)

15 Mar 2022 3 minute read 2 comments bengy

  I recently had the pleasure of staying at the Hotel Indigo in Adelaide recently... centrally located, right across the road from the Adelaide food-markets, you are a short walk away from some of the best restaurants and cafes, in addition to sta...

Northgreen Cafe: Sydney (AUSTRALIA)

9 Mar 2022 3 minute read 4 comments bengy

  The Northgreen Cafe is a nice little cafe that I went to everyday last week in the Chatswood (a northern suburb of Sydney). It was my go to place for a morning coffee as I was staying at a serviced apartment, which meant that I didn't have any c...

Personal Review of Crypto.Com (CDC) card and etc in Australia

3 Mar 2022 2 minute read 1 comment CanIGetAChaiLatte

Hi All, this is really my $0.02 on Crypto.com and the card they have available as an Australian. TL;DR: Crypto.com offers a great crypto (visa) card (pretty much the only one available in Australia) and has a great Defi wallet for CRO coins but maybe...

Stepping Stone: Canberra, AUSTRALIA

27 Feb 2022 4 minute read 2 comments bengy

  Stepping Stone is a pretty nice vegan style cafe housed in an art gallery in one of the newer suburbs of Canberra. If you are a tourist, it is pretty damn unlikely that you will find yourself here... but if you are a local, then the quest to try...

Post Move Part 9: Searching for a New Used Car

25 Feb 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

Unsplash     Unsplash   This is my series about trying to find our footing in Australia. It will no doubt be a series of joy and sadness and struggle... Things will turn out alright? Won't they? Part 1: Settling In and AdjustingPart 2: Checki...

Post-Move Part 8: Travelling to and Remembering Sydney

22 Feb 2022 4 minute read 2 comments bengy

  This is my series about trying to find our footing in Australia. It will no doubt be a series of joy and sadness and struggle... Things will turn out alright? Won't they? Part 1: Settling In and AdjustingPart 2: Checking In...Part 3: House Hunti...

... and this is why it is the bush capital! (Canberra: AUSTRALIA)

27 Jan 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Canberra has always been described as the "bush capital" of Australia, and taking a quick look at a map reveals why that is the case. The national capital is completely surrounded by large tracts of bushland and reserves... and even when you are...

Walking DOWN to the beach: Tathra, AUSTRALIA

22 Jan 2022 2 minute read 2 comments bengy

  After so many years of living in the very flat and under-sea-level Netherlands... it is a bit of a surprise to experience hills and slopes again! The kids are full of complaints when they are going up.... but screaming around and having more tha...

Rediscovering the Australian National Botanic Gardens (Canberra, AUSTRALIA)

17 Jan 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy

  Now that we are out of the isolation period, the bad storm weather has passed and we have managed a few family gatherings and administrative arrival (and departure) things, we are starting to explore and rediscover Canberra. Partly, this is for...

Post Move #2: Checking in...

14 Jan 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

  This is my series about trying to find our footing in Australia. It will no doubt be a series of joy and sadness and struggle... Things will turn out alright? Won't they? Part 1: Settling In and Adjusting Well... Australia seems to be quite a b...