Rottnest Island also known as Wadjemup is the perfect place to go for a day trip from Perth to get away from the city. Located a 90 minute ride away on a ferry from Perth or a 25 minute ride on the ferry from Fremantle. On the island there is a permanent population of approximately… Continue reading Australia Guide: Rottnest Island
Author: WorldofLauraJane
A love of travelling and the constant desire to explore new places
Australia Guide: Fremantle
Located a short train ride away from Perth you can find Fremantle or Freo as it is known to the locals. A train from Perth to Fremantle costs approximately $7 each way. Fremantle is a port city that is known for it’s maritime history as well as Victorian architecture. A popular attraction in Fremantle is… Continue reading Australia Guide: Fremantle
Australia Guide: Perth
Located in Western Australia, Perth sits where the Swan River meets the southwest coast. Accessing Perth from the UK has become a lot easier as you are now able to fly direct from London Heathrow with Qantas which takes 17 hours. Perth is a city which offers a lot of activities in the city and… Continue reading Australia Guide: Perth
Do I Feel Safe to Travel…
Travel is something that I am passionate about which is also the reason I started this blog so that I had somewhere to share my passion. Due to the worldwide pandemic travel is something that we are not really able to do at the moment. There are some countries that are allowing people to travel… Continue reading Do I Feel Safe to Travel…
A New Year Ahead…
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas and New Year! 2020 is a year that none of us will ever forget and it’s also a year that none of us could’ve imagined. We all started the year with big expectations and plans especially myself as I was heading to Australia and… Continue reading A New Year Ahead…
A Change in Life…
It’s July and this year just seems to have gone by in a blur as these last few months have been something we could never have expected or experienced before. In February I was lucky enough to travel to Australia and Dubai for a few weeks as I returned in March to a setting that… Continue reading A Change in Life…
24 Hours in Rome
Due to doing a cruise that was sailing from Civitavecchia we decided that we would spend a night at the beginning as well as at the end in Rome. We chose to stay at the Hilton Hotel at Rome Airport. Once we arrived in Rome we spent a couple of hours in Rome before going… Continue reading 24 Hours in Rome
Port Guide: Civitavecchia
Our cruise embarked and disembarked at Civitavecchia but due to a problem with the ship engine it meant that we arrived in to Civitavecchia a day earlier than we were meant to as a port of call to Livorno was cancelled as we wouldn’t make it back to Civitavecchia in time for disembarkation. The port… Continue reading Port Guide: Civitavecchia
Port Guide: Athens
On our cruise of Greece and Italy we docked at Piraeus which is where you dock to go to Athens. To get from the port of Piraeus to Athens we decided we would get on the hop-on hop-off tour bus which took you from the port to the Acropolis where you then have to change… Continue reading Port Guide: Athens
Port Guide: Messina
A port of call to Messina in Sicily fell on a Sunday which meant that there was not much open. This was a late arrival to the port as we arrived at midday, at this port of call we decided that the best option would be to do the tour bus which cost €10 to… Continue reading Port Guide: Messina
