Australia is a land of stunning landscapes, vibrant cities, and unique wildlife. Whether you’re exploring the Great Barrier Reef, savoring the culinary delights of Melbourne, or discovering the rugged beauty of the Outback, there’s something for everyone in this diverse country. To help you make the most of your Australian adventure, here are some top travel tips. 1. Plan Your … [Read more...]
Australia Looking To Become Known For Its Rum
New South Wales Has Several Distilleries Producing World-Class Rums When one thinks of rum-type of destinations, places like the Caribbean, Key West, Hawaii and Polynesian paradises first come to mind. But there's another area that is ideally suited for the rum-loving lifestyle and now it's becoming quite the rum-producing country. It is Australia, and while … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Sydney Is A Lot (Too Much) Like Los Angeles
Australia Proves To Be Like Home In L.A. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger When I leave Los Angeles, go to another country and particularly halfway around the world, I want to feel as if I'm someplace other than home. Yet when I went Down Under to Sydney, I pretty much felt as if I never left L.A. The weather was the same (very nice, I must … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Traveling By Bus Along Australia’s Coast
A Relaxed & Scenic Journey From Surfers Paradise To Byron Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I had a few days to spend in the Gold Coast area of Australia after I wrapped up an event in Surfer's Paradise and a friend suggested I go to Byron Bay. Sounded good to me. I wanted some place along the coast, scenic that had some nightlife. Now, … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: Finally Experiencing That ‘Wow, I’m In Australia!’ Moment
Aussie Outlaw Provides The Spark On Trip From Surfer's Paradise To Byron Bay By Kevin Wilkerson, PuClub.com Travel Blogger The adrenalin rushed through my body and my toes began to tingle. It took abbot 10 days of being Down Under, but I finally had my "wow, I'm in Australia!" moment. It was a small thing, really, but not insignificant. I was traveling on a … [Read more...]
Australia’s Super Bowl Ad Invites Americans To Visit Down Under
Special Airfares & Packages Available For Summertime In Oz By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Not long after Super Bowl LVII kicked off, Australia kicked off a marketing campaign to encourage Americans to travel to the "land Down Under." Chris Hemsworth was among key Australian Hollywood celebrities involved in an advertising campaign inspired … [Read more...]
Sydney Expects 10 Million Visitors This Summer
New Year's Eve, Australia Day, Beaches & Bars Make This A Desirable Destination Down Under is looking up for the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 in Sydney, Australia. More than 10 million overnight and day trip visitors are expected to visit Sydney in its designated summer season. Which, of course, is the middle of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. The … [Read more...]
Fins Up To Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville In Sydney, Australia
Darling Harbor Location Will Attract Tourists But Locals Can Also Toss Out The Anchor By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger & Parrothead I'm always looking for a smart woman in a real short skirt. You know, one that knows how to flirt. And perhaps she's waiting for me at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville in Sydney, Australia. What a perfect … [Read more...]
Australia Seeks More Travelers With New Tourism Campaign
Actor Chris Hemsworth & Ads Focus On Beaches & Water Activities First, it hired actor Chris Hemsworth as its "global ambassador." That had many girls' hearts pumping. And now, there's an international advertising campaign focusing on its beaches, oceans and water activities. Australia is getting aggressive in pursuing travelers to make the trip Down Under with these … [Read more...]
The Shocking Price Of Beer In Australia
Cost Of A 6-Pack In The Bottle Shops Stuns The Travel Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger I had long assumed – incorrectly, as it turns out – that the price of beer in Australia is cheap. Before actually visiting the country, I had met and become friends with several Australians and they drank beer on a level that would make Canadians proud. And while … [Read more...]
Sydney Opera House Bar Is A Top Party Destination & Happy Hour Hotspot
Happy Hour Drinks By The City's Two Main Landmarks By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Well excuse me, for it took me all of three hours to find the most happening bar in Sydney. And what a find! It's the Opera Bar at the base of the famous Opera House and it nearly blew me away, right into Sydney Harbor. The Opera Bar is not just some … [Read more...]
Sugar Lounge Tiki Bar In Sydney Great For Rum Drinks
Hawaiian-Style Boat Drinks In Manley Beach Sometimes, even in a place so recognized for its beer, you just need a boat drink! And the place to find boat drinks in Sydney is the Sugar Lounge. A tiki bar overlooking the sand in Manly Beach, Sugar Lounge makes up Hawaiian-style drinks in a Polynesian atmosphere, complete with tiki poles and the tacky hula girl statue on the … [Read more...]
The Problem With Traveling In Australia Is That It’s Too Much Like America
Sydney Is Like L.A., Surfer's Paradise Is Down Under's Florida Whenever people ask me how I liked Australia during a one-month visit, I always give the same response. I lean forward in the chair, give an introductory "well,"pause for a second, and then say, "it was okay." This response never fails to get a surprised reaction. Everyone expects me to leap up in an excited … [Read more...]
Oktoberfest Sydney Party At Lowenbrau Bar In The Rocks
A Munich-Style Bierhall in Australia It should come as no surprise that there is a great German bierhall in Sydney, Australia. After all, Australians love to drink beer and give it to them in large 1-liter mugs, throw in some "oompha" party music and it makes perfect sense because, well, Australians drink lots of beer and Okotberfest is based on drinking lots of beer. And … [Read more...]
A Final Salute To Australia In Sunny Sydney
Opera Bar, Soldier Of Fortune Pub And Harbor Views Are On Blogger's Last-Day Agenda Thank you Australia, for ending my month-long trip here by making it super-sunny on my last day in your country. There's not a cloud in the blue sky of Sydney and I'm taking full advantage of it. I began the day with a run from the Opera House to and through the Botanical Gardens, cooing … [Read more...]
Lack Of Hot Australian Girls Blogger’s Biggest Australia Trip Disappointment
Beautiful Babes Largely Missing During Trip Down Under Where are the girls!? The hot Aussie girls!? One of the reasons I've wanted to come to Australia for years has been the women. I've imagined them to be everywhere and heard they love Americans. But with a couple of notable exceptions – when the deck was stacked in my favor as I was working with the Miss V8 Supercars … [Read more...]
A Top Tip For Late-Night Drinkers In Sydney’s The Rocks Pubs Area
Bar-Hopping After Midnight May Result In A Premature Last Call Here's a tip for you if you are out in The Rocks, the pub-filled nightlife area of Sydney, Australia: If you are in a pub at midnight, stay there and don't leave. Because you may not get in another pub that night. That's due to a stricter-than-necessary screening process by the independent security … [Read more...]
A Day On The Green Brisbane Music Festival: The Real Review
The Pluses And Minuses At Australia's Sirromet Winery Event Here's the scoop on A Day On The Green, a mid-sized music festival that takes place in the summer months at wineries in Australia and New Zealand. Music festivals are, of course, are all about the setting and the bands. And while the setting is good – it's on a big field that's part of the winery but it's not … [Read more...]
Melbourne Cup A Big Party In Australia, This American Is Learning
Kentucky Derby Of Down Under Is Practically A National Holiday The Melbourne Cup, I'm learning from my time here in Australia, is quite the big deal Down Under. It's a horse race, Australia's version of the Kentucky Derby. Only from I can gather, it's a much bigger deal than the Kentucky Derby. That's because it overwhelms everything her. Nearly every bar has a poster or … [Read more...]
It’s Party Time At An Australian Wine Festival
A Day On The Green At Siromet Winery In Brisbane More Like A Music Festival I'm going to a wine festival today. In Australia! And this is not just any wine festival, it's a rock concert with wine. There are several local bands playing, the event takes place in a big field. It goes from 3-10 p.m. It's called A Day On The Green at it takes place Siromet Winery In … [Read more...]
Kalibar In The Valley Is My Favorite Party Bar In Happening Brisbane
Fun Party Music Makes This One Of The City's Liveliest Nightlife Spots Well that didn't take long. Midway into my first night in this Australian river city, I had identified my favorite bar in Brisbane. It's a small, sweaty, casual, cut-loose of a place called Kalibar. It's one of dozens of bars in the happening part of town called The Valley. My local tour guide – or … [Read more...]
Brisbane Shows Good Potential As A Fun Party Town
The Blogger's Australian Adventure Continues In Queensland There's a river cutting through town with scenic pedestrian bridges and bars lined up along its banks. An eclectic community that has pubs and a few nightclubs that are all but hidden in the daylight but you just know come alive at night. And a downtown area that's ripe to explore. So to say that Brisbane looks … [Read more...]
Miss V8 Supercars Crowns New Winner Estelle Yarrow
Brisbane Resident, A Flight Attendant, Soars To Title A tall blonde from Brisbane has won the title of 2013 Miss V8 Supercars as part of the race weekend at Surfer's Paradise, Australia. Estelle Yarrow, whose occupation is a flight attendant, won the title in a competition with 23 other girls from throughout Australia and even New Zealand. The event was the … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Still Seeking That ‘Wow, I’m In Australia!’ Moment
Despite Being Down Under, It Feels As If I Never Left America Perhaps I should have gone straight from the airport for a brief walkabout in the bush or the outback. Seen a Crocodile Dundee movie before I departed for this trip. I've been in Australia nearly a week now, and I feel pretty much as if I haven't left America. Sydney is like a compact Los … [Read more...]
Miss V8 Supercars Girls Warm Up In Surfer’s Paradise
Winner To Be Chosen At Beach Party With Concert There's beauty to go with the brawn and in Surfer's Paradise Australia, that means the gorgeous girls of the Gold Coast 600 auto race. And the Miss V8 Supercars finalists are as busy as the drivers preparing for the race weekend of Oct. 25-27 along Queensland's Gold Coast. The 24 finalists have arrived in town and … [Read more...]
Surfer’s Paradise Blog And The Miss Supercar V8 Girls
The Party Blogger's Australian Adventure Continues In The Gold Coast After two days in Sydney, I've now arrived for a week in Surfer's Paradise, and at first glance I know I'll love this place. In fact, I knew that as soon as the plane broke through the clouds to reveal a beach lined with high-rises and lush vegetation behind it, the latter reminding me of the … [Read more...]
The Traveling Nomad Party Blogger Goes To Australia
Sydney, Surfer's Paradise, V8 Supercars Race, Byron Bay And Wine Festival On The Itinerary If it's not the trip of a lifetime, it's the opportunity of a lifetime. I'm headed to Oz – for a month! – a place I've always wanted to visit, and now it's becoming a reality. Why Australia? Well, it has fun people – people who love beer and like to party, have a zest for life and … [Read more...]
Australia The First Stop For This Traveling Party Nomad
Leaving Southern California Opens The Door For Partying Around The World When one door closes, another one opens. Well, it does if you think of it that way. And that's the way I'm thinking of it. I have no choice, really. I am being forced to move from my place of residence for the past several years – some estimates put it at around 15 years although I tend to think of … [Read more...]
Hanging Out With My New Aussie Mate Miss Indy Australia
Showing First-Time Visitor to America Kirsten Dee Around Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach, CA By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger First, I received a text. Then a knock on the door. And suddenly, she was here, Miss Indy Australia, new "mate" Kirsten Dee, taking me up on my offer to crash at Casa de PubClub in Manhattan Beach while she was … [Read more...]