As well as being so much fun and a massive adventure, these trips are so much more to me. They give me the chance to meet a new place and learn how another country live, they also teach me new things and I learn more about myself along the way.

So in a breakdown, so far in my 11 months of being here, I have learnt:

• I am SO bad at keeping a blog, and updating it frequently. But I can only get better right?
• Australia is a fricking massive country, but to me, road-tripping across it is the only justifying way to do it.
• And the Nullabor (which means no trees) isn’t actually as bad as everyone says it is. But I wouldn’t want to drive it again.
• There are more dead kangaroos on the side of the road that alive and hopping ones. 😦
• Australian farm work for a second year visa is by far the most difficult work I have ever done and most likely ever will do.
• But, its also what you make it. And it can be fun, and we’ve met friends for a lifetime which were more of a weird dysfunctional family during those 3 months.
• I have also learnt that I am so lucky to be British, which I never really fully liked being- no one ever really likes there hometown, surely? But I’ve met less fortunate people from other nations, and being British is really OK.
• I do actually miss home- my people, friends and family- watching movies with my dad and laughing at him cry at them, my mom and her love of multiple deserts, having banter with the little brother. And pubbing with my friends, oh and 2 for £5 desperado’s!!
• I miss the food and I definitely miss Christmas!! Christmas in 40 degree heat is not the same, I miss all the sparkly lights and the snuggly clothes and Christmas songs.
• And most importantly I have realised that having a dream doesn’t necessarily mean having a dream career in mind. As I never really knew what career path I wanted or had a dream one in mind, and I now know that that is OK. There isn’t a set age you need to have these things all figured by, and to me its important to live my life doing what I want to do.
• And really, without realising it, that is what I have been doing all along. I have got to do what I dreamt about doing. Like going to America- which I always wanted to do since I made an American friend in Junior school, and then coming to Australia. And I have also wanted to go to Tokyo ever since I was 16 and were planning a trip in January.
• And because of all this I now have an idea of a dream career that I will aspire to get into. This wouldn’t of happened without reaching the initial dreams I began with.
• So the most important lesson I can take from my travels, is to:

Always follow you heart

&

LIVE LIFE!