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Australia, Destinations

Australian Kite Surfari Packs a Punch in Tropical North Queensland

19th August 2021
Kiteboarding at Australian Kite Surfari on Elim Beach, Far North Queensland // Travel Mermaid

What an epic way to end our time in FNQ.

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Australia, Destinations

Fitzroy Island Day Trip From Cairns: Snorkelling and Hiking Guide

26th July 2021
Snorkelling on Fitzroy Island, Great Barrier Reef- Cairns // Travel Mermaid

Discover the best secret snorkelling spot.

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Australia

The Best Walks and Hikes In Cairns

13th July 2021
White Rock Lookout hike in Cairns // Travel Mermaid

Get to know the best side of Cairns.

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Expat Life

Is this paradise? Living in Port Douglas, Australia

9th July 2021
Rex Smeal Park at sunset in Port Douglas // Travel Mermaid

This is one of those places where people always return.

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I am Travel Mermaid // TravelMermaid.com

Ahoy! I’m Shezz, a London-born School Teacher who left Blighty behind 10 years ago with my Sailor. After stints in Prague, Thailand, Melbourne & Malaysia, we’re now based in Australia’s Tropical North.

On the blog, I write about adventure travel & expat life, with a passion for nature, good food and sustainability. Through my travel stories, destination guides & photography, I hope to inspire your next adventure!

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  • Iron Knob.⁠Scented Knob.⁠Wanka Creek.⁠Fiddletown.⁠Big Dick Bore.⁠Sausage Gully.⁠Delicate Knobby.⁠Chinamans Knob.⁠Cockburn.⁠⁠All real places in Australia 😂 🇦🇺⁠⁠#eyrehighway #southaustralia #roadtrip
  • Back in writing mode after a couple of years off the blog, inspired by the funky vintage caravan I'm temporarily living in! There's a heap of stories stockpiled in the old noggin, hoping to drop this baby soon. xo⁠⁠#nullarbor #roadtrip #australia
  • We celebrated an exciting milestone last week.. after 10 years since first arriving to Australia (24 years for the Sailor) we've officially been granted citizenship!! 🇦🇺🦘⁠⁠On Tuesday we had a lovely ceremony in Noosa with fellow newbie citizens from 16 other nationalities, and it was such a gorgeous morning. I didn’t expect to get emotional but it’s been quite a journey to get here, and we're so stoked to finally call this awesome country our official home. A special thanks to Hannibal at @thamesmigration for making the process of getting our permanent visa a breeze back in 2014, and still helping us along the way since then. ⁠Thanks for adopting us Australia! ❤️ xx⁠⁠#oioioi #aussiecitizenship
  • Sometimes all you need are cuddles with Mum 🥰#koalababy
  • View from our new halfway house in the Noosa hinterland. After two years away, it feels so good to be back beneath the canopy in Queensland ❤️⁠⁠#sunshinestate #australia
  • Welcome to The Glass House! 🏠 🌊 ...⁠⁠A while ago the Sailor and I came up with the idea of setting up a kiteboarding stay in Western Australia, and so while this is still in the pipeline we settled on a boutique holiday stay for now. We spent months transforming our guesthouse into this gorgeous space. It took A LOT of work, but we finally opened in January and we've been so stoked with the feedback, which made all the hard work worth it. ⁠⁠It's almost booked out until 2023, but if you're ever in WA, come check it out! 👋🏼⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠@glasshousewa⁠ ⁠⁠#westsidestory #wanderoutyonder #boutiqueaccommodation #airbnbaustralia #westernaustralia
  • My little town just had a foodie festival 🦞⁠⁠When I moved to Geraldton I remember noticing that everyone either looks like a fisherman or a surfer! ⁠Partly true. It has one of the largest fish industries in Australia, famous for its Western Rock Lobster. ⁠It's also hotly contested as being the the country's kitesurfing capital as it's recorded to have some of the strongest onshore winds in the world (called the 'sodding southerlies' by some locals), which would certainly test the sea legs of any long-serving fisherman.⁠⁠The weekend was a celebration of culture, incredible local produce and the people behind it, with some hot 🔥 WA chefs making the magic happen.⁠⁠We took an insightful peek inside Gero’s Lobster Factory, the 2nd biggest fish holding facility in Oz after Perth with a 70 tonne capacity, then bought a fresh back-of-boat lobby for $20 and had it cooked-up for free (so sweet and juicy, tasted amazeballs 🤤).⁠⁠Some food buffs also had the chance to catch a chopper 🚁 over to the stunning Abrolhos Islands for an exclusive long lunch. Mebs next year for that one.⁠⁠⁠#westernrocklobster #lobstermania #shoreleavefestival #geraldton #westernaustralia #wildwildwest
  • Locals! 🐬⁠⁠So cool to have a pod of wild dolphins hang out around the bay at Monkey Mia. As I read my book I watched them swim for hours up and down the shoreline, weaving in between swimmers and kayakers. ⁠⁠We also spotted turtles 🐢 and huge rays from the beach. The marine diversity around Shark Bay is pretty awesome.⁠⁠〰️⁠⁠🎣 Back in the 60's a few local fishermen started feeding the dolphins leftovers from their daily catch, slowly built up their trust and they've been visiting this shore ever since.⁠⁠🧭 Shark Bay was named by the British pirate (and explorer) Bill Dampier who felt the area was frequented by sharks 🦈, but it was probably dolphins he saw.⁠⁠⁠#dolphinwatch #monkeymia #worldheritagesite #sharkbay #westernaustralia #wonderoutyonder @australiascoralcoast

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