Dongdaemun – Seoul, South Korea

In stark contrast to day 1, today we explored the hip and modern area of Dongdaemun. This eastern part of Seoul is home to many markets, shops, restaurants and hotels, including ours, allowing us to explore on foot. To start, we strolled along the Cheong-gye-cheon, a stream cutting through the city. Once, a raised highway, […]

Namsan and surrounds – Seoul South Korea

For our first day in Seoul, we struck a bluebird day, bright sunshine but absolutely freezing (-5). This meant our day was interspersed with several trips to heated and welcoming coffee shops. Fortunately, the Koreans like their coffee and cafes are found on every second corner. As tour guide, I decided we should start our […]

Ultimate Guide to Snorkeling at Busselton Jetty

Recently, I have noticed a number of people clicking on my post https://thetravelbee.blog/2021/03/21/lost-in-another-world-busselton-jetty-with-a-snorkel/. I must admit, this blog is a favourite of mine, I guess because the ocean around South West WA is my happy place. It is the one environment where I feel completely free, uninhibited and worriless. But, seeing these clicks has made […]

Swan Valley – Perth WA

It’s been a while since I wrote, but unfortunately sometimes you just gotta work and The Travel Bees are working hard saving for the next big trip. Luckily every September, we get a small interlude in the humdrum for football country week. Always a roller coaster of emotion, this week has been no different. There […]

Bondi to Coogee Coastal Walk – Sydney NSW

I don’t want to finish writing about Sydney’s pools. It was such a fun weekend and I loved sharing it with you all. Fortunately, I have more material because not only did we swim…… we walked, the best way to fully appreciate this spectacular coast line. The Bondi to Coogee walk is a 6km trail […]

The Ocean Pools of Sydney – Part 3: Malabar to Mahon

I left you all in suspense… what did we decide? Bondi beach swim or pools?…. The Ocean Pools of Sydney – Part 2: Icebergs, Bondi Well, after considering two facts: 1. sharks eat turtles 2. no ocean pools in WA, we unanimously decided to stick to plan A for our final swimming day. It wasn’t […]

The Ocean Pools of Sydney – Part 2: Icebergs, Bondi

Day 2 was never going to match day 1 in terms of swimming conditions. When we woke, it was raining and the wind was howling, but we were determined……. we had to have at least one swim. So down the hill we walked, from Tamarama to the iconic Icebergs pool at Bondi. 7. Icebergs For […]

The Ocean Pools of Sydney – Part 1: Tamarama to Coogee

The Travel Bees are currently on a short break that has been long in the making. My Yallingup lagoon swimming buddy and I decided some time ago, a trip to Sydney to swim in the ocean pools would be an epic way to cement our swimming camaraderie. When Jetstar announced flights from Busselton to Sydney […]

Magic Perth – Western Australia

There’s nothing like having visiting family to get you out and about, enjoying where you live. The last two weeks we have been fortunate enough to host our niece and her three children from the UK, and boy did WA put on a show. The weather has been outstanding….. like a second summer. We’ve had […]

You know you’ve been in the ‘country’ when……. (Boyup Brook WA)

Your white shoes are now brown and you find a whole fly up your nose! That’s right, that is what I discovered as we were packing up to head home….. sorry for the gory details. Day 2 of the Boyup Brook Country Music Festival starts with the ‘Bush Poets Breakfast’. I wasn’t sure what to […]