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Posted on June 11, 2018April 17, 2019 by xinchaovietnam

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Follow me on the road! @24hourslayover

24hourslayover

🏖 Drone pilot & blogger based in Bondi Beach, Sydney
🦴 Medical Imaging Technologist
Living with a brain aneurysm
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Best day trips from Sydney? ♡ I have literally e

Best day trips from Sydney?
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I have literally explored every single corner of beautiful Sydney these past few months and have recently done a few trips out of the city - one of my favourite being to Bouddi National Park on the Central Coast just 1.5 hours north of Sydney!
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You can still see across to Sydney's Northern Beaches, as well as Barrenjoey Headland (best place ever 🥰), Lion Island, Broken Bay and West Head.
PLUS here is actually one of very few places in NSW where beachfront camping is officially allowed - how amazing is that!
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This spot in the photo, well I completely found it by chance when I was heading back to my car 🤣! I saw a few rocks through some bushes and wondered what the view looked like, so I scrambled through and wow, it was so beautiful! Although I wasn't alone - a freaky goanna (basically like a komodo dragon) was sat there watching me the whole time whilst I took my picture 🙈😰. Australia you always keep me on my toes 😑😝.
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I have detailed how to find this exact viewpoint in my latest article (head to the link in my bio)!

Roadtripping round NSW has been amazing! 🤩🚐

Roadtripping round NSW has been amazing! 🤩🚐
In 10 days I drove over 3,000km 🥴🤪. From Sydney up along the East Coast to Byron, stopping along the way at sooo many stunning beaches, across to Nimbin - the hippie capital of Australia then into the Celtic Highlands (who even knew they existed here!), down through some amazing National Parks, hiked to some epic waterfalls, went on the beach with the world's (supposedly) whitest sand, came across a 5 metre python on a coastal walk, saw whales and dolphins and even woke up to kangaroos outside my campervan one morning. 🥰 All before ending back in Sydney again! Australia you are just fabulous 🇦🇺.
Some of the day itineraries are already up on my website, and I'll be adding the rest in the coming days!
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Loved my little JUCY Coaster and was so sad to sad goodbye! I honestly can't think of a better way to travel these days than in a campervan.
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How many of you have done a roadtrip in a campervan?
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Feeling all the Belle vibes in this dress 🥰🦁

Feeling all the Belle vibes in this dress 🥰🦁
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It still feels incredibly surreal walking round Sydney these days! The once buzzing Circular Quay is almost deserted. You no longer need to wake up at the crack of dawn to see The Opera House without hoardes of people on it's steps. It feels a little sad yet also at the same time kind of special with no tourists around!
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Australia's borders have been closed for months now - no tourists allowed in and no Australians allowed out. And it will stay that way for a long while yet. To protect all Australians, in particular the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are at greater risk of the virus.
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What about the country where you are living, are nationals allowed to leave, are tourists allowed to visit?

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The ocean pools are my favourite thing about Sydne

The ocean pools are my favourite thing about Sydney 🌊.
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Dotted all along Sydney's coastline are around 35 unique ocean pools. Some of the pools (like the one below) are over 100 years old and almost all of them are free for you to go in! You'll find competitive swimmers there doing laps, children paddling in the shallow parts, groups of friends relaxing on the side of the pool - a whole mix of people!
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I absolutely love swimming in the sea, but there are lots of sharks 🦈 in Sydney's waters, so often I prefer to swim in the ocean pools where I know no sharks can get me 🙈. Of course Aussies don't even think about sharks and go straight into the sea without a second thought. 🤪
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The picturesque Bronte ocean pools are one of my favourite! To find out how to get to this viewpoint and more, head to my website 24hourslayover.com!

Finally completed Sydney's iconic 80km Bondi to Ma

Finally completed Sydney's iconic 80km Bondi to Manly Walk! 🤩🥴
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The Bondi to Manly Walk connects Sydney's two most famous surf beaches (Bondi Beach and Manly Beach) and involves walking all around the coast of the Eastern Suburbs, over The Harbour Bridge and all along the lower North Shore to Manly Beach. I have certainly loved there being not too many people around as often these coastal walks would be quite crowded in a pre-corona world. I have been able to enjoy beautiful secluded beaches to myself and even spot some whales 🐋 in the harbour! Plus I have enjoyed the most epic sunsets each time!
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Of course you do not do this walk in one go 🤣. Most people choose to do this over the course of 7 or 8 days, doing 10-12km each time. You can take as long as you want though!
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This picture was taken at Milk Beach which is about a quarter of the way into the walk. I love the view of The Harbour Bridge from here!
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What's your favourite beach in Sydney?

Don't get complacent guys! 😷 ♡ Despite our nu

Don't get complacent guys! 😷
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Despite our numbers still being extremely low in comparison to areas of the USA and Europe, we are now on our second wave of corona here in Sydney with new cases of the virus popping up every day. Stay mindful, respect social distancing rules and continue protecting others!
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Every week I go on a 10km hike around Sydney Harbour. I take a different route each time as there are so many beautiful parts of the harbour, and I always make sure to avoid the peak times. I don't know about you, but seeing crowds of people makes me feel quite uneasy these days.
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It is not mandatory for us to wear a facemask at all here in Sydney (yet), despite it being the case down in Melbourne and many overseas countries.
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What about where you live, do you need to wear a mask?

The ocean pools along the east coast of Australia

The ocean pools along the east coast of Australia are just the best! 🌊
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You'll find this rock pool called 'The Bogey Hole' 2 hours north of Sydney in the city of Newcastle. It is very iconic to the local people yet it remains fairly unknown to many tourists!
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The ocean pool was hand carved out of the rocks by British and Irish convicts in 1820, and it is recognised as the first ocean pool in the whole of Australia! 🇦🇺
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As you can see, the waves here can be very, very strong! This big wave sent me flying into the rock pool despite the fact I was gripping on to that hand rail! So do be careful when you are here 😊
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Read more about The Bogey Hole and all my other favourite NSW spots on my website 24hourslayover.com!

Stumbled upon this paradise just a 30 minute boat

Stumbled upon this paradise just a 30 minute boat ride from Sydney ⛵!
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Sydney has some fabulous options for day trips. Of course The Blue Mountains is the most common one people think of, but equally if not more stunning places to visit near to Sydney for the day include:
- Royal National Park (the second oldest National Park in the world!). 🏞
- Hunter Valley (Australia's oldest wine producing region). 🍷
- Kiama (home to the world's largest blow hole). 🗻
- Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park (full of Aboriginal heritage and secluded beaches). 🏖
- Central Coast (lots of bush walks and stunning views). 🌄
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Take the ferry from Palm Beach to Patonga and do the walk to Pearl Beach if you want to enjoy views like the one above! You'll find all the information about the Patonga to Pearl Beach walk in my blog 24hourslayover.com!
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If you have been to Sydney, tell me what were your favourite day trips?

Just a 10 minute walk to climb up to this 'secret'

Just a 10 minute walk to climb up to this 'secret' lookout of Sea Cliff Bridge.
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The famous Sea Cliff Bridge is located 1.5 hours south of Sydney on The Grand Pacific Drive - one of the most scenic roads in Australia!
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The entrance to the lookout isn't marked and can be easily missed as it is just a tiny hole in the bushes.
You'll find the exact location of this lookout in my latest blog post and YouTube video! Beware it is an unofficial lookout and you must exercise extreme caution here as mud slides and heavy rock fall is common.
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Have you ever heard of this bridge before?

I reached the 200 mark 🤪🥴🤩 ♡ 200 articl

I reached the 200 mark 🤪🥴🤩
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200 articles on my website 24hourslayover.com - most of the articles are about travel (I have been to 75 countries and I have articles on over 60 of the countries so far), but many of my articles are also related to Flight Attendants and living abroad (for the past 5 years I've lived in Sicily, The Middle East and now Australia).
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At first making the switch from being surrounded by people all day as a Flight Attendant, to having to spend a lot of time alone writing was a little challenging - especially when you're in a beautiful place like Australia and all you want to be doing every day is travelling! But all hard work pays off in the end. Google now ranks a lot of my articles on the top spot (always a great feeling when that happens 😝) and it continues to be where the majority of my website traffic comes from.
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This wasn't my first career change, in fact it was my 4th (revealing my age here I guess!). I went from being a Senior Radiographer ('x-ray nurse') in the Emergency Department in one of London's busiest hospitals, to being an English Teacher in Italy, before getting into flying and travel writing.
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Some people say all this movement and change I did was brave - to pack up and start a new life so many times, but that's not how it feels to me. I'm just an ordinary girl who never wants to stop learning. And I just happen to find that travel really is the best education. 💞
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Head over to my blog 24hourslayover.com for the full story.

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