The Best Experience Gifts to Buy Grounded Aussie Travellers This Year
December 9, 2020 in Australia, Christmas, SponsoredNow, I know us Aussies are confined to domestic travel for the foreseeable future. Fortunately, our country is huge and filled with many beautiful places to visit (head to this post for some solo travel inspo). If you’re searching for the perfect present for...
How to Have a Merry Melbourne Christmas
December 12, 2018 in Australia, Christmas, Melbourne, VictoriaPreviously posted in December 2015 So I did a wrap up of Christmas in Vancouver, but I think it is time to do a guide to a Melbourne Christmas. Turns out the city knows how to do the holiday season right. I have loved seeing...
17 Photos To Make You Want To Visit London at Christmas
December 22, 2017 in Christmas, England, Europe, Photography, United KingdomHere are some of the top photography locations to visit during a London Christmas. I visited London 10 years ago in December and January, as it was the beginning and end destination of my Contiki tour. This year, I spent time in the city...
Hayley Lately // 02.01.17
January 2, 2017 in Hayley LatelyIn an effort to blog more, I wanted to breakdown my monthly Hayley Lately posts into weekly segments. Each week I will share some happy moments: what I’ve been blogging, reading, watching and doing in beautiful Vancouver. Let’s just call it my weekly gratitude journal. ♦ Christmas: This...
Hayley Lately // 19.12.16
December 19, 2016 in Hayley LatelyIn an effort to blog more, I wanted to breakdown my monthly Hayley Lately posts into weekly segments. Each week I will share some happy moments: what I’ve been blogging, reading, watching and doing in beautiful Vancouver. Let’s just call it my weekly gratitude journal. ♥ Aussie...
10 Things That Make An Australian Christmas
December 16, 2016 in Australia, Christmas, LifestyleMy friends overseas still find it strange how some of us celebrate Christmas in the summertime. I admit that I would find it weird if it wasn’t how I grew up. But I would also be really curious to check out an Australian Christmas...
My Walk Through Vancouver As A Winter Wonderland
December 9, 2016 in Canada, Christmas, North America, Photography, VancouverI was going to publish a different post this week. However, after my walk on Tuesday through my neighbourhood and taking about 150 photos of the snow and Vancouver looking like a winter wonderland, I wanted to share these snaps instead. It was one...
The Ultimate Guide To a Very Vancouver Christmas
December 1, 2015 in Canada, Christmas, North America, VancouverAlthough I loved my two Vancouver summers, my Vancouver Christmas was something special. For the entire month of December in 2013, my friends and I tried to fit in as many Christmas-related activities as possible. From parades to Christmas lights to carol karaoke, it...
An Aussie Christmas Special
December 23, 2014 in Australia, Christmas, LifestyleAn Aussie Christmas I discovered during my time working abroad that residents of the Northern Hemisphere find it difficult to comprehend the thought of a summer Christmas (aka an Aussie Christmas). I even got asked once if we celebrate Christmas in June/July – our winter....
My White Christmas in Whistler
January 13, 2014 in Canada, Christmas, North America, VancouverAs an Australian living in Vancouver, a lot of people ask if you are/have been working in one of British Columbia’s numerous ski fields. For me though, that was never my intention when I got my holiday visa. I wanted to experience city life....