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Byron blues 💙⁣ ⁣ Being able to find a patch

Byron blues 💙⁣
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Being able to find a patch of sand in Byron Bay without any crowds can somewhat be classified as a miracle! And so is finding a car park close to the beach 🚗 we’re itching to get back on the road and it may very well be on the cards soon!⁣
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Northern NSW, here we come...

There’s a reason why it’s called home, sweet h

There’s a reason why it’s called home, sweet home 🏡 ⁣
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Because when you’re away for a long time, you miss it. You yearn for familiarity, creature comforts and warm hugs. You remember the sense of belonging somewhere. Your body and mind ache for safety, warmth and calm.⁣
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So in those cabin fever quarantine moments when you find yourself daydreaming of exotic, faraway places and you feel yourself growing restless in the repeated monotony of being at home, take a moment to be present and remind yourself of the things that make you happy in your home, sweet home 🏠

Sunseekers, always ☀️⁣ ⁣ We remember this

Sunseekers, always ☀️⁣
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We remember this morning clearly. We were lucky enough to be staying with family in Coogee so only had to drive 10 minutes down the road. We had hoped to shoot Bondi Icebergs at sunrise but the pool wasn’t open yet. So we walked a bit further behind the club and onto these rocks by the water 🌊⁣
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What followed was the most incredible sunrise we had witnessed since our European campervan escapades 6 months earlier. And it was a beautifully slow sunrise, where the pale pink turned to peach before erupting into a tangerine splendour 🌅⁣
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Can you recall a moment like this? At home or on your travels?

And the world keeps spinning around 🌎⁣ ⁣ Ou

And the world keeps spinning around 🌎⁣
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Our heart still skips a beat when we hear the words “travel” and “international borders”. Although we still wistfully dream of beaches in Mexico, ancient ruins in Peru and coffee beans in Colombia, we are trying our best to focus on investing in ourselves.⁣
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We’re investing time into our health, professional development, individual passions and relationships. I’ve even kept my Spanish lessons going (up to 153 days straight on @duolingo ) because I remain a hopeless travel optimist in these times.⁣
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There are still some difficult days and I need to take time filling my colouring book, watching Disney movies when I feel down and also turning on Community on Netflix for some easy laughs. Inspiration doesn’t strike us every day and we recognise that it’s okay.⁣
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What’s been helping you guys get through day by day?

SMILE BECAUSE TRAVELLING MAY BE POSSIBLE SOON 😁

SMILE BECAUSE TRAVELLING MAY BE POSSIBLE SOON 😁⁣
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We have resigned ourselves to the fact that international travel is unlikely for the rest of 2020. Any travel we are able to do this year is likely to be domestic, in and around Australia. Upon reflection, this truly ain’t a bad deal! 🇦🇺⁣
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We certainly are craving another #vanlife road trip and perhaps Jas will even get behind the wheel this time. Chasing cotton candy sunsets like this beauty in Port Douglas will definitely be on the agenda 🌅⁣
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Have you been on a campervan trip? 🚐 Is Australia on your bucket list? Where do you think we should go next? 🗺

It’s been a tumultuous few weeks to say the leas

It’s been a tumultuous few weeks to say the least. ⁣
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COVID-19 cases are receding, restrictions are lifting around Australia, the #BLM movement has garnered a mountain of support like never before, videos of looting in NYC have gone viral and Australia is now officially in a recession. If you felt like you needed a breather, we wouldn’t blame you - it’s been information overload and quite overwhelming.⁣
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Combined with world events, over the last few days, we’ve found ourselves grappling with how our lives are panning out this year. Last weekend, we celebrated Bevan’s birthday surrounded by a maximum of 20 people. It was a bittersweet occasion as we remembered that we had planned to be in Colombia. We continue to navigate the grey areas of travel credits and insurance claims with the continued unknown. For now, The Travel Quandary instagram account and blog has had to be placed on the backburner as we focus on our next steps.⁣
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We hope that you’ll hang around and continue to enjoy our flashbacks for the time being. The cooler weather is making us dream of hot sunny beach days that we spent in Siargao - what are you daydreaming of?

Byron blues 💙⁣ ⁣ Being able to find a patch

Byron blues 💙⁣
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Being able to find a patch of sand in Byron Bay without any crowds can somewhat be classified as a miracle! And so is finding a car park close to the beach 🚗 we’re itching to get back on the road and it may very well be on the cards soon!⁣
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Northern NSW, here we come...