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Joke De Roeck
Mar 22, 20141 min read
Creatures of the underground
Vegemite, the Southern Cross, AFL, big chunks of meat on a barbie, surfers and crazy killer animals. Australia in a nutshell. There is a...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 13, 20141 min read
Life is a festival
You live with 3000 people in a forest. You can't get the smell of cheap wine out of your water bottle. Your tent has been your home for...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 22, 20142 min read
Wedding anniversary
Do you remember my wedding with my first wife Gemma last year? When I was still blond and fat and new to the whole wedding thing? We had...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 12, 20142 min read
Rainbow Serpent festival
In Australia, road trips are part of the daily life. You get treated to gorgeous landscapes, sunny days, starry skies and always...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 4, 20142 min read
Souvenirs from Thailand
I'm going to be honest with you. My first day in Australia I spent in the hospital. Thailand had been good to me, a bit too good maybe. I...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 19, 20142 min read
Thai paradise
Koh Tao must be one of my favourite islands on the planet. After five days and nights of dancing on top of a hill at Experience festival,...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 9, 20141 min read
A new year in hippie heaven
The last couple of weeks have been an absolute Thai madness. Chilling on different beaches every day, snorkeling and enjoying happy hour...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 25, 20131 min read
From Bangkok to beach life
Bangkok was about half as hectic as my flight there. Squeezed in between two big bald men on a plane filled with crying babies, I arrived...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 18, 20131 min read
It's oh so quiet shh shh
Sooo it's been a while! What have you missed? The perfect Movember celebration in Melbourne. Back to Belgian winter wonder land after one...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 12, 20131 min read
Freedom and dessert
Ahhh can you smell that? The sweet scent of freedom! It's my new perfume. After months of cleaning everything in sight and being...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 1, 20131 min read
Happy November!
Hallelujah, my favourite month of the year starts TODAY! Dreams of new adventures are about to come true! goodbye station life, hello...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 25, 20131 min read
Friends my dog ate
Working in the outback is a great opportunity to let the nature loving hippie inside of you run free and make friends with all living...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 12, 20131 min read
Part-time cow fan, part-time sausage roller
There's a lot to love about cows. Sadly it's part of my job to turn them into sausages. Life at the station is getting more bizarre every...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 9, 20131 min read
Station life, the musical
What I like most about my job as a domestic is being able to work outside. because outside it's socially acceptable to break out in '80s...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 5, 20131 min read
Desperate station wife
While I was flipping baby burgers and busting out my finest dance moves at the Darwin Festival, I got a phone call from a lady who...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 27, 20131 min read
Baby burgers and mustached men
I don't know about you but I like my babies swimming in satay sauce. Welcome yet again to The Gourmet Goons' imaginary world where no one...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 23, 20131 min read
Balinese goodness
Whether you want alcohol poisoning or just a tan, Bali has it all. I'm talking cocktails served in coconuts (covered in umbrellas en...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 5, 20131 min read
Nudity in national parks
Whatever your question may be, the answer can always include a national park or two. See for yourself: Where do I have to go if I want to...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 16, 20132 min read
Aboriginal dancing
Some people say the only culture you will find in Australia is a tub of Yoplait. After eight months of backpacking in this amazing...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 13, 20131 min read
Cairns showgirls
The things we do to make a living :) After months spent in rainforests, on beaches and festivals, it was strange to get thrown into the...
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