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Joke De Roeck
Mar 10, 20131 min read
Best day of my life
I met a koala and all I wanted to do is buy him a little tutu and carry him around like a hairy baby.
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 8, 20131 min read
Beaching
Most people make a one or two day road trip to see the Great Ocean Road. Because we are a bit different in an extremely funky but slow...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 28, 20131 min read
Living in a forest
Sometimes you will find yourself living in a tent in the middle of a forest and that's alright. You might want to spend all day (every...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 21, 20131 min read
Riding waves like a machine
Yes, I'm officially Australian because I SURF. In my own very special elegant way. By acting like the surfboard is actually a bodyboard...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 19, 20131 min read
Sweet madness
The story takes place in Melbourne. After days of festivals, bumping into the funky Yeasayer guys, free concerts, meeting awesome people,...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 15, 20131 min read
Yeasayer! Yeasayer! Yeasayer!
In even more Yeasayer related news because Yeasayer is all that exists on Planet Earth: I met them. In a bar. I talked to them, not like...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 14, 20132 min read
Laneway Festival
Also known as the day I danced my ass off. Melbourne decided to turn up the heat and make people boogie in skirts and shorts. The party...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 8, 20131 min read
A life of luxury
After three weeks of hitchhiking, free food and sleeping on couches and squeeky bunk beds, it was hard saying no to a double bed and a...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 6, 20131 min read
Hiking like a real hiker: Cradle Mountain
A tour bus picked me up from the side of the road in Burnie and drove me to Cradle Mountain. Happy as a little chicklet I posed with...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 4, 20131 min read
Look mommy, I'm a farmer!
Oh how I enjoyed staying on a farm in teeny tiny Flowerdale. I couch surfed Sue and Max' lovely farm for five days and let me tell you,...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 3, 20131 min read
Tales of a blue ass
While couch surfing in Burnie, my host Pat and his cousins proudly showed me the rope swing they constructed. I jumped in a wetsuit and...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 2, 20131 min read
Jolly good family fun
I was lucky to meet couch surfer Phil, who offered me a free ride all the way from Hobart to Ulverstone. It was a gorgeous day, too sunny...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 1, 20131 min read
Fifty shades of grey at Wineglass Bay
I decide to take the Wineglass Bay tour, wake up at 5 am, put on my bikini and shorty shorts and jump on the bus. Only to realise today...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 31, 20131 min read
Peanut butter of the sea
It sounded good when the chef called it that. I like peanut butter and I love the sea. It can't be that bad. But actually it's still eggs...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 30, 20131 min read
Pretty little thing
Hobart. What can I say about Hobart? The capital of Tasmania is a port town with expensive seafood and an ice skate rink in the middle of...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 21, 20131 min read
Mona Foma
When the center of Hobart bursts at the seams with art, you know you're in the right place at the right time for Mona Foma. This Festival...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 20, 20131 min read
Couch surfing in Kingston
Do you know the feeling when you wake up and all of a sudden you have a dog? It means YOU'RE COUCH SURFING AGAIN! And that usually means...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 18, 20131 min read
Goodbye brekkie
We couldn't leave Melbourne without a big goodbye brekkie, so we headed for The Red Tongue on Brunswick street for some good old loving...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 14, 20132 min read
Love letter to Melbourne
Dear Melbourne, Thanks for treating me like the daughter you never had. You've been good to me. Sorry I acted like a sixteen year old...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 11, 20131 min read
Colour the streets
Some get creative with hair, others paint the streets of Melbourne. A city stops feeling blue and turning grey when artists can go crazy...
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