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As you may remember from one adventurous trip<\/a> into the English countryside, I’m not a big fan of driving on the left side of the road. And yet somehow, during my three months on the road I managed to only<\/em> visit left-driving countries. Including Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever I thought of visiting Australia, I always pictured this epic road trip. Preferably in one of those cool vintage vans you see all over Instagram (#vanlife). Crossing the country for more than a month, taking our time to see, well… everything. But now I have three weeks to visit Australia. Not enough to see everything. And I’m by myself. Do I want to be roadtripping alone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spoiler alert: I did rent a car in New Zealand and loved it. But in Australia I decide to focus on the East Coast – without driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you don’t have a car and you don’t want to spend hours and hours sitting on a bus, you will need to skip some parts that are worth visiting. But that’s the case with Australia anyway. It’s too big to see everything in one visit. So instead I put together this three week itinerary that got me to beautiful and interesting places on the East Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Day 1 – 7: Sydney & Blue Mountains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Since most international flights fly into Sydney this is the best place to start. As I mentioned in my post about my favorite brunch and coffee spots<\/a> in Sydney, I completely fell in love with the city. My original plan was to only stay three nights, which is enough to get a good feel of the city and see the highlights. But I quickly changed my plans and decided to stay an entire week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where to stay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn’t recommend it, but I stayed at four (!) different hotels in Sydney. That’s what you get when you keep changing your plans. My first night was the one with the best view: Shangri-La Hotel<\/a>. After that I stayed at The Old Clare<\/a>, a gorgeous new design hotel in a popular neighborhood. And I spent my last night in Sydney at Ovolo 1888<\/a>. They are all great, but don’t come cheap. So for the rest of the week I booked a room at The Maisonette<\/a>. Not as luxurious (I shared a bathroom), but more affordable and still very nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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