It has been a while I know. I have many excuses that I could make for my being away, but the reality is I was just out living life, working and enjoying my holidays.

Now the summer is almost over and I am heading back to uni, for my last year. I will be doing things and having fun. I will be trying hard to complete my work and finally finish my studies. 

So here is a little update just to get us started again.

I have spent the summer months working away. It is practically all I did on my holidays, which is kind of what I wanted to do, and on my days off all I did was sleep and be lazy. I got to spend my days with dogs and animals, just being comfortable and at peace with life.

I took chances in life and did things that I had wanted to do for a while, like dyeing my hair. 

I spent time with people who made me happy and made friends with new people.

It has just been a pleasant summer. 

I hope everyone is well. And I hope to see you all soon.

xx Kat

November inspiration board.

Now I know that it is already 12 days into November, and I had planned on posting this at the beginning of the month, but time ran away from me, as it so ofter does. So here is me November inspiration board. 

This is a series of blog posts that I really want to start doing every month, so I figured now was as good a time as any. I have done one of these in the past (May Inspiration Board), and I really enjoyed posting it, so I was hoping to begin making it a monthly thing here.

Top to bottom, left to right.

- Fresh Juice: As the weather is heating up here in Australia, as we are heading towards summer, I have really been getting into fresh juices. 

- The Beach: I am super excited about beach season and can't wait to spend all my time there after work.

- Taylor Swift: November brings the Australian section of the 1989 tour, and I am getting excited about seeing her live for the second time with one of my closest friends.

- Pinkish Hair: I am really loving this hair trend right now, I absolutely adore the colour.

- Fox Prints: Being a fox fan I am loving all of the fox prints that have been hitting the shelves recently.

- Spring: Although the season is nearly over, I have enjoyed seeing all of the colours that come with spring.

What are some things that Inspire you this month?

xx Kat

February 2015 Rewind.

Somehow I managed to miss a January rewind, which I had planned to do and only just realised I never did. But never mind that now, February is ending and I figured I would just skip a month and do Feb's rewind now.

Starting off with recently, I left Sydney and road tripped my way back towards Melbourne and my University studies. including moving back onto campus and meeting my new roommates.

Signs are fun sometimes. 

Before leaving I got to spend a lovely three days with one of my best friends, relaxing, having fun and eating good food. Also us trying new coffee places, an obsession of both of ours.

I also got one last chance to spend some time with my favourite dogs at the shelter I worked at over the summer, saying goodbye to them. This was also a fun day out with my bestie, and it was a brilliant day in the sun.

The rest of February was filled with working hard at my summer job and enjoying the sunshine on my days off. 

With today being the 28th of February its the last day of summer in Australia, meaning that winter is coming along soon. But with winter comes to cozying up and watching the rain. 

I hope all of you have had a good summer (or winter).

Let me know what your favourite memory has been over the past season (whichever you have just had).

xx Kat

Something about summer.

Hey guys,

We have finally reached the summer months here in Australia. Whilst some people in the world get to celebrate christmas with weather that complements the festiveness, we celebrate the time of year in the warmth. 

Now to be fair I can't complain, I have only experienced one 'white christmas', but even that wasn't quite the same as some of the picturesque scenes that one see around this time of year. So I don't really have anything to compare it with. I do still enjoy being able to be in the warmth and even though we miss out on some cool christmas things(christmas jumpers), I think it would be weird to spend christmas any other way to me. 

So whilst some of you might be wishing for warmer weather I thought I might share some summer photos that I took on a hike, with my wonderful puppy.

I hope you guys are having a wonderful time wherever in the world you are. And that you are enjoying the weather.

xx Kat

September Update 2014.

Hey guys,

So September marks the last full month of my first year of university, which is super exciting. It also means that it is officially spring in Australia, although I think someone should tell Melbourne that because it's still super cold here somedays. And it also means that soon it will be summer, which I can't wait for. So I thought I would just do a few small updates on things.

1. Things will be getting busy for me over the next few months as I have 7 assignments left to finish off before I can truly be on holidays. Which is not something I will be looking forward to doing. I hate assignments.

2. With my soon to be found freedom in fourish weeks time I will be able to get out more and do some fun and adventurous things around Melbourne, which I haven't been able to do yet. Which I plan to post about when I can.

3. I plan on introducing a few new blog series on here. Which will hopefully start in October and will include things like my monthly favourites and maybe a monthly book club or something, in which I share my favourite things and books or whatever. I will also be continuing the 50 faces project when I get home to Sydney in November.

4. More free time means more adventures and blog posts, so once all my work is finished for the year I should hopefully be blogging a bit more.

5. Summers coming up so I hope to have some fun adventures plan to share with you guys. I just need to figure out what they will be.

6. October will also be a month of relaxation for me as once my assignments are finished I will need a little bit of down time to relax and chill out a bit so that should be fun.

I hope you are all having a wonderful day,

xx Kat

Nature is good.

Hey guys, 

I'm really writing this post as a way of procrastinating my way around doing three assignments for uni at the moment. Considering I will do anything to avoid working on them for a few hours.

The weather has started to get warmer in Melbourne even though it's still technically winter, but I'm not going to complain, I love warm weather, almost as much as I love winter(yes I'm one of those people). And with the sun being out it means that I have been able to take my procrastination outdoors and into the fine nature that surrounds me.

So I thought I would share some of the awesome nature that is around me.

Look at that mighty fine blue sky.

The weather was on point today.

This burst of warm weather has me really excited for summer, I can't wait for it.

Now I should get back to work, not that I want to.

xx Kat.

Going country, Christmas, Roadtrip, New years.

Hey guys,

So due to my being busy for the past two weeks straight, I have a hefty amount of things to write about. There will be three blog posts about the end of 2013, which I will need to get out of the way.

Also happy new years and welcome to 2014, I hope this year is a good one to you.

 

December was a bit of a hectic month for me. I went away three times, and in between those times I had a packed schedule. full of birthdays and Christmas celebrations. So this is to discus those.

So lets get started.

 

GOING COUNRTY.

This year, just before Christmas, I got to spend some time with my Dad, and his side of the family. They live on a farm about eight/nine hours away from me, so I don't get to see them all that often. But I got to spend six days with them before Christmas, so I could celebrate with them.

I do enjoy visiting them, considering they live on a farm and I get to be amongst their cattle, and even got to help them hand feed one of their calves.

Another thing I enjoy about going up there is that it's relaxing and away from the busyness of the city.

 

CHRISTMAS.

After flying home on Christmas eve, eve. We drove to Christmas eve at a member of my Mum's side of the family. A tradition that has taken place since before I was born, I got to see a couple of my cousins that I haven't seen in a long time (two of which have recently come back from living on the UK)

Christmas eve was followed by Christmas day lunch at my Aunts, down the coast. And boxing day up the mountains, seeing different parts of the family in each place.

All around it was a good a Christmas 'week'.

 

ROADTRIP/NEW YEARS.

This year for new years eve, I decided I wanted to get out of the city for new years eve. Sydney gets very busy, so its nice to get away from it all every now and then.

So me and a friend hoped in the car and headed down the coast, and back to my aunts house. They live five minutes from the beach and live in a little community, far from the bity city lights of Sydney. We got to spend five days there, relaxing in the sun, swimming at the beach and bringing in the new year with my family and down on the beach.

I don't regret getting out of the city for the new year.

We also got to see some on the local sightseeing spots. including the sea bridge, which is a new bridge built in replacement of an old one, that kept getting stuck in rock fall. and the abandoned train tunnel, that used to house the train line.

 

So that was my holiday season. I hope you all had a good holiday season and have a great start to 2014.

 

xx Kat

 

 



A tropical summer vacation in Fiji.

Hey guys,

So summer has hit Sydney and so I decided to have a bit of a tropical, island holiday with my best friend of 17 years. A few months ago we decided that we wanted to get out of Sydney for a week and just find a place to relax and unwind, after a long year of things we had overcome.

 

So at 7o'clock on Friday the 6th of December we headed to the airport and started our half a day journey to Fiji's Nadi international airport. One plus side of picking Fiji is that it didn't really throw out our sleeping patterns as they are only two hours ahead of Sydney, But it still meant we lost some time of our Friday.

 

Once we landed we headed straight to the resort we were staying at. On the hour long drive I took in the surrounding landscape. It reminded me a lot of my time on Samoa, which I went on a school trip to 5 years ago. The whole atmosphere reminded me a lot of my time there, which was a nice reminder of  the amazing time I had there.

We were met with beautiful, lush vegetation and mild warm weather. A large difference form Sydney, which had been going through rather dramatic weather changes.

 

 

There's nothing like spending an entire week relaxing at a resort on a tropical island. Whilst we didn't do much exploring off of the grounds of our resort we did get to immerse ourselves in the Fijian lifestyle. Like getting to watch some traditional dances, enjoying local food and drinks and swimming in the crystal clear water that was just outside our room.

 

I think this holiday was good for both of us. It was a nice little break from home, and a good chance to get away from it all before the craziness of Christmas starts.

 

I hope you are all having a great holiday season so far. I am off to pack my bags once again and go on a countryside trip to visit my grandparents.

 

xx Kat