Aussie Joy's Life

One of the most appealing things about San Francisco is it’s location.  Like check out the bay!  How beautiful is it?! Directly across the Golden Gate Bridge is Golden Gate Natural Recreation area.  Plenty of amazing places to stop and snap a picture of the bridge and the city scape  The city, beach and woods [...]

San Francisco by foot… armed with an iPhone 4 I set out to explore another US city I’d never been too. A ‘friend of a friend’ met me at the airport with a bottle of water and some vege chips.  We set out on an adventure to get to know each other and to explore [...]

I recently met Stoney Noell one of the most amazing creative person I’ve ever met.  He is an entrepreneur and graphic designer in Franklin TN.  You can see a smidgin of his work showcased here at Epic Life Creative. I love when an artist takes creativity beyond work into everyday life.  His office is amazing…. and [...]

After visiting Atlanta, Georgia last week, my friend Holly and Melissa (both friends from Nashville) joined Holly’s family on a couple day holiday in Savannah, Georgia and stayed in the heart of the historical district.  It was fascinating!  The historical heritage is still incredibly rich with the city being established in 1733 it had escaped [...]

Recently I got a to spend a weekend in my friend Holly’s hometown, Atlanta, Georgia who visited me in Australia in January 2010.  She organised a weekend of touristy fun in Atlanta for me after I showed here around my neck of the woods in Australia.  Here’s a post I wrote about our Australian adventures [...]

Here are some of my random travel tips if you are planning a visit to the US anytime soon while the AUD dollar is in our favour! 1.  Getting from Australia to America Firstly, I recommend researching flights and THEN going to visit your local travel guide.  My pick is Australian travel agent, Flight Centre. [...]

This past weekend I had the honour of being a bridesmaid for Jenna and Aaron Horn’s wedding! Jenna was one of the first friends I ever met in Nashville when I first moved here.  She reached out to me at a young adults gathering at Michael W Smith’s barn during one of the first weeks [...]

I stole this idea from my friend and work colleague – Festival Linda -  ”A Friday ritual – celebrating a special moment from the past that I don’t want to ever forget.”

I’m sitting at ‘Classic Coffee’ in the quaint city of Glendora grateful to see the June gloom clearing and the sun beginning to shine and California become all that it known for! I’ve been back  in the United States from Sierra Leone now for just a couple of days recovering from jetlag and catching up [...]

Today, my roomate Mandy and I joined ‘Hands on Nashville’ to help clean up Nashville after this past weekends notorious flood.  Potentially over one billion dollars worth of damage! It’s so unbelievable driving through ‘normal’ neighbourhoods and seeing basically entire contents of people’s homes in a sopping, decaying mess out on the curbside awaiting disposal. [...]