About Sharyn McCullum and Discover Australia Now
(formerly Live Work and Play in Australia)
Sharyn enjoying the 12 Apostles on a road trip of the Great Ocean Road Road
About Sharyn McCullum
I grew up in the Southern Suburbs of Sydney, in the Sutherland Shire making me a one-eyed Cronulla Sharks supporter (don’t take that against me!). Thanks to my dad who worked for an Australian airline I travelled most of my life within Australia and sometimes overseas. We would fly somewhere for a family holiday during school holidays or go on a road trip.
I have travelled in many different ways. With my parents when I was a child on family holidays. Solo when I was in my 20s. With my partner in my 30s and then with my own children. Now my kids are in their 20s they don’t want to travel Australia with me so I travel with my partner and sometimes go on solo adventures.
My first trip solo overseas trip was in my 20s. I went on a working holiday to the UK. I arrived at Heathrow Airport with no friends, family, accommodation or work and wondered what on earth I had done. While living in the UK I became a travel writer, writing about my travels and the countries I visited.
When I returned home I continued to write travel articles. But, I also thought about how I wished there was information I could have read to help me prepare for overseas adventures. After 28 refusals, my travel guide Live Work and Play in London and the UK was published. It was so popular I returned to the UK to update the guide for the 2nd edition. Was I pleased, or was I pleased?
While visiting the UK, my British friends said ‘why don’t you write a travel guide for Australia?’, so I did. In 2008 the first edition of Live Work and Play in Australia was published. Then came guides for Japan, Canada and Ireland as well as updates for the UK and Australia guides. These guides are now produced as ebooks that I update regularly. They are available for purchase via Amazon or on my LiveWorkPlayTravel site about living and working abroad.
About Discover Australia Now (formerly Live Work and Play in Australia)
As mentioned, Live Work and Play in Australia was my second travel guide. I wrote it for visiting working holiday makers to Australia as well as Australians who want to work and travel their way around Australia. This website/blog is an extension of my printed guide which is now produced as an ebook. My aim with the website/blog is to provide up-to-date and relevant information so overseas visitors and Australians can live, work and play in Australia. You will find information on:
- Accommodation options in Australia and how to find a place to stay.
- Work opportunities and how to get a job as you travel Australia.
- What to See and Do in Australia on Road Trips and useful tips to organise doing your ‘Big Lap of Oz’. And if you don’t have a car, I’ll explain transport options to get you around Australia.
- Also discover the cities and the States and Territories of Australia (ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, NT, WA, QLD, TAS) in one of my posts.
- Plus, there are plenty of tips on what to eat in Australia, what to see and do in Australia through some ‘best of’ posts.
So click around and discover your Australia. To travel further, visit Live Work Play Travel – my website/blog about travelling and working abroad. It is aimed at working holiday makers, remote workers and digital nomads.
Discover Australia Now
helping you to live, work and play in Australia