How “Found Money” works in Raiz (previously Acorns Australia)

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I signed up with when they first launched here in February 2016. Then, in late 2016, Acorns Australia added the “Found Money” feature to their app before later rebranding as Raiz. The concept behind this is that you get rewarded with bonus money in the form of cash back, for shopping with participating retailers. Generally, … Read more

Point Samson to Exmouth via Karratha and Dampier – Darwin to Perth Day 8

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Wildflowers at Point Samson

As I’m sure you know by now, we’ve been waking up quite early, and today was no exception.

Sunrise from our camper van at Point Samson
Sunrise from our camper van at Point Samson

We had a beautiful morning to see, and the beach is just across the public car park from the caravan park, so we had the perfect location to get some beautiful sunrise photos.

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Broome to Point Samson – Darwin to Perth Roadtrip Day 7

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Old mining truck

Today was a day of driving. We needed to get down to Point Samson and make up a little bit of time after spending an extra day in Broome. It’s about 834km’s, so if you are doing that distance, you can expect it to take up most of the day, particularly once you add in … Read more

9 Reasons to Book Your Next Cruise Onboard with Royal Caribbean – From an Australian Perspective

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Voyager of the Seas at Sydney's Circular Quay

Just before I start this post, I want to make it clear this is not a paid post. I get absolutely nothing from Royal Caribbean whatsoever. The opinions in this blog are my own, from my experience, and the reasons I’ve listed are current as at the time of writing. I can’t guarantee they will always stay the same so you should always do your research. If you find this helpful, though, I’d appreciate it if you share it with anyone else you know who is thinking about booking their next cruise onboard a Royal Caribbean ship.

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Horizontal Falls Full Day Tour From Broome

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The Horizontal Falls

If there is one thing you do in Australia besides Uluru/Ayers Rock, it’s the Horizontal Falls. Located at Talbot Bay in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia, I don’t think there is anything quite like this anywhere else. For the Kiwi’s, this is like Doubtful Sound, remote, hard to reach, and uniquely beautiful. Unlike … Read more

A Full Day in Broome Itinerary – Darwin to Perth Day 5

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Sunrise over Roebuck Bay

Day 5 was a welcome change. After 5 days of driving long distances, it was nice to spend the entire day just in Broome exploring the sights there. We got to watch the sunrise over Roebuck Bay looking back towards the West Australian coast.

Sunrise over Roebuck Bay
Sunrise over Roebuck Bay

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Fitzroy Crossing to Broome via Derby – Darwin to Perth Day 4

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Close-Up of the Boab Prison Tree

Day 4 is one of the few days where we doubled back on ourselves. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to go to Derby and not double back while staying on sealed roads.   If you get this far, it is worth taking the detour and heading up to Derby.     Derby is located on King Sound … Read more

Darwin to Perth Day 3 – Kununurra to Fitzroy Crossing

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The Bungle Bungles seem to go on as far as the eye can see

With a helicopter flight over the Bungle Bungles at Purnululu National Park, today’s journey was an exciting trip from Kununurra down to Fitzroy Crossing.

Format Your External Drive with ExFAT for both Mac and Windows Use

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When you work (or live) in an environment that consists of both Mac and Windows computers, it becomes a constant headache negotiating the different filesystems and their compatibility. First, there is the lack of NTFS write capability on Mac’s. Then there is the inability to write files greater than 4gb on Fat32 and of course the complete lack of support on Windows for a Mac drive formatted with HFS+. There are two answers. One is to use a paid 3rd party tool to add NTFS write support to a Mac, such as Paragon’s NTFS for Mac tool. The other is to format your drives with the exFAT file system. This file system can be read and written by both Mac and Windows with support for single files of up to 128 petabytes! Even better, it’s freely included in both operating systems.

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