I’ve always wanted to visit Australia and New Zealand. I saved for a few years, and planned out how to make the most of my 5 week trip of a lifetime. Now that I’m back from down under, I’d like as many chances as possible to revisit my amazing memories from my trip, so I’m going to start posting some of the photos I took, and what I learned.

So without further ado, the first image in the series:

This is a cassowary, it is a rare bird and endangered in Australia. I took this photo when we were on a nature hike through the rainforest in Cape Tribulation.

This image is one of the most photographed, as a reminder to watch out for the birds on the road: