Posts By Josh West

The Queen Victoria Market may receive the lion’s share of the ‘markets attention’ in Melbourne, however, spend an afternoon trawling the labyrinth-like aisles at the South Melbourne Market, and you’ll …
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I’ve been on the road for a whole three months. Three months! Where the flip did that go? Who’d have thought after years contemplating my corporate existence, I would find …
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I’ve officially been in Melbourne for over a month. Whoop, whoop! So far I’ve visited some incredible structural Melbournian masterpieces; the majestic State Library, the contemporary Federation Square and don’t …
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The Queen Victoria Market is an ever-present thread in the social fabric that makes up Melbourne’s ‘foodie culture’. It has been a traditional working marketplace on and off since 1878, …
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I had the pleasure of visiting the Shrine, one of Melbourne’s premier landmarks, over the space of two visits. I’d heard very little about the monument but the images I …
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Unlike the other forms of house sharing, like Airbnb or Couchsurfing, house sitting requires you to plan for the sit, while also taking on more responsibility than merely just staying …
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Since first trying my hand at house sitting in mid-2016, I’ve fallen in love with the concept and now regularly incorporate it into my travel plans. While a hefty smattering …
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Oh hey. When did you sneak in?

Enough of the suspicion, let me introduce myself. I’m Josh West… from the travel blog Trekking West. See the connection there, eh? Yeah. …
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The lure of ‘free accommodation’ is enough to entice even the most extravagant of jet-setters. House sitting has become a ‘go-to’ for many thrifty holidaymakers who save big while taking …
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