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I was casually posting my WA trip to Instagram when my group chat lit up.

Did I secretly get on an international flight to the Seychelles or Mallorca without telling anyone? Did my Uber simply miss the turnoff to the Domestic airport?

No, friends, none of that happened. But my camera roll did look like a Pinterest board of international tropical getaways, without ever having to crack my passport out.

It proved the point: you don't have to leave Australia to feel like you've travelled to some of the most iconic places in the world.

A return to Oz.

The red dirt roads call me. Image

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