croatia | mljet

We went to Mljet National Park as a day trip from Dubrovnik. A bus, a ferry and a couple of mountain bikes and we were surrounded by the most beautiful lakes and gorgeous green scenery. This place is stunning. It's also totally worth the pretty steep cycle ride from Polače to get there, as cycling round the lakes was not only super fun but also a great way to take in as much scenery as possible and find the nicest swimming spots! Quite possibly the clearest water I've ever ever swam in! 

Photos - mixture of lumix DLSR and iPhone 5 + vsco cam.  

noosa

After a nice relaxing few days in Byron Bay, we drove North up the coast to Queensland. I drove, in an automatic, weird, through The Gold Coast, crazy, and then past some gorgeous coast line into The Sunshine Coast. It was pretty fun really, and we ended up in Noosa with high hopes of seeing koalas. Noosa was like two different worlds in one place; some of the shops and restaurants on Hastings Street were way too fancy for our shorts and flip-flops vibe, but very lovely all the same, and let's face it, who doesn't want to try salted caramel popcorn ice-cream made by the magic of liquid nitrogen?! And then 1K down the beach in Noosa National Park we were surrounded by dense forest, deserted beaches, turquoise sea, white sand and crazy wildlife. I did not get along with the wild turkeys. It was gorgeous though, we walked for miles and just kept stumbling upon the most incredible beaches. I loved it, it's a gorgeous bit of coastline, go go go if you get the chance!

Photos - the camera gods were against me in Noosa and something went crazy with my camera, so most of these are iPhone 5 + vsco cam.  

cornwall

Last weekend Nick and I headed out of London, borrowed a car from home home and drove right down to West Cornwall. We went for a friends wedding on the Saturday, which was beautiful, but thought we'd make the most of it so booked to stay three nights. We stayed in an adorable fishing harbour village called Mousehole (pronounced Mauzel!) and managed to explore quite a bit of West Cornwall. It was a pretty perfect weekend away, and brilliant timing having just finished my course! I hadn't been that far down in Cornwall for years and years - it's ridiculously pretty, hard to believe that it's England at times! We explored Sennen Cove, Mousehole, Newlyn, St Levan, Treen and St Ives, had lots of pasties and seafood, and stayed in a lovely little B&B right on the harbour. I definitely recommend this little part of the world if you've not visited before! Photos taken on my Panasonic DSLR & my iPhone, edited with the vsco app. 

slovenia

it's taken me a while to sort through my pictures of our trip to slovenia a few weeks back, and even longer to post them. but better late than never eh? it feels like ages ago now though, so it's actually really lovely to look back through them...

ljubljana was super laid back and relaxed, and absolutely tiny! but full of beautiful old colourful houses, cobbled streets, riverside cafes and lovely old churches and cathedrals. the view from the castle was wonderful and you could see out of the city to the snow covered alps! lake bled was gorgeous too, despite being pretty cloudy when we arrived, it's still an incredibly calm and beautiful place surrounded by some seriously lovely countryside! it's such a pretty little city, and was perfect for the relaxing break we were after.

all photos by me, taken on both iphone 5 and panasonic lumix g10.