About.
Hi there! Welcome to Journey.Discover.
My name is Belinda Antonenko, and I am the proud owner of this website, whose goal is to showcase my beautiful homeland, Australia along with the other incredible places I had the privilege of travelling to such as the stunning Southeast Asian country of Vietnam.
I’m 33 years old and was born in the famously hot and humid Northern Territory capital of Darwin. I didn’t stay there for long though, as after following my Dad’s postings to a RAAF base in Penang, Malaysia and Melbourne, Australia, my family eventually settled down in Ipswich, Queensland before I started school and we never left.
What I love about living in Ipswich is its proximity to everything. It’s close to two major cities, Brisbane, the vibrant state capital, and the Gold Coast, the self-proclaimed city “Famous For Fun”, meaning there’s always something exciting going on. But it’s also not right amongst it all, because being in that space all the time is too chaotic for my taste. This is because I love wide open spaces and spending time outdoors in the peace and serenity of nature, which is great as the countryside is right on Ipswich’s doorstep, with numerous national parks only a bit further away, so it’s the best of both worlds.
And that’s how I like to spend my time. Finding something exhilarating like doing high-speed doughnuts on the water in a jetboat, jumping out of a perfectly good plane sky diving and doing barrel rolls and loop-de-loops in a Yak-52 Russian warbird one weekend, then enjoying the peace and serenity of nature by hiking through Gondawanian rainforests like at Lamington National Park, peacefully kayaking through the calm waters of Lake Wivenhoe and looking for nocturnal animals while camping under the stars at Springbrook National Park the next weekend.
I am also a big fan of slow travel, so when I’m not exploring my local area, I love going on road trips. These can range from quick getaways to longer adventures like the time I spent a week in Rainbow Beach, 30 days in Bundaberg and three months travelling throughout New South Wales and the ACT all the while researching, writing and photographing everything I need to run this website to deliver you the most helpful content I can to help you the most out of your travels.
Places I Travelled To & Written About.
- Queensland.
- South East Queensland.
- Brisbane.
- Gold Coast.
- Surfers Paradise.
- Broadbeach.
- Coolangatta.
- Springbrook National Park.
- Sunshine Coast.
- Ipswich.
- Scenic Rim.
- Main Range National Park.
- Mt Barney National Park.
- Wide Bay Burnett.
- Bundaberg.
- Gympie.
- Rainbow Beach.
- Great Sandy National Park.
- Tin Can Bay.
- Woodum National Park.
- Fraser Coast.
- Hervey Bay.
- Maryborough.
- Wongi Wongi State Forest.
- Darling Downs.
- Toowoomba.
- Warwick.
- Dalby.
- Bunya Mountains National Park.
- Chinchilla.
- Miles & Wandoan.
- Goondiwindi.
- North Burnett.
- South East Queensland.
- New South Wales.
- Greater Sydney.
- Sydney.
- CBD.
- Sydney National Park.
- Manly.
- Bondi.
- Palm Beach.
- Ku-Ring-Gai National Park.
- Northern Rivers.
- Tweed Heads.
- Byron.
- Ballina.
- Lennox Head.
- Nightcap National Park.
- Evans Head.
- Iluka.
- Bundalung National Park.
- Orana.
- Central West.
- South East Tablelands.
- Yass Valley.
- Wee Jasper.
- Cooma.
- Jindabyne.
- Kosciuszko National Park.
- Tumut.
- Riverina Murray.
- Sydney.
- Greater Sydney.
- Australian Capital Territory.
- Canberra.
- Namadgi National Park.
More Places I’ve Visited.
- Australia.
- Victoria.
- Melbourne.
- Geelong.
- Great Ocean Road.
- Northern Territory.
- Litchfield National Park.
- Kakadu National Park.
- Victoria.
- New Zealand.
- Christchurch.
- Queenstown.
- The Remarkables.
- Mt Hutt.
- Cardona.
- Treble Cone.
- Malaysia.
- Penang.