One year on and

we couldn't be happier that we've made it this far - that Travels That Make Us hasn't been a short-lived craze!

Here's a snapshot of the infant year of our dream project:

Our Posts

• 28 posts have been published in the past year.

• The stories have been about destinations in Australia, Finland, India, Denmark, the UAE, France, Viet Nam, Egypt, Spain, Singapore, Iceland and Thailand.

• Our five most viewed posts from the year are:

  • Koh Samui: Jaw-dropping Sea, Sand and Silence: 701 views

  • Feeling 'at home' in an Airbnb: 650 views

  • A Visit to the Land of Pharaohs: 433 views

  • Walking among the Gods: 314 views

  • Tassie Travels: 291 views

Do you have a favourite post? Whether it's from the list above, or the other 23? Please tell us in the comments!

Our Writers

• , 12 of our posts have been written by 'friends'. The voices of these friends have been diverse and no words can thank them enough for sharing their perspectives.

Our Readers

• Our stories have been read in 43 countries by 2,377 unique site visitors.

• The year has seen 5,863 site sessions:

Country	Site Sessions
Australia	3,924
India	1,289
The United States of America	118
The United Kingdom	114
Bangladesh	110
Canada	56
Finland	50
Singapore	40
Thailand	27
Germany	24
The United Arab Emirates	15
Belgium	10
Viet Nam, Austria	8 from each country
Malaysia, the Netherlands, France	6 from each country
Norway	5
Bahrain, Spain	4 from each country
Japan, Poland, Sri Lanka	3 from each country
The Philippines, Lithuania, Greece, New Zealand, South Africa, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Italy	2 from each country
Denmark, Ecuador, Ukraine, Guernsey, Croatia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sweden, Curacao, Argentina	1 from each country

• 22% of our readers have been returning visitors.

• Average visitor engagement for the past year has been 13 minutes and 10 seconds.

• We have 241 subscribers from 11 countries.

How we compared with other travel experience sites in Australia over the past month

What's ahead?

• More travels around the world

• More stories from friends and family

• Consistent and sustainable growth

• Increased reach and readership

We also hope that one day our blog can generate some income to pay our writers, editors and marketers an honorarium.

We are also thinking about introducing some practical, travel-related merchandise to support the work.

Thank you for the love!