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Heels and Wheels is about an American girl and an English bloke’s travels together. Bobbi Hitchon and Ric Hackey fell in love
Bobbi and Ric picnicing in the Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Australia.
after meeting through work in Port Douglas, Australia in August 2010. They changed their travels to stay together around Australia. They finally kicked off their travels together in Malapascua, Philippines in March 2011. The couple then went on to do things like eat dim sum in Hong Kong, celebrate Songkran in Thailand, Tube in Laos, visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia and eat, A LOT, in the USA. They are now living in New Zealand under a work-holiday scheme.
Heels and Wheels started in December 2009 as a website based on Bobbi’s experience traveling and working in Australia under the work-holiday visa. Already a freelance journalist and photographer at home in southern New Jersey, she wanted to document her experience and pursue a career as a travel writer.
While in Australia Bobbi met another Bobbi and blogged for THE WORD Australia about a well-known backpacker route up Australia’s east coast. “The Bobbis”, as they came to be called, had their trip featured in the Fraser Post Chronicle in Queensland, Australia and Burlington County Times in New Jersey, USA. While in Australia Bobbi’s work also appeared in the Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette.
Her work has also appeared in the Courier-Post, The Whit and A Food Coma.
Bobbi’s visited over 30 countries on four continents. She received her divemaster in Malapascua, Philippines, tries to take pretty photos and loves eating different foods, which works out great considering Ric is a chef.
Ric went on a similar, but different path in Australia also starting in January 2010. His travels in the country took him to Sydney, Melbourne, up the east coast and of course to Port Douglas. While there Ric worked as a chef at places such as Globe Cafe on Chapel St. in Melbourne.
With a background primarily in European cooking, Ric is eager to learn about food and cooking methods around the world. He’s traveled through most of Europe and around England on holidays and is really eager to visit North America. He’s a big Liverpool Football Club fan and has a joke for everything.
Together they’ve lived and worked abroad for two years. Conquered SE Asia together and spent a lot of time traveling around Europe without each other.
Contact them via Twitter: @HW_Travel, Facebook and email: heelsandwheelsonline@gmail.com.
