Australia has always been one of those dream destinations we’d talked about visiting ‘someday’. This is the story of turning my ‘someday’ into a reality! For the first time ever, my family, who I call the ultimate last-minute packers, actually had their bags ready days ahead of the trip.

I’m Shashank, a software engineer, and my partner and I have been talking about taking a break forever. Work, deadlines, life—it all got a bit too overwhelming. So, when we finally got serious about a trip, Australia was our top pick. "Do we want crazy adventures or just