She’s been attacked by bees in Portugal, worked in a sauna in Norway, hitchhiked through the Balkans all in the name of, well, good fun.
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Launceston girl Kara-Lisa Scott now has a dream lifestyle, travelling the world attending music festivals and making videos – for a job.
Two years ago, fresh out of school, Ms Scott decided to spend 2014 exploring the great globe.
“I didn't really want to go to uni or anything just yet so I sort of asked my cousin if she wanted to do a trip, go travelling,” she said.
Their ten month round the world trip traversed three continents and sparked a passion, which has taken her to many a far-flung corner.
The following year Ms Scott formed the idea to travel the world – and document her exploits.
“I wanted to make videos about it and I had this goal that I wanted to go to every country in the world and make videos about it,” Ms Scott said.
It proved to be a serendipitous step. Later in 2015 she was asked to a Serbian music festival to create a video for travel company Beats Travel. Always looking for new experiences, she said yes.
“I did that and then I just kept doing odd jobs for them and then eventually I just ended up working full time,” she said. She is now the brand manager for Beats Travel, a travel company that takes guests around the world to experience music and music festivals.
“The best thing [about my job] is I get to see beautiful places ... I can go and work wherever I want and also I get to go to music festivals all the time and just enjoy it,” Ms Scott said.
But inversely it has also made travelling, albeit fun, work. Now Ms Scott’s idea of a holiday is hanging at home with her mum, switching off the phone, leaving the camera behind and going “off the grid”.
Travelling has given Ms Scott a fresh perspective of her home state, where she returns to put her feet up, switch off and relax.
“I used to think, ‘Oh Tasmania, Launceston it's just boring there’s nothing to do here’,” she said.
“Coming back here I was actually just breath taken. Flying in here, it's the middle of spring and it’s just stunning, it’s so green and you come in on the plane and you see the coastline and you're like, ‘Wow’ and then you look up and you see huge mountains and you’re like, ‘Wow this island, it’s amazing’.”
Mr Scott said she has learnt a lot from travelling, not necessarily in an academic sense, but as a person.
“I was actually a really shy kid, I had to have my comforts and things. [Travelling] really brought me out of my shell and I’m a lot more confident for it,” she said.
Ms Scott believes the best advice for anyone wanting to make a career of travelling is, “Just go, just get your ticket and figure out the rest when you get there.”
Kara-Lisa’s top three travel tips
- Tip 1: Ask lots of question, never be afraid to ask questions, you'll learn so much more … and don’t be afraid to ask the question you wouldn't ask at dinner, ask them, just ask them, because what do you have to lose?
- Tip 2: Don’t plan everything. Just don’t. You'll ruin the best part of travelling, which is the spontaneity.
- Tip 3: Say yes to everything. If somebody says, ‘Do you want to come on this little adventure?’ you should say yes. You’re not going to regret going, you're just not. You're going to regret staying in your little shell and not going.
