It was Brodie Deverell's time in Darwin on a football scholarship that made him want to see what the world had to offer.
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"I realised there was much more to see and experience," he said.
"Darwin is a fantastic city that includes many international festivals that I attended - here I generated real interest in hearing how other countries lived and went about their daily lives."
After briefly travelling through Asia, Mr Deverell decided that he wanted to take his travelling a bit further than just a holiday and more as a lifestyle.
"I learnt what I hope would occur," Mr Deverell said.
"I generated an even stronger urge to travel and see more of the world."
Mr Deverell has now been living in Europe for three years, travelling to numerous countries while establishing a successful blog: Aussieinwanderlust.
"Setting up a blog was something I had thought about for around 12 months before finally committing to it," he said.
"I had seen many others during my trip doing the same thing and had heard a mix of success and failure stories."
It was Europe's combination of rich diversity and proximity that made if very appealing for Mr Deverell to traverse.
"When leaving Tasmania to travel to Darwin I had to catch a 12-hour ferry ride then drive three days for over 12 hours each way just to reach the top of Australia," he said.
"I have since caught buses that have crossed four countries in a matter of 10 hours.
"Europe also has an amazing variety in what each country has to offer.
"You can find some of the most beautiful beaches in the world around the Mediterranean Sea coastlines, ski or snowboard in any of the alps or dive into real-world history in cities like Krakow and Berlin."
After five months of persevering in producing content Mr Deverell had backlogged from past travels, his blog started becoming a source of revenue.
"Before too long I was managing other people's social media accounts writing guest blog posts and receiving offers to review amazing accommodation places, tours and restaurants," he said.
But it was not a case of instant success, as Mr Deverell noted that it took a lot of attention to his social media presence to get where he is now.
"Sure, once established you hear of bloggers laying around a Bali resort or only working two hours a day to answer social media or email but that certainly isn't the case from the beginning," he said.
"I'm not a natural reader or writer of stories so the learning curve was steep."
Along his travels in Europe, Mr Deverell has done a number of interesting things.
One such endeavour he undertook was teaching students taken out of mainstream education for behavioural issues.
"It had some challenging days but overall was a really fun place once you had the trust and respect of the students," Mr Deverell said.
A mix of savings from working in mines at Mount Isa in Queensland, taking jobs around Europe as well as income from Mr Deverell's blogging helped him fund his various overseas escapades.
After blogging for about eight months Mr Deverell decided to refurbish his website to make it look more professional.
For this he went to Devonport-based website designers EZ Computing.
"The image is important in this industry and if the first impression is not strong then chances are you have lost the interest of someone in the first few seconds of landing on your page," he said.
"I reached out to local companies in the area where I had grown up as I wanted to use a local business that I could trust and communicate easily.
"I had a clear idea of how I wanted my new site to look and it was about finding someone who could bring that to life."
Mr Deverell said the appeal of being a so called 'digital nomad' is having the freedom to experience new things.
"The digital nomad lifestyle is a curious one," he said.
"I absolutely love what I am doing and have to pinch myself that it is happening.
"Coming from a small state like Tasmania most people don't think this lifestyle is achievable and I hope to be able to show many that it is and encourage others to dream it but most importantly live it as well."
Mr Deverell now finds himself as a more "authoritative" blogger and has collaborated and featured in a number of separate travel blogging sites.
Since leaving Tasmania to become a digital nomad, Mr Deverell has returned to Australia twice.
"I believe I will return home to Australia and hope to return to Tasmania as well in the future to spend some extended time," Mr Deverell said.
"I have realised that there are many places still in my own backyard that I have yet to see."
Mr Deverell's journey now takes him South America in April, where he will continue to discover new experiences and document them for the world to see.