your unique travel expert

Delivering you under-the-radar recs, brutally honest guides and expert travel tips to help you escape the tourist traps. From planning your trip to feeling confident in front of the camera when you’re there,
everything here comes from real experience (sugar-coating is strictly reserved for donuts).

Hey, I’m Dana but you might know me better as @wanderingdonut on…

Award-winning Travel Photographer

Just ask GoPro and Nikon

Media and Tourism Industry Expert

Shoutout to my diploma in Tourism and Event Managment.

“The Realest Travel Blogger in Australia”

Well so the Daily Mail says, I’ll let you decide.

Devoted storyteller and accidental mishap magnet with a camera (or donut) always in hand, I’ve spent over a decade turning adventures and the occasional disaster into stories you can laugh, learn, and live through.
But that’s not even the juiciest part nor the beginning of my life as wanderingdonut…

It’s like your saved folder BUT BETTER

As seen on Wandering Donut

Don’t waste your precious time hunting down that one hotel you saw on your feed months ago, let alone stuck in the spiral of trying to figure out how, where and when to book all 25 experiences you saved in your ‘dream trip’ folder along with it.
I have made all the mistakes, so you don’t have to. With all of my unique

You’re probably here for Japan Recs, right?

Well, you’ve come to the right place!

Craving a tropical Escape Instead?

Dive into the Solomon Islands and beyond…

The Perfect Solomon Islands Itinerary

gopro dome underwater photo taken half underwear and half showing the island. Girl snorkelling in the solomon islands

My Favourite Unique Stays, Experiences and Places in the Sollies

Why you should visit the Solomon Islands

No, I won’t shut up about this underrated tropical paradise of the South Pacific…