In March 2020, I returned from a blissful few days in the turquoise waters of the South Pacific, mere days before Australia shut its borders to the outside world for two years.
Vanuatu was my last contact with the international community until 2022, and ever since, I've thought about it often.
I consider myself an avid traveller, having spent all of my spare cash in my 20s on overseas adventures. But I'd always had my sights set on places like Greece and Mexico and places far, far away. Thanks to my tunnel vision, I'd never bothered to check out my own backyard.
And boy, was I missing out.