Winging It Travel Podcast · Wednesday, September 9, 2026
The speaker reflects on acquiring their first smartphone, an iPhone 5C, during their seven months in Melbourne. This marked a significant shift, enabling access to social media, music streaming, and online research, which they suggest began to change the nature of travel.
“I managed to get my first iPhone in the seven months in Melbourne, which is the iPhone 5C. Did that start to change travel? It's a huge topic. And suddenly on my phone, I could access Instagram, Spotify, take photos, videos, all this stuff, Facebook as well, which was only available on laptop which I didn't have.”
“So that was with my iPhone 5C and things started to change from then in terms of being connected to the outside world, also to family at home and friends. And things started becoming easier. If I want to go somewhere in Melbourne, I could research it on the internet on Google. So things started to change in Melbourne for sure.”