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3 days in Hobart: go far, without breaking the bank.

Hobart in Winter is not for the faint-hearted. Icy winds and single-digit temperatures (Celsius) frame an otherwise sunny day with … More

australia, environment, food, geography, history, Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens, Salamanca Place, tasmania, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, travel

5 Things you’ll love about the Blue Mountains.

Why are they called blue, for a start? Rayleigh scattering – the elastic scattering of light particles, put simply. It … More

australia, Blackheath, Blue Mountains, environment, geography, history, Katoomba, New South Wales, stories, sydney, treks

Sequel to Morialta

A rare event! Rain in Adelaide. So, with visitors from Western Australia in tow, we headed back to Morialta Falls … More

Adelaide, australia, environment, geography, photos, south australia

Waterfalls of Adelaide – Morialta.

So, I’ve decided to do a series on Adelaide Waterfalls, for three reasons: Winter is approaching, there are only three … More

Adelaide, australia, environment, geography, history, Morialta Falls, south australia, walks in South Australia

Can you do 4km uphill in under 60 minutes? The Waterfall Gully challenge.

Walk or run, it doesn’t matter. There are forums dedicated to people comparing their PBs and quoting both uphill and … More

Adelaide, australia, Cleland Conservation park, environment, geography, Mount Lofty, photography, south australia, travel, waterfall gully

Make a landing in Carnarvon

On the jagged north west coast of Western Australia, between Coral Bay and Monkey Mia, lies the town of Carnarvon.  … More

australia, carnarvan, Carnarvan space and technology museum, environment, flowers, geography, history, photos, science, stories, western australia

Beehive yourself

While walking with one of my friends along our regular path, in the north east of Adelaide, I was going … More

australia, beehive, environment, geography, photography, south australia

Corny Point

On the ‘toe’ of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, lies the small town of Corny Point. It was named by Matthew Flinders, … More

australia, corny point, environment, geography, National parks, photos, south australia, stories, travel, Yorke Peninsula

Longest Fence in the World? The stories from the Rabbit Proof Fence, Western Australia.

I had not heard of the Rabbit Proof Fence until the movie of the same name was released in 2002. … More

aboriginal, Arthur Upfield, australia, Dingo fence, Doris Pilkington, geography, history, rabbit proof fence, Sorry SPeech, Stolen Generation, stories, western australia

Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie, WA

Coolgardie, gateway to the gold mining region, was a stretching stop on the way to Kalgoorlie, that proved to be … More

australia, australian drives, Coolgardie, geography, gold, history, Kalgoorlie, mining, photos, western australia

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