Merry Christmas from Australia
Roadtripping in Australia in December brings unexpected entertainment. Many people living in rural areas take time to adorn their farm gates with tinsel, ribbons, Santa figures…
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Goodbye to 2020
To say that 2020 was not a good year to be a travel writer is an understatement. It was a year in which my colleagues and I considered an uncertain future, and learned to adapt…
Happy Father’s Day
Today is Father’s Day in Australia, so I’ve dug out some shots of fathers and children around the world that I’ve taken over the past few…
Antarctica from above
A 12-hour flight that brings you back to your point of departure without landing anywhere might not be everyone’s idea of a good day trip….but a…
Bees are the buzz at Brisbane’s West End
Giant bees cling to trees and float in the air above the garden below one of Brisbane’s newest apartment buildings in the inner city suburb of…
A tribute to mothers everywhere
As we celebrate Mother’s Day in Australia today, I can’t help but think about the mothers I have seen all over the world in my travels.…
Cooktown: the Australian town forever linked to the explorer who claimed the land for his king
Two hundred and fifty years ago this week, white sails appeared on the horizon off what is now Australia’s largest city. To the inhabitants of the…
Going the distance to Pitcairn Island
There’s an old saying about the journey being more important than the destination. This story is about one of those times when that saying really rang…
Life, and travel, in the slow lane
Life is suddenly in the slow lane. Travel has slowed to a halt for most of the world, with airline schedules at a minimum, government travel…
‘Home is made for coming from, with dreams of going to…’
Our homes have become our cocoons. As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the world, we have cancelled travel plans and retreated – at the behest of our…
Candlelight thoughts on Earth Hour and Dark Sky places
Turning off the lights – and electronic devices – for Earth Hour is something I’ve done intermittently over the past 13 years since this symbolic lights-out…
