Taking a walk in Sturt National Park
The Dingo Fence – also sometimes called the Dog Fence – runs for more than 5600 kilometres through Australia’s remote desert country and is the world’s…
Remembering Springtime
As Australia heads into autumn, my friends in the northern hemisphere are celebrating the arrival of spring. This week’s challenge from fellow blogger Ailsa at Where’s…
Tipples and tastes of Ireland
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all my readers – Irish or not! My first visit to Ireland last year was among the best writing trips I’ve…
Thailand’s fantastic Wat Rong Khun
Thailand, like many parts of Asia, is all about temples. But Thailand is also home to the most fantastic temple I’ve ever seen: Wat Rong Khun…
A green and graceful idyll
In a flurry of black and white, a small flock of magpie geese rise gracefully into the sky, surprised from the water as our boat skims…
The fight against fracking
Her t-shirt read: Don’t frack with me. It might seem an unlikely message for an 83-year-old woman to be carrying, but Liffy Jack left me in no…
Saving James Price Point
This is James Price Point, a remote and rugged finger of land on the Western Australia coast, about 50km north of the pearling town of Broome,…
A Glass Half Full 