In praise of the humble bicycle
“After a wobbly start and a few close encounters with brick walls, we rode through Hoi An to the countryside,” writes my daughter, holidaying in Vietnam.…
Insider guide to Basel
Hotel inspections are a part of life for travel writers. Despite the fact that we are staying in a hotel, it is almost certain that we’ll…
Missing out on the Miners Memorial
The outback New South Wales town of Broken Hill is famous for its mining history. Generations of men have toiled to bring the region’s rich lode…
Swell Sculpture Festival 2014
As if sand and sea are not enough to restore the soul at any time, each year I love to head to the Gold Coast for…
The fabulous flora and fauna of Fraser Island
Flowers, feathers and fins…I love a good bit of alliteration! Fraser Island provided all three on my recent visit, but another ‘f’ that I was hoping…
Fraser Island’s ‘beauty spots’
I may have gone to Fraser Island to go whale-watching, but there’s so much more to this wonderful place that it’s truly an any-time-of-year destination. Fraser…
Fraser Island’s fascinating shipwrecks
There’s something intriguing about shipwrecks. We are drawn to their stories, to the tragic tales of loss, the prospect of treasure… On Queensland’s Fraser Island, the…
Riding ‘The G’ to Outrigger Surfers Paradise
Arriving at my Gold Coast hotel last weekend, I was thrilled to see that right outside the door was the seaside city’s new tram line. I…
Segway with a Coolpix
Don’t fall off. That’s what I tell myself as I make my first tentative moves across the beach, perched on a Segway. I’m pretty sure that’s…
Helping with whale tail research
Whale tails are like fingerprints. Each one is unique. And the classic shot that every photographer likes to get is a whale’s tail in the air…
A Glass Half Full 