Australia has a lot of coastline – nearly 26,000km of the stuff, according to the CIA world fact book. Driving that distance in a straight line would take you half way around the world. Quite a lot of this coastline is spectacular. Today I’m highlighting the coastline around Kalbarri, which is about half way down […]
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Three stupendously awesome burgers
I would make a terrible food blogger. Here’s a post about three phenomenal burgers, and I have no pictures of any of them to share with you. This was probably a testament to the incredible nature of these beasts – there was simply no time for pause and reflection. It was just eat or.. well. […]
Visiting Wolfe Creek Meteor Crater
Out in Western Australia’s remote outback is the quite remarkable Wolfe Creek Meteor Crater. This was formed as a result of 50,000 tonnes of rock (think large battleship size) crashing into the earth around 300,000 years ago. Made infamous as a result of a 2005 horror film, the crater is an incredible sight, set in […]
Skiing in France
Skiing is a bit like golf. You either love it, and spend time talking about it at length, or you don’t, and wonder why your friends who do bang on about such a pointless sport, which is basically just walking interspersed with random acts of violence directed at a helpless ball. I’ve been skiing a […]
Visiting Oradour Sur Glane in France
On the 10th of June 1944, four days after D-Day, a retreating German SS Panzer division entered the town of Oradour-Sur-Glane in the Haute-Vienne region of France and killed 642 men, women and children. This was essentially the entire population of the town. This was the worst civilian atrocity carried out in France during World […]
Hiking Cape Raoul, Tasmania
One of my favourite walks in Tasmania was the five hour return hike out to Cape Raoul, on the Tasman Peninsula. This is a hike that takes you though native bush and out to cliff tops with quite frankly terrifying drops. There’s little in the way (ok, nothing in the way) of safety barriers, other […]
Tips for finding a job when travelling in New Zealand
New Zealand is a fabulous country to travel in. With the working holiday visa scheme, it’s also a place where, as a traveller, you can find work to supplement your travel budget. I talk more about the benefits of travelling with the working holiday visa scheme in this post. In today’s post, I want to […]
Four Essential Activities in Wilsons Prom, Victoria
Australia has no shortage of wonderful scenery and the state of Victoria is particularly chock full of the stuff. From the sweeping road trip that is the Great Ocean Road to the towering Snowy Alps, from outback desert to lush rainforest – this really is a state that offers something for everyone. One of Victoria’s […]
2011 in photos
We’re on the cusp of entering a New Year. Before we go forward though, I’d like to take a bit of time to have a look back at 2011. I’ve decided to do that in photo form, with photos to represent every month of the year that’s gone. Let’s go! January The year started with […]
Three French Castles, and the death of a lion
France is home to some quite brilliant castles. As well as being magnificent to look at, these castles also bristle with history, from playing host to damsels in distress, to being the place where Kings die. Below, I go on a journey around three Chateaux in the Haute Vienne region of France. Read on to […]