Mention the name “Wolf Creek” to anyone in Australia, and their minds turn to the famous horror film from about 10 years ago, which told the (supposedly true) story of a group of backpackers who are abducted and murdered while staying overnight at Wolfe Creek, the site of a huge meteorite crater in remote Western … Continue reading Wolfe Creek
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We reached our Fourth Corner!
A couple of weeks ago, as Tanya beautifully described in her most recent blog post, we reached the Margaret River region of Western Australia. While we were there, we took the time to visit Cape Leeuwin, which is the most South-Westerly spot on mainland Australia, and recorded a short piece reflecting on our journey to … Continue reading We reached our Fourth Corner!
Racing to the Edge of the World
It's true, I've been worrying a lot lately about the catastrophe that is Donald Trump. But you might be relieved to learn that this isn't a 'Survivalist' Trumpocalypse rant or a rewrite of "On the Beach". This is a story about time and how travelling makes me more conscious of how little of it we … Continue reading Racing to the Edge of the World
No Fixed Abode
We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us. Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given … Continue reading No Fixed Abode
Treetops and Cloudscapes of New South Wales
...and down by Kosciusko, where the pine-clad ridges raise Their torn and rugged battlements on high, Where the air is clear as crystal, and the white stars fairly blaze At midnight in the cold and frosty sky, And where around The Overflow the reed beds sweep and sway To the breezes, and the rolling plains … Continue reading Treetops and Cloudscapes of New South Wales
Nightscapes of the Southern Sky (Part 2)
It all started when we moved into the place we rented outside Canberra back in 2013. We’d rented a huge property in the countryside, some 30 kms outside the city, with huge skies and dark starry night. The sky was almost always clear from horizon to horizon and we got used to seeing the vast Milky … Continue reading Nightscapes of the Southern Sky (Part 2)
Byron Bay: Cheer Up, Slow Down, Chill Out
There’s something in the water in Byron Bay. No, really, there’s something in the water in Byron Bay, and I think it’s the psychoactive chemicals left by the thousands of hippies who have been coming here since the early 1970s. They’re still coming, trundling down the Pacific Highway in their psychedelic campervans, stuffed with surfboards, … Continue reading Byron Bay: Cheer Up, Slow Down, Chill Out
Nightscapes of the Southern Sky
“I’ll remember this moment for the rest of my life. The unfathomable vastness of space. Its intricate beauty. This overwhelming feeling that human beings are not the only intelligent life in this amazing, mysterious universe.” Those were the awestruck thoughts of my thirteen-year old self, as I lay in a meadow in the Swiss Alps … Continue reading Nightscapes of the Southern Sky
Extreme Camping at Stanage Bay
If you want to experience camping at its wild and adventurous best, I recommend a trip to Stanage Bay, on Queensland’s central coast. I’d never even heard of Stanage until a few weeks ago. Having spent over a month in Queensland, mostly staying in cabins in manicured towns, we were keen to head into the … Continue reading Extreme Camping at Stanage Bay
A Cheesy Adventure (Or the best things in life are Brie)
If there’s one thing I have in common with Saffy, one of our dogs, it is a fascination with food. To be fair, there are a few traits we share- such a desire to bite certain people we don’t like, and an occasional tendency to embarrass ourselves in public. However, when it comes to food, … Continue reading A Cheesy Adventure (Or the best things in life are Brie)
Four Corners Australia 