After 7 weeks of 30° plus every day and wall to wall sunshine, my personal heatwave breaks.  Stepping off the plane in Launceston…

‘Are you heading to Straddle whilst you’re here?’  If I’d heard that once…  So after consulting the internet, I arrive at the ferry…

Cairns and Airlie Beach were hot, but arriving further south in Brisbane there’s no let up.  The thermometer dips below 30° at night,…

(posting this after the event has a certain poignancy as I’m in New Zealand listening to the rain storm of another ex-Cyclone hammering…

Today is more my bag.  I join a large sailing catamaran to head out to the reef.  I’m not a diver, but I…

After the intensity of the Red Centre, Cairns is a complete contrast.  This is tropical Queensland, with parrots, huge fruit bats, lush vegetation…

In the ‘Red Centre’ things are very red and very hot  The soil is deep orange and dusty.  Plants are strikingly green.  The…

Alice, Alice, who the heck is Alice ?  I hear you cry.  History paragraph:  Well, she was the wife of the man tasked…

2-3 hours drive south of Perth lies the Margaret River region, known and loved by anyone who appreciates Australian wines.  It’s also become…

40 minutes by boat from Perth is Rottnest Island.  This is a very beautiful place.  A largely sand island, it is protected as…