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Junior Rangers explore peninsula national parks
Parks across the Southern Peninsula are offering free Easter school holiday activities, as kids explore the wonder of why, how, when and where in our great outdoors. From meeting critters on our rocky shores and in our waterways to exploring our ANZAC and early...
Is your website SEO keeping you awake at night?
Are you counting sheep while trying to solve how to:- Improve your ranking Increase your traffic Boost your business Get some shut-eye Australia's top ranking SEO Copywriter Kate Toon will help you sleep a lot whole better with her webinar course (but not DURING...
Broome – a polished and tarnished pearl
Broome is a paradox. It’s all white sand, red dust, gleaming pearls and glaring social challenges. It’s a town which confounds you. An exotic pearling history shimmying alongside a multi-cultural and indigenous mix of people, visitors emerging from dusty,...
Health, environment and well-being specialists share their passion with the peninsula
The Mornington Peninsula is well regarded as a hub for eco-philosophies, healthy living and sustainable lifestyles. The Peninsula Health and Wellbeing Expo takes this connection further as it returns for a 4th year on Sunday 26th October from 10am – 4pm,...
Front row seats for the Windjana Gorge show
We’re clocking up some miles today on the Gibb River. It’s only 300km’s or so but it's full of dust, errant cattle and intriguing Kimberley roadside stops. The first is the Mt Barnett Roadhouse. Petrol is $2.50 a litre, a loaf of bread $9 and a bag of ice $10. We...
Boabs, scones and engineers
It’s an odd time to be in the Kimberley’s. It’s almost the end of the season. Some travellers we meet scratch their head and wonder why we are heading out there in the heat of October. Some places are closed due to fire management programs, or putting staff...
Give me the Gibb River Rd
The East Kimberley covers about 200, 000 square km’s of Western Australia and is one of the most remote areas pf the country. This is rugged ranges and escarpment country. Waterfalls, gorges, river crossings, and somewhere out there is coastline as well. It’s...
Kununurra – a new kid on the block
Kununura is the gateway to the East Kimberley. It was established as a town only in the 1960’s to serve the Ord River Irrigation Scheme. Today its population has notched up to 5,000 to support the agriculture, mining and tourism industries that have grown up around...
Australia’s largest in-land sea – Lake Argyle
We are jetlagged and jaundice – it has been 2 hours without fruit! Gasping we arrive in Lake Argyle. It’s Grand Final Day. We don’t follow the footy. But we do follow the crowd. Straight to the pub. We meet up with fellow travellers again Bart and Ange – comparing...
This is the post where the honey pot gets it
Border Crossings. Tricky things. Usually involving passports, declaration forms and sweaty uniformed officers asking about your employment. Crossing into Western Australia is an entirely different matter. They are peering in eskies and under the camper trailer...
Bush camp, bush chores and big boabs
We fuel up on Katherine and travel west towards the Victoria River region. Expecting a boring drive, we find ourselves loving the drive through the Judbarra / Gregory National Park. It’s 13, 000 square km’s of amazing land-forms, towering sandstone pillars and...
From war time to waterfalls
War time and waterfalls. The two images, and experiences couldn't be more far apart. And yet here in the Northern Territory we are spending time at both. We swing by Adelaide River to round off our Australian war time history appreciation. From 1939, with...
Hoo Roo Humpty Doo
Tonight we have one final dinner with family to enjoy, one more frogs in the shower count to complete, and a last minute horse ride for Little Miss Squid who so wants to be a cow girl. We’re reflecting on our Northern Territory time and what we have learnt:- NT...
An unexpected insight at Litchfield National Park
Today we are throwing the guide book out the window. We are going with the flow. Up the track a bit, and towards some unexpected insights into Territory living.But first … to Batchelor and its reinvention On the way to Litchfield NP is Batchelor. We’re stopping...
Top End Hospitality
On the outskirts of Darwin where the Stuart Highway meets the Arnhem Highway is the town of Humpty Doo. And beyond that Noonamah. It’s all mango farms, buffalo horns on gates and freight containers passing for homes in large paddocks. We are staying with my cousin...
Darwin’s history, culture & a woo hoo before sunset
And much of the Top End’s tourist experiences today help tell a fascinating story of Darwin, with it’s history remarkably well preserved. Darwin became an important base for the Allies in the lead-up to World War II. Darwin became the first mainland site in...
A spiritual sunset at Kakadu
When you are hanging out in Jabiru - all roads lead to one spiritual moment - a sunset at Ubirr. Jabiru is a great base for a good few hours spent at the Bowali Visitor Centre with a library affording us some quiet reading time, and stylish interpretation filling...
Sorry Business in Kakadu
Sorry Business forms a sombre backdrop during our visit in Kakadu, and becomes more prevalent as we cruise into Jabiru for supplies. Red ochre streaks are smeared across the bank, the library, signposts, vehicles, skin – they mark the buildings of Jabiru and...
Checking out Kakadu from the water
Cooinda is the perfect base to head off on our Yellow Water Cruise. We’ve seen so much of this park from lookouts and at the base of waterfalls, now it’s time to check it out from the water. The picturesque Yellow Water Billabong and tributaries of the South...
Kakadu’s magic Maguk and Nourlangie
In this nearly 20, 000 square km park there’s quite a few waterfalls and swimming holes to explore. We are so glad that someone tipped us off about Maguk / Barramundi Falls. I’m calling it the unsung hero of Kakadu. This Quiet Achiever was a short 1 km stroll in...
Hey Kakadu, don’t mind if I do!
At a mere two billion years old, the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park is one of Australia’s most coveted “Must See” destination. It’s an internationally recognised ecological and cultural treasure. Check it out? Don't mind if I do! There’s over 1, 600...