Mangroves are surprisingly well adapted to the challenges of living in salty water It is obvious that mangroves have a very poor public image. Just hearing the word mangrove makes you think of steamy tropical swamps, infested with crocodiles and mosquitoes. There is some truth in this picture, since most of Australia’s 11,500 square kilometres […]
The Simple Pleasures of Brunswick Heads
Are you interested in all the good bits of a Byron Bay holiday for a third less cost and a tenth of the hassle? Simply veer north and you can trade-in traffic snarls for easy walking and swap crowds of backpackers for a smattering of visitors. If this sounds good, Brunswick Heads may just be the […]
Station Country
At Pimpara Lake, travellers will find peaceful bush camping and a huge outback welcome. In the Corner Country of NSW, Pimpara Lake is one of a handful of stations that welcomes visitors through the front gates. Properties like Pimpara provide an excellent opportunity for travellers to explore landscapes that are usually off-limits, and for outback […]
It Goes to Show
Retro Rig When we first met Robin and Pauline Webb they were travelling in their 1966 Ford F-600 truck, taking part in a vintage truck trek from Perth north to Geraldton. Their accommodation for that journey was a unique all fibreglass Westcoaster slide-on that was built in Fremantle in 1962. The slide-on was securely tied […]
Is There Life Up Here?
“Blue Waterholes is very pretty in the right light” “We dined on Peking Duck, gourmet meals having become passé” “I was agog at the number of holidayers camped along Blowering Dam foreshore” Dead Horse, dead trees, dead rocks, was there anything to savour? It was time […]