If you think you’ve seen it all in Tassie, it’s time to head beyond the beaten track to these little visited towns, faraway forest camps, quiet walking tracks and incredible landscapes that no one talks about. If what you’re craving is more faraway than Freycinet this summer, find your way to these deserted beaches and […]
Adventures at Cobbold Gorge
Water-rippled walls soar above me, sculpted and aglow as the sun dips west. I glide between them with my neck craned upwards, paddling a SUP (stand-up paddleboard) through Cobbold Gorge, mesmerised by freshwater crocodiles and the utter silence. After a day spent hiking to hidden rock pools and filling my pockets full of gleaming riverbed […]
All New Territory
After more than a year of sitting stationary, travellers are finally on the move, tackling the northern winter migration in what is shaping up to be a bumper year for the Northern Territory. Borders are open and tourism operators are undeniably keen to recoup last year’s losses and make the most of the post-lockdown boom. […]
The Tablelands’ Top 10
High above the Coral Sea’s turquoise patchwork of watery reefs, the Atherton Tablelands lures travellers into a cooler world coloured by lush, tropical rainforests and blue crater lakes. There are waterfalls and wild granite gorges, picturesque villages and top waterfront camps too. The wildlife is distinctly tropical and quite unlike anything you’ve probably ever seen […]
Aye Karumba!
The childhood road trip I remember best ended in Karumba with a dozen kids sleeping under the stars on old-school camp stretchers, frogs jumping over us in the middle of the night, our bellies full of crabs boiled in a 40-gallon drum over the campfire. Since that adventure I’ve always had a thing about Karumba, […]
