The Oodnadatta track is one of Australia’s greatest outback routes and an epic adventure. Spanning 620kms from Marree to Marla in South Australia it follows the route of the old Ghan railway from Adelaide to Alice Springs and is a track of discovery, fuelling the imagination and offering a fascinating glimpse into the past. Although […]
Destinations
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move"- Robert Louis Stevenson
The Macleay Valley Coast a place of beauty and solitude
Travel opens your eyes to many wonderful places and regions and we in Australia are lucky enough to be well and truly spoilt for choice. Be it the open desert or outback spaces, the mighty High Country or our stunning coastal expanses the list of potential favourites is endless. Just like a really good song […]
Chasing High Country Colours
Victoria’s High Country explodes with dazzling colours once the leaves start to turn in autumn. The dry orange and red leaves crunch under my feet as I walk slowly along the riverbank towards the fiery maple trees. I bend down to pick up some leaves but I’m suddenly caught off guard by a sneaky tackle […]
Ghost Town Camping in South Australia
It’s hard to imagine a more inhospitable place to have lived a life, as you walk across the concrete hard dirt and gibber stone cemetery, a dust storm whipped up by a hot northerly wind, drying your throat with each dust coated breath. But people did live here in the town of Farina in far […]
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 […]
