A secluded camping and fishing destination gem in the Mimosa Rocks National Park on the south coast of NSW This hidden coastal hideaway is easy to miss being located well off the main coastal road and even further from the main Princes highway (route 1) but if you like a little seclusion and love your […]
Ghost Towns
Tasmania’s Forgotten Stories I find western Tasmania a fascinating place. It’s wild, rugged, feels 20 years behind much of mainland Australia and its landscape is littered with crumbling testaments to a bygone era. Ghost towns. Basing myself in the remarkably intact ghost town of Gormanston, I explored four other such places that lie scattered amongst […]
Maheno Remembered
Fraser Island’s famous shipwreck, the SS Maheno, was the focus of the 2015 ANZAC Day Centenary service on the island, bringing to life the largely unknown links between the vessel and the Anzacs at Gallipoli and celebrating the special bond between Australia and New Zealand forged on those fateful shores 100 years ago. The SS […]
A Cut Above The Rest
Legerwood Memorial Tree Carvings Legerwood is located about 85 kilometres northeast of Launceston, Tasmania, along the Tasman Highway (A3). The Memorial Tree Carvings are contained in a small park beside Main Street (aka Ringarooma Road). The park is open 7 days and admission is free. The reserve includes a picnic area, BBQs and toilets. For […]
The Wild Side of the City
The mirrored surface of the black water shimmered almost imperceptibly as a bunyip raised its scaly head through the congestion of waterlily leaves. If such a creature existed, the shaded lagoons of the Tondoon Botanic Gardens, on the western outskirts of the Queensland city of Gladstone, would undoubtedly be its chosen habitat, but the mythical […]