A friend of Henry Lawson, writer E.J. Brady was so impressed with the little town of Mallacoota that he built a house on Captain Stevenson’s Point and set up a writer’s camp there, it would be hard to find a more inspiring location. Continue reading Mallacoota, it’s inspirational
If there is one place in Australia that must be seen to be believed it is Broken Hill. A mining town in the desert with an arts culture at its heart. Oct 2012, Broken Hill, NSW We soon learn that … Continue reading Broken Hill
Nov 2018, Barwon Heads, Vic A chill in the air, the tide running and a new day dawning. The joy of caravanning is a new view outside your door, every day. Continue reading Early Morning Barwon Heads
Nov 2018, Port Campbell, Shipwreck Coast, Vic We wake at 6:30am and my phone tells me that I’ve already walked 1.8kms, hell the bathroom is only 3 metres away! The sun is shining so I decide to leave the warmth … Continue reading Fishing at Port Campbell
The view that some folks just don’t see. Continue reading Flinders, Vic
That’s the town in the gemfields isn’t it? Halfway between Rockhampton and Longreach on the Capricorn Highway almost on the Tropic of Capricorn. Emerald truly is a gem. The wide streets are mostly duplicated with avenues of trees down the … Continue reading Emerald City
About 7kms out of Daylesford in Victoria there is a secret place. A place to sneak off to when the pressures of the city get you down. Just off the Midland highway you’ll find the turn off to Mt Franklin. It looks a bit like a pine tree covered pimple rising out of a yellow wheat field. The road corkscrews up and around the small extinct volcano and suddenly we find ourselves in the shelter of the crater, in a wooded garden. The campsites are well marked on the grassed areas and deciduous trees shelter us. The crater rim blocks … Continue reading Mt Franklin
July 2016, Cape Hillsborough, Qld I bounce out of bed at 6:15 and run onto the beach with camera in hand to find that the ‘show’ has already started. Each morning rangers encourage the kangaroos and wallabies onto the beach … Continue reading Cape Hillsborough
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