Category: Travel
Japan
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NYE in Tokyo – A Zombie Apocalypse
Almost ten years ago my partner Lynda and I spent a month exploring Japan. We arrived on Boxing...
United Kingdom
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Ireland’s rugged west coast
To finish the tour of Ireland consisted of another couple of days driving the beautiful west coast...
USA
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Following Boston’s Freedom Trail
I’m so mad at my mother! I dunno! She’s a 102 years old. She called me up the other day. Said she...
Australia
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The Belligerent Seagull
I’ve always been one who loved Looney Tunes cartoons. I remember as kids we would discuss and act...
Canada
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Reprise & a horror trip home with the vomit twins!
That was one hell of a trip back home compounded by fog in Melbourne and a couple of knuckleheads...
France
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4 Days in a sweltering Paris
The final stage of our 2011 trip was Paris and it was seriously muggy and hot, right in the middle...
Welcome To Cape Town
On the last day in Idube I picked up a nasty little man flu which was probably my own fault...
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Look Dad, I Made It!
My Dad was a very hard and complex man. His nickname was Tug, not because of any private activity...
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Up Close and Personal in Idube
Xmas Day 2025 Today was like any other day in the wilds of Kruger National Park. It didn’t feel...
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Welcome To Kruger National Park
Johannesburg 23/12/2025 I had an epiphany at breakfast this morning. I started sobbing for no...
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Soweto and Constitution Hill
Johannesburg Monday 22/12/25 Well today was without doubt one of the great days of travel I’ve...
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Jo-Burg’s Monster Mall
Johannesburg Sunday 21/12/2025 We got up at 5am this morning riddled with jetlag so the only thing...
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Welcome to Johannesburg
Sunday 21/12/25 4.40am During a long haul flight you can get so tired that your eyes remain open...
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Getting Triggered in Hobart
I’ve tossed and turned whether to write this because I don’t want to come across as bitter,...
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Lake St Clair’s Concealed Zen
If you’ve headed south from Cradle Mountain to Strahan then Queenstown don’t forget to pop into...
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Ghostly Queenstown
Whilst living in Tassie for four years, I found the town of Queenstown to be the butt of jokes...
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Closing The Book On Alexander Pearce
Ever since I heard A Tale You Won’t Believe on Weddings Parties Anything’s 1989 album The Big...
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The Majesty of Cradle Mountain
Really wanted to go to Gather Round this year but the queue for tickets was ridiculous so we chose...
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Ballarat’s Own Kakadu
Ok I might have used some artistic licence, but since moving to ‘The Rat’ a year ago. I have...
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Twelve Recommendations from Twelve Months in Ballarat
My partner Lynda and I were pretty much forced into making a move from Melbourne a year ago due to...
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Winter in Bicheno
It’s 7am and the sun, having risen from the Pacific Ocean horizon, bursts into our bedroom window,...
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Marvellous Melbourne in Autumn
The Saints may have been trounced last Thursday night, but fortunately I had a contingency plan in...
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Castlemaine’s Arts Hub
Castlemaine has probably been in the shadow of Daylesford in terms of the cool weekend destination...
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10th Annual Ballarat International Foto Biennale
After playing a footy game in the snow at North Ballarat in the mid 90’s, I swore I’d never...
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Ancient Bushland on Melbourne’s Doorstep
Most great cities around the world have some form of open parkland available for their citizens...
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4 Hikes in the Glorious Grampians
Spending AFL Grand Final day in the bush is something new to me as I’ve always treated it as Xmas...
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