Blimey, it’s the Pinnacles
The most amazing thing about the The Pinnacles (Nambung National Park, WA) is that they still don’t know how they were formed. And they think there are more buried under […]
Southern hospitality
You get a hint of Margaret River’s wine credentials several kilometres before hitting the town. First you go through the town of Capel (Capel Vale) and later you cross the […]
Scenes from a walk
Rob’s morning walk through Perth CBD took in a surprising mural and a lucky shag.
For the botanists
Where in Australia can you visit one of the biggest inner city parks in the world? Right here in Perth. It’s Kings Park, and this impressive place didn’t suffer a […]
Dead posh in Perth
Laneways have made it to Perth. Wolf Lane is behind the Mantra on Murray hotel, and is full of murals. We ate at The Spaniard here – the brussels sprouts […]
Bird noises
Location: Lamington National Park Accommodation: O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
Dordogne driving tips
The Dordogne region of south-west France is really beautiful, in both a natural and architectural sense. If the entire region was plonked in the English countryside 700 years ago it […]
La Gioconda was rejected
Who doesn’t want to see the Mona Lisa when in Paris? Kids, apparently. Well, ours didn’t want to anyway. It had been raining for days and the boys just needed […]
Where to stay on Skye
We booked The Pier Hotel while driving up the west coast towards Skye. It was the only hotel we didn’t prebook in Scotland and it turned out to be one […]
Monty was here
There’s a BBC TV travel presenter called Monty Halls who said this in an episode of his Monty’s Great Escape: “Three reasons to visit Scotland: Edinburgh, Stirling Castle and The […]
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