NZ: The hills are alive
Location: Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, Christchurch-Canterbury region Rob and I were enjoying a private ‘Sound of Music’ moment when two exhausted backpackers crawled over the nearest hill. They didn’t speak […]
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New Zealand: Arrival and a shot on the rocks
Flying into Queenstown, New Zealand, is like entering Mordor on a sunny day. This spectacular view over Queenstown hides a dark secret… 1F2C3432-1171-440C-9D7E-DEF0E8AA0934.medium No inclinators in town! Still, we all […]
Sublime Karijini
Seven hours inland from the Ningaloo Coast, in the red heart of the Pilbara, is Karijini National Park. It’s hard to get to, challenging to camp in, and full of […]
‘It’s a little bit sharky’
Cape Range National Park takes in the Ningaloo Marine Park, 13 hours north of Perth. It’s remote and awesome. To camp here, you must BYO everything, including all your water. […]
Gorgeous gorge and a pink lake
Kalbarri is a coastal town 6 hours north of Perth. The highlights here were a stop at Hutt Lagoon (it’s pink!), the stunning gorge of Kalbarri National Park, and snorkelling […]
Quokka? No, Quobba
Quobba Station is 10 hours drive north of Perth. Rob’s choice for a one-night stopover en route to Ningaloo, it was one of our favourite spots. Our campsite was right […]
Swimming with wild sea lions
Jurien Bay is 2 hours north of Perth. There’s not much to recommend the town except its easy access to colonies of endangered sea lions. We were lucky enough to […]
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.
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