I’ve mentioned in previous posts my desire to run away into the woods and how spending a few days at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat in...

Sweeney Reserve is a delightful park rich in cultural heritage tucked away behind Gympie and Dayboro Roads. Unless you’re a local you may...

A visit to Lake Samsonvale offers tranquillity not always found at the region’s busier destinations making it an ideal spot to soak up...

For some time now I’ve been feeling the call of the wild, a desire to run off into the woods and shack up in a log cabin away from...

It was the scenery of New Zealand’s South Island that had us embarking on a two week road trip but it was a wedding that brought us here...

Arthur’s Pass, the magical stretch of road that connects the South Island’s two coasts, was top of the agenda today making it a day...

New Zealand is not called ‘the land of the long white cloud’ for nothing. I love clouds. They’re fantastic for photography. But when...

For our entire South Island trip I’d been barely containing my excitement about the activity we had booked for today, a helicopter ride...

Today we wave goodbye to Queenstown and head off to the west coast to visit Fox Glacier. This involves a long day of driving through some...

A great spot to photograph sunrise in Queenstown is at Frankton Arm Jetty where there’s a number of picturesque jetties in close...

Queenstown is surely one of the world’s prettiest cities but the beauty doesn’t stop at the city limits so I highly recommend a day trip...

There are no words powerful enough to describe what it’s like to wake up in one of earth’s most beautiful places, Milford Sound, so...

Mornings in Te Anau mean throwing open your curtains to panoramic views of a glassy lake and a strong desire to take a brief stroll or...

There’s little to stick around for in Invercargill (although had I known about Demolition World I might have considered a visit) so...

The best part about staying at Larnach Castle was waking up in a goddamn castle and for a very brief moment this morning the dense fog...

The benefit of staying in Oamaru, besides its steampunk fascination and its penguin playground, is that it’s quite near the Moeraki...

It’s not often you get excited about a drive but I was relishing the opportunity to travel the scenic Mount Cook Road once again as we...

Today was drizzly and foggy, and what perfect weather to take a four hour 10k hike? Rugged up in our best weatherproofs we walked Mount...

When I received an invitation to a wedding in New Zealand I thought to myself, why not? New Zealand has never been high on my bucket list...

Whenever I travel overseas I always muse about how little history Australia has compared to the rest of the world but that’s because I...