Yellow Red Hill – Canberra’s Red Hill Nature Reserve
2 Dec 2022-14 Feb 2023. I do know that it’s been wetter than usual, that Canberra has had one of …
Category Archives: Oceania
Street Art For The Win! A pARTy in Canberra.
They’re coming at me from all directions, huge menacing beings who look like they’d take no prisoners – Batman, Storm …
The Long White Cloud and the Top End: road-tripping in New Zealand and northern Australia
This is the third post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …
Off The Beaten Path in Australia
I’ve been on the move again. Head on over to Retirement and Good Living to read my latest post: For Nature …
Holy Leaping Crocodiles Batman! A Rum Jungle in the Top End
24-27 April 2015. From the village of Batchelor we drive to the Banyan Tree Caravan & Tourist Park in Rum …
Water World – With Bats, Pythons and Crocodiles: Top End meandering
20-21 April 2015. It is time to stop. Driving south from Kakadu National Park we have reached the small town …
South Sea Island Magic: the beach, orchids, and dancing in Fiji
It is a quiet Saturday in February. I am sitting in the sweet garden of a thoroughly charming backpacker hostel …
A Very Small Place in a Very Big World: Fiji’s Navala Village
14 December 2014. There’s a notion going around that the world is a small place, brought about no doubt by …
Oh My God – the religion of Samoa
Sunday 7th January 2014. We’ve heard about the Samoan church choirs and how wonderful they are. It’s Sunday, our only …
Islands in the Sun – Manono and Upolu, Samoa
5-12 December 2014. We are sheltering under a banana palm in the desperate hope that its broad leaves will protect …
The Dazzling Colours of Samoa
5-12 Dec 2014. In the early hours of December 5th we boarded a Fiji Airways flight from Hawaii to the …
Whining and Wildlife in Canberra
Don’s photo of Canberra from Black Mountain As promised, some more sharing of the inner journey. This latest contribution From …
The Contents of our Luggage, Canberra Birdlife, and Digital Art
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DON! SEVENTY TODAY! We are back in Canberra, my other hometown. We’re here for six weeks house and …
Kuranda, Uluru, Kata Tjuta, and Tingle Trees
I’m now sitting on a very uncomfortable little stool at a computer in a camp ground in Bunbury, Western Australia. …
Adventures in Wonderland 