Port Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
I was hankering for a bit of downtime after my tear around New Zealand’s Northland. A bit of R&R before bidding the coast adieu & driving inland to the thermal centre of the North Island was called for. But where? Port Waikato sounded viable. It was. And...
Northland, North Island, New Zealand
A pictorial look at some of the natural attractions of the rugged, sparsely populated, far-flung Northland of New Zealand’s North Island.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I’m just about to bid adieu, for now, to Australia. I’m sitting in the departures lounge of Melbourne airport waiting for a flight to Auckland, New Zealand. Melbourne, a city embraced by artists & the bohemian types, is the 2nd most populous city in...
Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
The Great Ocean Road, a 2 hour drive west of Melbourne in the southern Australian state of Victoria, is an Australian National Heritage listed 243-kilometre (151 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia. The road, built by returned soldiers...
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane, Australia
The weird & wonderful Australian wildlife of the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary outside Brisbane, the largest sanctuary of its kind in the world.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
I’ve just spent an enjoyable day walking around Brisbane, the capital and largest city in Queensland & Australia’s third largest city. Safe to say Brisbane isn’t exactly a tourism hotbed – it doesn’t really boast many, if any,...
Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
I spent the past weekend in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, a beach side town famous for surfing (of course), hippies & Cape Byron, the most easterly point of mainland Australia. I’d been to Byron before (almost 9 years ago to the day) so it was nice...
The Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
It’s the end of my forth day back in Australia. I’m in Kuluin, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. I’m sitting here drinking goon. It’s not bad. Not bad at all. According to Urban Dictionary goon is, Cheap wine. Often comes in a 4 Litre Cask for around $10...