Postage Stamp: Bicheno, Tasmania
“Penguin!” Hadyn shouts at every black and white bird on the horizon. Knowingly, he mistakes large gulls for the little local inhabitants that nest along Bicheno’s rocky shoreline. Someone has […]
Category Archives: Australia
Six Things To Do Before You Celebrate Australia Day
Smear your cheeks with red, white and blue paint. Crack open a Coopers Ale and line up a backyard cricket pitch. Flaunt your Southern Cross constellation tattoo under a sweltering […]
The Worst Christmas Ever (On Learning to Make The Most of A Place)
Neighbors could hold the sympathetic comments, like “Guess it’s what you grew up with,” and “Just have to make the most of it.” I hoped their beach barbeques broke down and their post-celebratory hangovers lasted through January.
A Photo Trek Through Freycinet National Park, Tasmania
Places have a way of changing history.
200 years ago, the chalice-shaped inlet of Wineglass Bay oozed with the blood of butchered whales, turning the peaceful waters into a glass of Merlot and invoking its descriptive name.
Quotes for the Temporarily-Settled Traveler
There’s something about opening a map in a fresh space and carefully unfolding each square in the center of your vision. It’s the same feeling I get when I unpack […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected
Unbeknownst to two European bathers, an unexpected terror stalks the white sands of Cottesloe Beach. Great White sharks are not the only man-eating menace along this Western Australian coastline. Here, […]
An Absence of Internet, and the Benefits of Isolation
“Well I’m changing all my strings, I’m gonna write another travelin’ song. About all the billion highways and the cities at the break of dawn. I guess the best that […]
Too Mutch For Words 