11 JUN 2026
Griffiths Island, Port Fairy
Griffiths Island at Port Fairy offers a scenic walk to an historic lighthouse, providing an array of views and experiences. Griffiths Island is a scenic 37-h...
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10 JUN 2026
Cape Bridgewater
Cape Bridgewater is an interesting and underrated destination in the far west of Victoria near the South Australian border. I stopped there for a couple of h...
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9 JUN 2026
Mount Schank walk
Mount Schank offers a challenging and rewarding walk south-east of Mount Gambier towards Port Macdonnell. The challenge is ascending 100 metres' elevation qu...
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8 JUN 2026
Mount Gambier and Yahl
I drove from Adelaide to Mount Gambier and Yahl today, departing at 7.30am and arriving around 2pm after three stops along the way. It was a clear run out of...
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7 JUN 2026
Adelaide visit wraps up
Adelaide is one of my favourite cities in Australia and I've enjoyed visiting here for a few days. I arrived on Thursday and leave on Monday morning to stay ...
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5 JUN 2026
Adelaide Central Market
I've been to markets in many places across the world and Adelaide Central Market is up there with the best of them. There's a stunning array of produce to su...
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4 JUN 2026
Drive from Ballarat to Adelaide
I drove from Ballarat to Adelaide today, 617km in about seven hours along the Western and Dukes Highways through Horsham and Murray Bridge. Departing at 7am ...
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28 MAY 2026
Henbury Meteorite craters, Northern Territory
I visited the Henbury meteorite craters in November 2015, about 140km southwest of Alice Springs. According to Wikipedia , Henbury is one of five meteorite ...
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28 MAY 2026
Alofaaga Blowholes, Samoa
In 2016, I visited the Alofaaga Blowholes, also known as the Taga Blowholes, on the island of Savai'i in Samoa. The entrance to the blowholes is in the vil...
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28 MAY 2026
Detained by police in Malawi
While visiting Malawi in 1990, I was detailed by police in Blantyre and questioned about my apparent interest in the country’s then President Hastings Banda...
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26 MAY 2026
Malawi tyre doctor
I enjoyed my visit to Malawi in 1990. I booked a 10-day fly-drive holiday from Harare, flew into Lilongwe and picked up a battered old car. I stayed the first...
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13 APR 2025
House sitting in Australia
Metung on the Gippsland Lakes Welcome to my guide on house sitting in Australia, how to get started and how to find a dream house in an idyllic locatio...
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9 JUL 2023
Offa's Dyke path
In 2014 I walked the 285km Offa’s Dyke Path from Chepstow to Prestatyn along the Wales-England border, staying at pubs and B&Bs along the way. The interm...
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13 FEB 2016
Honeymoon Gap and Simpsons Gap
A lovely bike ride from Alice Springs is a 50km loop down the Ilparpa road south of town, across to Honeymoon Gap, north to Simpsons Gap and back on the seale...
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9 APR 2014
Thomastown and Jerpoint
Thomastown in County Kilkenny is where my great-great grandfather James Gorey lived before leaving for Australia in early 1841. I believe his home was on a f...
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18 MAY 2005
Mt Feathertop via Bungalow Spur
The population of Victoria is five million people, but I was the only one of them today on the summit of our second-highest peak, Mt Feathertop. The mountain...
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