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Southern Elephant Seals: Giant Slugs of the Sea? Or Just a Lot of Blubber?

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Suellen | 5 Comments

Featured writer: Suellen Carey-Clarke Everywhere I looked elephant seals were piled up like heaps of exhausted Sumo wrestlers. Sometimes it was easy to overlook them–mistaking them for sand hills. The penguins must have thought so too, as they paraded amongst them willy-nilly. Penguins and Southern Elephant Seals mostly ignore each other on land The seals are not a threat to the…

Swimming with Whale Sharks in Western Australia

Posted on October 16, 2012 by emanonblogger | 2 Comments

Featured Writer: V. Saulino Heavy grey clouds filled the sky when we arrived in Exmouth and it was not long after we had parked our backpacker van at one of caravan parks that the big, juicy rain drops began to fall. The weather was not looking good for our plans to swim with the whale sharks the next day. Ningaloo…

Macquarie Island–A Parade of Penguins

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Suellen | 6 Comments

Featured writer: Suellen Carey-Clarke Macquarie Island, in the Sub-Antarctic, was the main destination of this Orion Expedition Cruise. Macca, as the Expedition Team liked to call it, was amazing. We were fortunate enough to spend a full day there. The morning was spent touring the area around the research station and its environs, meeting the locals–predominantly gentoo penguins and elephant…

Welcome to Australia – The Best Day Trips!

Posted on September 18, 2012 by thegracefulcyclists | 1 Comments

Featured writer: The Graceful Cyclists For anyone coming to Australia, there are a few absolutely essential places you have to visit to make your experience complete. The list I am about to give you is by no means complete and Australia is a big place so it would be impossible to list everything at once, but I’ll start with the day…

Gold Coast and Brisbane through Quippy Lens

Posted on July 12, 2012 by discoveriesinaletterbox | 2 Comments

Traveling With: Camera Family Sense of Humor After arriving in the Gold Coast, we began the vacation the way we always do – with our eternal search for good eats. On the way, I had several encounters with one type of feathered creature. Why did the stork(at least, I think it’s a stork) cross the street? After eating, we walked…

Take It All Off – Nothing But Travel for 2012

Posted on July 3, 2012 by rachaelruddick | 4 Comments

Featured writer: Rachael Ruddick Taking a year off from work and traveling around the world has always been on my ‘to do’ list and finally last year my husband and I, after losing an auction on a house that we weren’t entirely sure we really wanted and probably couldn’t afford anyway, decided it was now or never. A year of…

Biking on the Beach – The Sands of ‘Straddie’ Beckon

Posted on May 25, 2012 by shespokebikes | 3 Comments

Featured writer: Liz Swinton If you are cyclist or a runner there are some seriously ‘sick’ hills on North Stradbroke Island. The effort required to climb them can be a gut wrenching, vomit inducing experience. Some ascents are near vertical! Which is why, after three days of consistent run training over said hills, today was the day we chose a…

Groovy Grapes

Posted on May 22, 2012 by thesetwoeyes | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: Lisa Vecchio Traveling through Adelaide Hills in South Australia with Groovy Grape Getaways on my way to the Barossa Valley, I rested my head on the mini-bus window and gazed at the world going by. Rolling hills encompassed with varying shades of green on green; rows upon rows of vines. They seemed endless as we traveled further away…

Sydney – The Harbour City – It IS All it’s Cracked up to be!

Posted on May 15, 2012 by BernasconiPhotography | 2 Comments

Featured Writer: Christine Bernasconi Close your eyes and imagine…That Bridge, The Opera House, Bondi beach, sophisticated food, friendly people and a harbour that is TO DIE FOR… Sydney really is the perfect city – I should know. I’m a born and bred Sydney sider who’s done a lot of travelling and this world class city really does have it all….

Victor Harbour & Granite Island (South Australia)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by oakwoodsportsmedicine | 0 Comments

Featured writer: Oakwood Sports Medicine Victor Harbour is located about 70km south of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Penninsula. From Adelaide heading south on A13 takes you through simply gorgeous countryside and alongside the McLaren Vale vineyards. Settled in the early 1800’s, the harbour was ideal for the blossoming shipping industry. Since the River Murray, the largest river in the…