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In the Path of the Furious Fifties: Macquarie Island

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Suellen | 1 Comments

Featured writer: Suellen Carey-Clarke A Story of Loss and Learning in the Sub-Antarctic that takes us from commercial exploitation to recognition; from carnage to care-taking. Macquarie Island, Overlooking Sandy Bay I’m guessing many of you had never heard of Macquarie Island (AKA Macca) before I started raving about it, (Parade of the Penguins, and Southern Elephant Seals: Giant Slugs of the Sea?…

A Compelling Road Trip Around the Extraordinary Countryside of NSW

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Carol@Travel | 0 Comments

Featured writer: Carol@Travel This extraordinary road trip, right on your doorstep, delivers beyond expectations for all the family. Travel the serene tranquility of Mt Kosciusko, be charmed by the Riverina Highway, from there arrive at the ancient secrets of Mungo National Park, finishing off with more than you thought possible to do at Broken Hill, and returning home via routes used by early…

The Extraordinary Road to Mungo National Park

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Carol@Travel | 0 Comments

Featured writer: Carol D’Amici Wanting an early start to what I knew would be an interesting journey, I left Mildura around 5am. I’d been warned when booking myself into the shearers quarters accommodation via the phone 2 days earlier, to fill up on petrol and supplies before leaving town as there were no facilities at the park itself. Approximately 20…

Happily Ever After

Posted on December 10, 2012 by PanierofPlenty | 0 Comments

Featured writer: Vivienne Cole An eternity ago, almost two years to this very day, I embarked on a life-changing adventure, leaving certainty behind as I boarded the plane that would bring me back to ‘the other side of the world’. I had already taken the first few brave steps towards the unknown, packing up my belongings as part of a…

Top 10 Tourist Attractions from True Travelings

Posted on November 20, 2012 by clairewalsh | 3 Comments

Featured Author: Claire Walsh After reading The Bucket List Publications “Top 10 Tourist Attractions” I reflected on my year of globetrotting and picked out the places that really stood out above the rest for me. With more travels planned, I can only hope to keep adding to this list, but for now… My Top 10 Tourist Attractions!

Where the Beer Flows Like Wine: Margaret River

Posted on November 13, 2012 by thesetwoeyes | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: Lisa Vecchio Take a big whiff. Stick your nose in the glass, hold it by your fingertips and inhale slowly. Using your wrist, twirl the glass around in circles. Take another whiff. Smell different? Ah, the art of wine tasting. Yes, the likes of France, Italy, California, and Chile all have their appeal but to Australians why would…

Uluru! Travel to the Outback

Posted on November 5, 2012 by chelseastuart | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: Chelsea Bond Stuart My visit to the internationally famous OUTBACK was one that I looked forward to with the highest expectations. Long, hot days spent hiking followed by spiritually quieting camping under the stars. How could that be anything less than amazing? Now that I’m fully recovered, I can look back on those four days and say that…

Journey up the Gold Coast: AUSTRALIA

Posted on October 31, 2012 by chelseastuart | 4 Comments

Featured Writer: Chelsea Bond Stuart Studying abroad is everything and nothing like I’ve expected. Traveling on the weekends, uni events throughout the week, and as much as I would like to I can’t completely forget that I am actually attending classes here, too. Whatever the case, I definitely do not want to lose these memories as time goes by. I…

10 Seconds of Courage

Posted on October 29, 2012 by chelseastuart | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: Chelsea Bond Stuart “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain There are so many ways you can learn about culture….

Dubbya Eyh

Posted on October 26, 2012 by thesetwoeyes | 1 Comments

Feature Writer: Lisa Vecchio These two eyes have expanded. They’re growing wider and wiser. They’ve stretched themselves up and down the east coast, along the southern states and finally made it out west. Hello Western Australia, commonly referred to as WA or more accurately pronounced ‘dubbya eyh’. For some reason though, I had ignored all of my own first-rate advice….