Australia

Our adventure in Coober Pedy starts early. Somewhere between the massive, almost dry salt lakes, the brush and the red dust along the Stuart Highway we hear a conversation over the CB radio...

It's an image we have seen countless times - the iconic image of the rock rising up out of the flat barren landscape. And yet in reality Uluru is so much more beautiful...

At Wilpena Pound we walked to Hills Homestead, through the tall River Red Gum and pine trees, jumped a puddle and stopped to admire the watering hole with its 'no swimming sign...

Our first stop in Broken Hill was a visit to the Pro Hart Gallery. It set the scene for a city that thrives on the quirky and eclectic, from Priscilla to mining, from outback to urbanisation...

Well that escalated quickly. Day two of our trip around Australia and we were headed for Mungo National Park. It all started well enough, we stopped...

The first stop on our 12-month trip around Australia was at Sovereign Bend, where we overlooked the Murray River and a quaint little house on the riverbank opposite...

We meet her in the campground. She speaks to Ade first. They always do, with his easy smile and welcome face...

You’ve got to love a town that plays The Sound of Music in its main street and puts on a free Sound of Music puppet show. Well, I loved it – Adrian not so much...

“Stick your finger in and watch it close.” I’ve got a seven-year-old and a 10-year-old excitedly yelling in my ear. They are urging me to stick my finger in a sea anemone...

The first time we visited K’Gari (Fraser Island) we were stuck with no four-wheel drive vehicle and just three days to see as much as we could. ...

We’re not really what you’d call campers, Ade and I. Last time we went camping was to Eden with a group of friends. All we had was a little four-person dome tent...

Our first sighting of a quokka comes early, really early. We’d taken the first boat from Hilary’s Boathouse on mainland Western Australia to Rottnest Island...

It’s 10am and we’re standing in the Foodworks carpark in Coldstream, the gateway to the Yarra Valley. It’s not how I like to begin my Sundays. But this Sunday is different...

I’ve seen  Dirty Dancing  before, of course. As a proud child of the 80s, who hasn’t seen it at least a dozen times? But this time was different. This time I got to hear those famous lines...

Dogs protecting penguins, walking tracks and whale sightings. There's a whole lot to love about Warrnambool beyond the nearby 12 Apostles...

Tasmania has a special place in our hearts, I lived there at the start of my working life. It's where I became a journalist. And we're so glad David Scott, who brings us this edition of You've Been...

In this edition of You've Been Where Katherine Smith takes us through the other-worldly landscapes of Flinders Island in Tasmania. We've now added this Tasmanian gem to our bucket list...

In this edition of You've Been Where Emma Barton takes us to the idyllic Hamilton Island in Australia. And now we're dreaming of an island getaway too...