New Zealand

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...