It was the phone call that changed the course of our holiday. I rang the caravan park a week before Christmas, by chance someone had just cancelled their camp site. It was for the exact five days we wanted. Otherwise we would have gone back to Corryong in the High Country, one of many fire … More Innes National Park
Happy new year everyone! I’m writing this from our Journey, camped on the beautiful Yorke Peninsula on the South Australian coastline. It’s the first day of a new year and a new decade and (typing this one fingered, on my phone) I wanted to wish you all a beautiful new year, one of joy, peace … More 2020 Clarity
Our recent special occasion and night out in Melbourne fuels a feeling of gratitude for the year that’s been and what’s gone before us. … More Reason to Celebrate
Our outback journey concludes as we leave Mungo and head to the wild, untouched wilderness of Murray Sunset National Park. … More Wild, Salty and a little bit Pink
Our six day outback road trip begins with some stressful moments as we leave Melbourne, bound for Mungo National Park … More Outback Trip- Melbourne to Wentworth
It’s a place that gets under your skin. It has a heartbeat that you can’t ignore and a spiritual sense of time and space that transcends words. Mungo National Park left an indelible impression on me when I first visited years ago. Whenever we spoke of it my sister (who’s never camped a day in … More An Outback Itinerary
I chat with publisher and host of 4WD Touring, Carlisle Rogers, about writing, travelling, life on the road and what it takes to go after our dreams. … More A Chat with Carlisle – Living the Dream
It stretches for over 2,500 kms, starts its journey from the Australian Alps and ends at the mouth of the Southern Ocean in South Australia. Almost 2000 km of it is navigable, making it the third longest navigable river on the planet, with only the Amazon and Nile rivers behind it. The Mighty Murray. It’s … More Moods of the Murray
Originally posted on The Lonely Author:
“There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton, novelist, playwright, first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature . I always thought of my friend Miriam of Out an’ About as an inspiring ray of light.…
A beautiful evening lantern walk, with hundreds of like minded people in Melbourne, transforming the darkness into light, inspires my latest post. … More Light the Night
