If you have been dreaming of visiting South America and visiting Machu Picchu in particular, but need to do it on a shoestring, this is the story for you. Travelling to exotic places on the cheap is my friend Jonathan’s passion……
The Yogi Bear Saga. I grew up watching Yogi Bear on television so I knew about Yosemite National Park (or I thought I did). Then recently for a number of years, Apple began choosing strange names for their operating systems.……
We have, for many years, wanted to visit Broome in Western Australia but it’s a long way from the east coast. It’s even a long way from Perth being about 1,700 km to the north. In fact it’s simply a……
About two hundred years ago, the island nation known as the colony of New South Wales, was relatively defenceless against ship born diseases. Medical science was struggling to understand what the diseases were and where they came from. Often convict……
Travel North from Perth. A visit to Perth give you a great opportunity to travel north to experience areas within easy driving reach. There are some great places to visit – some are jaw droppingly spectacular! Around 180Km to the……
Wet greetings from Colombia! Yes, it is the wet season here and temperatures have recently dropped a bit. I only have to put the fan on occasionally at night now, but still need it during the day. During this time of……
Peter has retired and he decided to volunteer in a school in Colombia South America to teach English. His experiences in getting there were covered in our first story here. Since I last wrote I would like you to know……
For a long time now, I’ve wanted to see the northern tip of Fraser Island. In fact its over 30 years since I last tried to make it there, but unfortunately back then I got bogged – right down to……
Driving Have you ever driven to the Gold Coast (or basically anywhere in the world where there are more cars than there is room for them) and discovered when you are about half way, the traffic suddenly stops. At first you……
You Need A Holiday. A Gold Coast holiday is something we could all do with – especially since it’s nearly holiday season in Australia (of course if you are retired – its always holiday time!) But where do you go……