The hamlet of Donnelly River, Western Australia is a ghost town during its off season. A couple dozen little wooden houses line a small gravel road leading the way to a mill which was closed in 1978, a move that caused residents of Donnelly River to abandon the town. I was told that during warm [...]

Sydney has to be the most happening city in Australia. Its personality and sights could keep most anyone busy for days. I was privileged to be able to experience quite a lot of Sydney when I spent six weeks in nearby Forrester’s Beach, but I didn’t manage to see it all. The following guest post [...]

Australia is a country surrounded by islands. So much of interest lies on the mainland that island hopping wasn’t on my radar when I visited this past summer. I departed from the mainland to visit only one island – the Tiwi Island of Bathurst, which is inhabited solely by Aboriginals and one of the most [...]

Traveling to the Tiwi Islands, populated by Aborigines, was the highlight of my time in Australia. Modern-day influences have largely eradicated the traditional way of life for the 460,000 Aboriginals spread throughout the country, forcing into modernity what is believed to be the world’s oldest culture. On Tiwi’s two islands, Bathurst and Melville, the ancient [...]

Road trips enter a new dimension when you embark on travel short in nature far from home. For my first major day trip since I’ve been in Western Australia, I drove to Margaret River with Disha. This secluded little seaside town in the southwest of the state is an extremely popular spot for wine lovers [...]

Since I’ve arrived in Australia, I’ve noticed that, although the country is much like my home in the States, some extreme differences do, happily, exist. Here’s three biggies. The illegality of transporting food, plants and animals across state lines – When I flew to Australia, the customary do not bring certain foods off the plane [...]

It’s hard not to love the thrill of a First Time. Unfortunately, the more we experience in life, the more difficult it can become to feel that I’ve never seen/done/been before thrill. First Times are not a necessary part of life, but they’re an unavoidable element of travel. The other day I was most fortunate [...]

Australia doesn’t have the massive killer hurricanes that we experience in the U.S.? I’ve just learned tonight that, apparently, they do not. This surprises me as the country is, after all, an island. I would think somewhere along its, literally, 25,760 kilometers of shoreline, mighty winds would occasionally whip up one of its many oceans [...]