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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Winter in New South Wales, Australia for me resembles spring or autumn – often even summer. Accustomed to temperatures on the United States’ Eastern Seaboard so brutal they kill, it’s refreshing to walk around outside in Sydney and its environs during the deepest, darkest wintertime months without fighting to stay alive in the ice. Where [...]

Living our routine at home is so rote. Even when we strike out to get away for a short while from the norm while we’re not traveling, we frequently wind up gravitating toward it anyway, returning inevitably to our favorite spots, time and again with a force of habit stronger than gravity. We travel to [...]