One of the most prolific travelers on the planet is the Wanderer or Monarch Butterfly, (Danaus plexippus), and so I was not surprised to find this beautiful creature as we walked around the base of Uluru. Here a wanderer rests on the damp earth from the recent rain drinking from the minute amounts of water […]
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Coober Pedy in outback South Australia is a very strange place and that strangeness begins in the desert landscape well before you arrive. Like some alien landscape the white and brown cones of unearthed soil, the dumped mullock heaps of opal mining, dot the landscape. Each little mound tells of an abandoned search into the […]
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Arguably sunset on Uluru (formerly Ayers Rock) is Australia’s most famous, most iconic and most photographed event. When I finally got to experience this for myself, watching the colours changing as the sun fell in the west, I felt intimidated by every image I had ever seen and if I could capture even a glimpse […]
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The coolest icecream I have even experienced was created in front of my very own eyes at N2 on Dixon Street in Sydney. Step one create the mix. Step two start blending. Step three pour in a jug of liquid nitrogen. Step four enjoy the show. Step enjoy the icecream. I never knew that icecream […]
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When we entered the foyer of Customs House in Sydney it was busy, noisy and there were people everywhere. Some people gazed into the atrium void above, others marveled at the scale replica model of Sydney below the glass floor. Tour groups posed for photos while tourists in pairs or alone wielded selfie sticks to […]
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