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Bright prospects – The Australian newspaper T&I
Photo credit: Greg Scott
John Pooley could be a walking, talking advertisement for the virtues of taking on a project to stave off retirement. The...
Take a bow – The Australian newspaper T&I
A barrage of bewildering but urgent-sounding nautical commands is flying across the deck. Slack away forward. Trail a long line aft. Fenders up. Slack...
Vintage Pearl – The Australian newspaper T&I
Football commentators are fond of the expression “lowering the eyes”. It describes an astute decision by a player to forgo trying to kick a...
Road trip guide to Tasmania’s north-west – Broadsheet
Photo credit: Ricky French
The wild north-west of Tasmania is one of Australia’s great road-trip routes. Home to coastal towns, sailing clubs and sandy beaches,...
Nature rules at Rydal Mount – The Australian newspaper T&I
A tour of William Wordsworth’s Lake District home reveals a lot about the romantic poet.
You can tell a lot about someone by spending time...
Meeting the silverbacks – Travel feature for Broadsheet
Photo credit: Jiwon Kim
No one could argue our small G Adventures tour group has been starved of wildlife. So far on my cultural and...
Kigali Genocide Memorial – travel feature for Broadsheet
Photo credit: Jiwon Kim
How strange and sad to be standing above the remains of 250,000 people.
I’m at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, the...
Backstage access to a Ugandan village – travel feature for Broadsheet
Photo credit: Jiwon Kim
It’s the tail end of the wet season in Western Uganda. The smell of warm rain rises from dusty streets of...
Parklife: celebrating Britain’s national treasures – The Australian newspaper
I’ve never before had such serendipity on an impulse buy. Browsing the shelves of London’s palatial Waterstones bookstore I pick up at random The...
“Of Castles and Rascals” – travel feature for The Australian newspaper T&I
An astounding castle transformation in England's Lakes District
Admit it, we’ve all been there. At some stage in our life we’ve all gotten into an...