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Lakes Revival – Outback magazine
Photo credit: Ricky French
Bushfires, a pandemic and the closure of industries has hit Gippsland hard but signs of renewal are strong and the welcome...
“America’s original ski town” Steamboat Springs: The Australian newspaper Travel & Luxury
I shed my skis at the top of the gondola on Mount Werner in the Colorado mountain town of Steamboat Springs and scoop up...
“Follow the prosecco road” – King Valley: travel story for The Weekend Australian Magazine
I pluck a card from the deck of “Brown Brothers Colourful Conversations” found at my holiday home and read the first suggested conversation-starter: What...
Town emerges as a treasure trove – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury
No one is quite sure how the tiny town of Inglewood, 45km north-west of Bendigo in Victoria’s Loddon Shire, became the antique and collectibles...
Bright, Victoria; it’s an adventure playground – The Weekend Australian Magazine
Photo credit: Ricky French
The Ovens River tells the mood of every season in Bright. In winter it swells to a torrent, surging through the...
“Walk against want” – The Larapinta Trail – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury
Photo credit: Ricky French
The alarm I’ve been dreading goes off and I give a well-practiced groan, anxiously fumbling for my phone to confirm the...
“Go with the grains on Fraser Island” – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury
The thing about coming within half a step of planting your foot on a massive carpet python is that evolutionary instincts jump into the...
Slow-mo in the snow – The Weekend Australian, Travel & Luxury
Photo credit: Ricky French
Ask not why did the possum cross the road, but how. “Did you see the tunnel of love?” Glen Clark turns...
Alpine Nature Experience – The Weekend Australian Magazine
Photo credit: Tom Putt
Legend has it that an early gold prospector and skiing pioneer, William Spargo, was the first man to live through a...
“Shore Shack Redemption” – The Weekend Australian, Travel & Luxury
The name is spelled out in seashells on a timber shack at the edge of the world: Whale Song. They say if you lie...