Gordon Country: old school camping gets a modern makeover – Escape
I’m deep in the Goomburra Valley in Queensland’s Darling Downs. It’s only two hours’ drive from Brisbane yet feels like another world.
Dalrymple Creek flows...
Best restaurants in The Arlberg – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury
On the sunny slopes above the hamlet of Lech, skiers cruise the dreamy pistes, hungry for adventure, soon to be hungry for lunch. There’s...
“Building resilience” – feature story for the Weekend Australian Magazine
For Malcolm and Diana Hackett, Black Saturday was heralded by a towering column of smoke rising behind Mt Sugarloaf. It was 11am on February...
“Summer hiking at Mt Hotham” – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury
I'm watching with interest the outside air temperature display on my car dashboard. As I go up, it goes down, dropping 12C as I...
“The best places to see Autumn leaves” – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury
If you’re in any doubt that autumn colours can inspire poetry, look no further than the names we give to deciduous trees. Sweet gum’s...
“Life on the farm” – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury
Photo credit: Ricky French
The ability to understand the varied latching mechanisms of any farm gate has long been the measure of a city slicker’s...
“On the timber trails” – the Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury
In his 2016 book, The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben introduces these magnificent plants as social creatures, communicating through scents, electrical signals and...
“On your bike, take a hike…” travel feature for the Weekend Australian Travel &...
It’s been the wettest summer in the Snowy Mountains in living memory, or since 1998, depending on who you ask. The last of the...