Wineglass Bay/Hazards Beach Circuit and Narawntapu National Park, Tasmania

Under a dull sky promising rain, Vilis and I broke camp at Richardson’s Beach and drove to the trailhead of the Wineglass Bay Track, which is also the start of the Wineglass Bay/Hazards Circuit....

Tasman National Park’s Bivouac Bay, plus Remarkable Cave, Tasmania

Light rain overnight pattered gently on the tent at our campsite at Fortescue Bay, and we heard an unidentified critter sniffing at our thin-walled shelter in the night. Vilis cooked hot porridge for ...

To Hobart and Fortescue Bay, Tasman National Park, Tasmania

In an about-face from the past five days of brilliantly sunny weather, the sky was cloudy with clear breaks over Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport when our Jetstar flight sped down one of the airportâ...

Mount Louisa, Townsville

Last evening, the Townsville mountains and hills painted clean, black shapes against a darkening sky washed with gold and orange by the setting sun. This morning, in the fresh light of blue sky and ea...