Tenting Out in Australia

In the clear light of early morning, I cycled hard through Townsville’sBicentennial Park, revelling in the cool breeze and songs of birds – mynas, peaceful dove, magpie-larks, golden-headed ci...

Tassie Bushwalk Awards

Today, I seemed to be caught in some netherworld between Tasmania and Queensland, a world of yawning, of washing load after load of camping laundry, of restocking the kitchen with food, of sifting thr...

Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park

After days of dragging ourselves out of bed before dawn, we finally slept in, cozy in our sleeping bags. Once again, Fortescue Bay had granted us a mild night, and on rising we felt rested, rather tha...

Mount Field and Styx Valley Giants, Tasmania

Dawn at the campground in Mount Field National Park presented a cacophony of sounds – the mad laughter of kookaburras, the “kussicks” of green rosellas and squawking harangues of sulphur...