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There is something intoxicating about big, fluffy, dramatic, rolling, rumbling cumulus clouds. Especially when enjoying them at altitude. I live on a mountain range approximately 450 metres above [...]

I find it a deeply comforting feeling … nearing home at the end of a long day. Driving those familiar roads. Anticipating that feeling of belonging as I arrive home at my safe place. The [...]

In the grand scheme of time, our international COVID travel shutdown has been very short. But the memories seem so far away. I was mad-keen to escape the unpleasant news cycle of now, so I dove [...]

Magpies … people seem to either love them or hate them. Quintessentially Australian … an icon associated with many an Australian backyard and many a mad dash on a bicycle

Who else likes to take the long way home? Slowly meandering along back-roads, delaying the start of a working week or extending the delights of a lazy Sunday afternoon drive.

It feels like a distant memory … those days when we were allowed to travel about for the day, exploring, stopping for coffee or lunch and wander somewhere in nature. We’re [...]

The older I get, the more I like to rise with the sun, or even before she starts her day. And from where I live, it feels like the world is starting fresh every time she rises. I am fortunate to [...]

We were headed for a warm and wet Autumn. Toward the end of March I was driving home to Maleny from Brisbane. Rain followed me up the Bruce Highway, along Steve Irwin Way, then up the hill from [...]

What secrets lurk in the rainforest of Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve once the sun has set on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland?

It’s late on a Sunday afternoon. It has been a warm and humid day. The summer rain has come and gone. The clouds hang low over the ridge and there is a feeling of cool respite from the heat [...]