The Bluebuck was hunted to extinction. In 1774, it became increasingly rare. The last Bluebuck was shot in 1799. The Bluebuck was the first historically recorded species of…
Ōhiwa Harbour and Ōhope Beach are separated by a giant sandspit that supports the beach town of Ōhope. While this area has immediate appeal for anybody who loves…
One of the major , a number of major incidents stand out – those that had a significant impact on my life and the lives of those involved…
There is ‘No Other’ The Clare Valley wine region, Flinders Ranges, Wilpena Creek, Parachilna Gorge, Oodnadatta Track, Coober Pedy, Breakaways and the Arid Lands Botanic Gardens beckoned hundreds…
Do not say that I’ll depart tomorrowbecause even today I still arrive.Look at me: I arrive in every secondto be a bud on a spring branch,to be a…
POSTCARDS FROM AFRICA My interest in wildlife photography stems from: Experiences in childhood days growing up in small South African country towns, Once out of home always enjoying…
Marvelous things on our own doorstep! We do not need to travel far to be transported into another world. Transportation was certainly uppermost in out thoughts when Dedrie…
A recent visit to the Victorian High Country yielded a most interesting and unexpected surprise! While walking around Lake Guy near Bogong Village I came across a sign…
As Spring approaches rapidly, we decided to visit friends at Monbulk and had a most delightful day. The chooks, alpacas, border collies), magpies, blackbirds, cockies, doves, ducks put on a special…
Don the ‘puffer jackets’, an essential requirement for heading outdoors this time of the year and head out to “The Briars” in Mt. Martha on the Mornington…
Our city has much to offer – all within easy reach. Discovered Black Rock again after visiting my sister Marge in the ’80s. The walks along Port Phillip…
We set out from Townsville along the Bruce Highway. Another one of those North Queensland days, hot, humid but dry as the car bit into the asphalt along…
The risk manager speaks. On our first night in Maghoto – I “wisely” decided to rather sleep on the camp bed just outside the door of the tent…
As with the policemen in the Pirates of Penzance: “With Cat-Like Tread Upon our prey we steal In silence dread Our cautious way we feel No sound at…
Bless you Loxodanta Africana (Elephants)! We came to visit you in your paradise. And what a paradise it was! Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat,…
Little did we realise what we were getting ourselves into! We were advised in Maun that the road to Sunday Pan was a cinch. “No worries mate” (the…
We trekked down from Ghanzi (Botswana) to Hobas on the edge of the Fish River Canyon – a 10 hour drive (next time – if ever –…
Jessica’s wedding provided the incentive to visit the Magaliesberg after an absence of 45 years. The wedding venue was at De Hoek – just off the Magaliesburg –…
Must tell you about my experience in Coolangatta – the convicts prison converted into a winery near Nowra. During my consulting days I used to stay overnight in…
I am planning a trip to Nababeep in October. Why go there or do that, and, what is it, is it a place or an activity? Sounds like a…