The constant casual meandering and slow shuffle of feet around the town square, is a reminder of how Exmouth in Western Australia is enjoying an unseasonal tourist boom. Sitting behind me in this popular outdoor cafe is a young family. My partner is relaying to me her observations… otherwise of course known as people watching! One of the children spilt a cup of coffee all over the cafe table. It was clearly not intentional. However ...…[read more]
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Feeling lots of gratitude… 🙂 But firstly. Ever notice there’s one human need that Hollywood consistently avoids. Even astronauts when describing their daily rituals, certainly never go there. But now the unspeakable of all topics has come to camping. With the growing popularity of the great outdoors, it’s an issue no longer being ignored. It’s a shame really. There’s a certain natural liberating feeling, heading off into the bush with a shovel in one hand ...…[read more]
The perfect camping setup, is more a process of elimination than any one perfect solution. Back in our late teens, camping was simple. A couple of lamb chops, a tin of rice cream and a bottle of green ginger wine. The green ginger keeping you warm at night and then cleaning your teeth in the morning! Fast forward fifty years, the basics haven’t changed much. Except now the choices are huge and widely varied. Two ...…[read more]
A faint silhouette of trees and scrawly scrub land spread across the dimly lit soft moonlit horizon. The air was soothingly fresh. Gazing out through the tent window, it was hard to comprehend the contrast to the harshness of the previous day’s unwavering heat. The horizon slowly started to transform to a lighter orange. A short reprieve for what again lay ahead once the sun fully returned to take command. Thankfully however, the nearby waterholes ...…[read more]
I always admired the way my Mother enjoyed a very healthy and active social life. Until the pandemic. It was late one night. My worst fears were suddenly realised. I had just received a rather bizarre message from her. Then another message. “What was she on?” I wondered with growing concern. It was so out of character. “You sure started this Chris” her message began. “We are presently at the Holiday Inn in New Orleans!” ...…[read more]
Exciting News…. The My Senior Gap Year book is now available in Chinese! Taiwan publisher, Sunflower Media has just recently completed a Chinese version of the My Senior Gap Year book. Unfortunately, the official release will be deferred until the current pandemic passes. In the mean time, both hard copies and a digital version are available for purchase online: Print version click here Digital version click here In addition to the book whetting your appetite ...…[read more]
Can’t Travel? There is a positive side to Self Isolation…. Who would have expected this. As the pandemic races across the world, never before have we experienced such a crisis like this on a global scale. Who would have thought just days or weeks ago, as we learn of the growing casualties, that even for those of us yet unaffected, the extraordinary impact on lives as we knew it. Such as our freedom of travel ...…[read more]
Travelling across Australia, you get to meet some really interesting characters. That’s what Travis Herrmann and his family discovered as they were making their way home through the outback. One such person they had the pleasure of meeting was on his way to remote Aboriginal communities. In the past corporate sponsors flew him around the world. But then he had a life changing experience. He’s now travelling with one simple purpose… to put a smile ...…[read more]
My father was dumbfounded with our decision. We had just bought a block of land to build our family home in the southern foothills of Adelaide in South Australia. It was a serene blend of living in a near rural bushland setting, yet just twenty minutes from the city centre. Our property adjoined a gorge, untouched by development. A walking track leads through the dense bushland, continuing down the steep descent to reveal a creek ...…[read more]
Happy New Year! It’s a curious phenomena the significance we place on just one moment in time every year. As the clock flips us into the new year, along with it are all our hopes and wishes the year ahead will be so much healthier, wealthier or happier than the year we just struggled through. Now I don’t want to pooh bah the idea of your new year’s resolution, but let’s face it, the reality ...…[read more]