I arrive in Darwin to the tail end of a thunderstorm. The rain, coming in sheets and buckets, held the plane from landing in the middle of the night. When we finally touched down on to the tarmac and the door opened, we were flooded with that after-rain smell the tropics is so known for. I breathed it in, shaking off the last of Melbourne’s city smells from my clothes. Outside the quiet airport that smell was even stronger. It’s…
Breakfast is probably my favourite meal of the day, particularly when it comes to dining out. There’s something about the potential of a breakfast. Sweet, savoury, or something in between. You’ve…
When you travel, there will almost always be an instance where you don’t see a place at its best. For us, that place was definitely Fitzroy Falls. Dean and I stopped…
Minnamurra Rainforest rises around me like the jungles of prehistory. The birds call to each other in the distance as if they have never heard the harsh sounds of human evolution.…
Daylesford is a spot that Dean and I had been meaning to visit for a while now, an inland jaunt that had been quietly calling our names and encouraging a little…
The Dandenong Ranges Botanic Gardens is a funny spot, not in the least because most people know it by a different name: the National Rhododendron Gardens. This previous title seems to…
The Werribee Gorge Circuit was one of those walks I had been hearing about for ages, but for one reason or another just never got out there. It’s crazy now that…
