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Granite Belt, Giraween National Park, Queensland

Is the Granite Belt Queensland’s Best Kept Secret?

Who knew that a three hour drive from Brisbane there was a region of farming, fruit growing and wine-making?

Would You Eat Chickens’ Feet?

I didn’t notice what Mr. Chiunda was wearing on his feet the first time we met. All I could really focus on was the crunch as he bit into his meal with relish, chewing slowly, assessing the

10 Ways to Cope With Annoying Travel Partners

Whoever said ‘travel broadens the mind’ forgot the crucial latter half of the sentence ‘and shortens the temper’. At the ripe old age of 29, recalling a sorry swamp of annoying travel partners

72 Hours on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia

The Gold Coast is known for it’s theme parks and we hadn’t been for a couple of years so it was time to load the kids in the car, drive down the mountain from O”Reilly’s and load them

24 Hours at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat in Lamington National Park

It’s a long, steep, windy road up to O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat in Lamington National Park but it’s worth the trip. These school holidays my oldest son went to visit family and friends in

10 Funny Travel and Personal Stories

Here’s a round up of my top 10 funny travel stories and blog posts from the last two years. Hopefully you find a few stories you haven’t read and some laughs. I’ll be back with more hot

The Year That Was: 2011

Do you often wish you could get more done? Or feel that time is being wasted? I can never decide if I’m an under-achiever or an over-achier which probably means I’m stuck in the middle

In My Shoes: Me, Aged 23

I packed three pairs of shoes for my year in Zimbabwe: sensible sandals to wear at the school where I’d be teaching, trainers to walk the seven kilometer dirt track from school to the tarred

Best of Get In the Hot Spot 2011

I may or may not be taking the rest of the year off but I wanted to slip in this “Best of Get In the Hot Spot” post before New Year’s to give you some holiday reading and help you find all the

Close Encounters of the Wild Kind in Cape Town

If there is one city in the world that offers so much more than just fancy hotels and sprawling boulevards, it has to be Cape Town. Tourists continue to flock to one of South Africa’s largest

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