Why Do People Love To Travel?

Since we’re all self-described travel nuts I thought it would be interesting to explore why we love to travel. I knew I owed it to you, my delightful reader, to live up to my promise to inform, inspire and entertain you. So I decided to put up some old photos to illustrate it and raise a smile too.

Inspirational Interview – Vanessa Woods, Writer & Researcher

Interview with Australian author and primate researcher, Vanessa Woods.

Inspirational Interview – Tony Park, Fiction Writer

“I write novels set in Africa. Care to join me on safari?” Tony Park, Author

I discovered author, Tony Park, on Twitter last week. His biography, quoted above, sounded intriguing, so I contacted him immediately saying that I’d love to join him on safari. Well, not literally of course, but who knows what the future holds? Maybe the Candy family will bump into him and his wife some where exotic one day.

Traveling Close To Home

You don’t need to travel far to be enlightened and humbled. We went to camp in Coolum, a 15 minute drive from our home. There, in the Coolum Campsite, I discovered an entire race on the brink of extinction. A group of people who are teetering on the verge of annihilation without anyone giving a toss.

Inspirational Interview – Peter Moore, Travel Writer

If I’ve learned one thing it’s that when things go wrong, your trip starts getting interesting!”
Peter Moore, travel writer. Peter shares his tip on becoming a travel writer and getting published as well as some of his funny stories from life on the road.

Lessons From An African Witchdoctor

When I lived in Zimbabwe in 1992 I was invited to visit a witchdoctor. It was a chance to experience a unique part of traditional African culture, but what I expected to be a mere tourist trip, held a few valuable lessons for me. The funny thing is that I was sent to Zimbabwe to be a teacher but during my year there I learned much more important stuff than the english and maths I taught my pupils.

Best and Worst Things About Living in Australia

A quick run down on the advantages and disadvantages of living in Australia. Includes lots of great readers comments.

Winter School Holidays: Sunshine Coast, Australia

More places to visit on the Sunshine Coast: Kennilworth, Mount Coolum and the Caloundra Rollerdrome.

Follow Your Dream: You Only Live Once

The first page of my book about how we sold most of our belongings in order to make our dream come true and move to Central America. It tells how we followed our hearts, ignored other people, took a risk, and put up with hardships to follow our dream. I hope that our story will inspire other people to be brave and follow their dream.

Racism in Australia

Thought-provoking essay on racism in Australia with excellent insights provided in the comments by my intelligent readers.

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