I would just like to take the time to wish you all a merry Christmas and a very happy new year. I took this photo tonight of a house down the road that is all lit up with Christmas lights. Some people go to a lot of trouble to celebrate Christmas!
If you're in the Northern Hemisphere at the moment, there is a good chance that you are probably stuck in a freezing winter. Well here in Queensland, Australia, I am sitting around in shorts and a t-shirt and wondering if I should put the air conditioning on or not. The fact is, really, here in [...]
This panorama was taken while I was hiking along the trail to Mount Cordeax in Main Range National Park, Australia. Located in South-East Queensland, Main Range National Park has some spectacular mountainous and rain forest scenery with lots of great views like this one. The Mount Cordeax track is an easy gradual climb that is [...]
As I entered the fairly new temple of Haw Pha Bang in Luang Prabang, Laos, these two young monks entered just after me and seemed to be admiring the temple as a tourist just as I was. Haw Pha Bang is a very elegant temple, and rightly so as it has been built within the [...]
On day three of my trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, we hiked up to the "Lava Tower" which is the large dark section of rock in the photo above. The Lava Tower was the highest point of the trek so far at 4600m, and it was here that many people really started [...]
Brisbane, Australia, is known as "The River City", and the best place to really see what this is about is by heading over to South Bank. I've been living in Brisbane for over six years now and South Bank is my favourite place to go out for a nice meal and a walk along the [...]
I shielded my eyes from the dust kicked up by a passing safari vehicle as we drove along the rough dirt track. As the dust quickly cleared I stared out of my window at the huge expanse of the Serengeti Plain. The mix of golds, browns and greens of the grass contrasted beautifully against the [...]
Located at the end of Rainbow Beach in Queensland, Australia, is the long sandy strip of land known as Inskip Peninsula. Inskip point is one of the gateways to nearby Fraser Island, and a 4wd only ferry runs from the beach at the tip of the peninsula to the sandy coast of the island. Inskip [...]
Wat Phra Kaew in Chiang Rai, Thailand, is the city's most sacred temple due to it being the origin of the journey of the Emerald Buddha - Thailand's most sacred treasure. Located in the temple's ubosot (main shrine) is this ancient Bronze Buddha which is believed to be over 600 years old. I was quite [...]
Piazza Venezia is one of the busiest intersections in Rome, Italy, and if you've explored the main attractions in Rome, you have probably come across it on several occasions. Dominating this busy piazza is the enormous Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, built in the early 20th century and mostly hated by the local Romans. Although this [...]
