The vanity portraits of today’s young ego-trippers. The focus? Forget about the journey or the destination. It’s them, themselves and their friends.

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For me, travel has always been about the destination and the journey: there and getting there. And then once there it’s about the culture and people as much as the place. But I’m wondering how important either are to today’s youngest travellers, those in their late teens to very early twenties. Driving along the Great … Read more about The vanity portraits of today’s young ego-trippers. The focus? Forget about the journey or the destination. It’s them, themselves and their friends.

The weather, part 2: how much do you let it affect your enjoyment of travel?

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Perhaps the issue of how weather impacts your travel experience, providing it’s not of disastrous proportions (epic heatwaves and heavy floods aside) is more a question of attitude than planning? (This is a continuation of this post by the way.) We were at a restaurant the other night at Apollo Bay on the southern coast … Read more about The weather, part 2: how much do you let it affect your enjoyment of travel?

The weather, part 1: how much does it impact your travel plans?

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Do you check weather reports before you travel? And if you do and it’s turned especially bad before you’re due to travel, do you change your trip plans? I’m talking really nasty weather. Consistently dreadful, such as the snowfalls in the UK, the heaviest in 18 years, which have severely disrupted flights. Or the heatwave south-eastern … Read more about The weather, part 1: how much does it impact your travel plans?

Melbourne, a grisly view from a bridge: Father throws 4 year old daughter off the city’s West Gate bridge

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A horrific act that Australians are at a complete loss to comprehend has dominated the media for the last day: a 35 year old father threw his 4 year old daughter off Melbourne’s West Gate bridge. Witnesses reported seeing the guy, an IT consultant, stop his white Toyota Landcruiser at the top of the bridge, … Read more about Melbourne, a grisly view from a bridge: Father throws 4 year old daughter off the city’s West Gate bridge

South Australia: from heavenly summer days to the living hell of a heatwave

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A couple of weeks ago we were holed up writing in an apartment overlooking the sea at Glenelg beach, Adelaide, South Australia. While the days were warm and balmy, topping 30 degrees celcius, a little higher than the typical heavenly summer temperatures they get here, the evenings were deliciously cool. Cool enough to pop on … Read more about South Australia: from heavenly summer days to the living hell of a heatwave