10 Reasons to Visit Hobart
If you’re contemplating a summertime visit to Hobart, here are 10 reasons to book your ticket. 1. It’s right on the water … … which means sea life … … […]
Category Archives: Australia
A Merry Tassie Chrissie!
Merry Christmas from Tasmania (where any word that can be shortened, will be)! Hobart doesn’t get as gussied up for Christmas as the US (or Singapore, for that matter) — […]
Love or Hate? The Museum of Old & New Art
Prescott and I are in in Tasmania! Specifically, we are in Hobart, the island’s capital and largest city (though at 225,000 people, “city” seems a generous term). This seafaring hub […]
Naked in Bowen
You don’t have to be naked on the beaches of Bowen, but you can be. Indeed, Bowen has the best-signed nude beach I’ve ever seen. They even write about this […]
Flora & Fauna by the Beaches of Bowen
While I went to the Whitsundays in search of life in the ocean, I found plenty of creatures on land. Most of the birds were not particularly interested in being […]
Home of the Big Mango
I’ve spent the past two days in Bowen, Australia. When you come to town, you are first greeted by this unusual structure: Yes, that’s exactly what it looks like: a […]
Out on the Reef
My first two snorkeling trips with Ocean Rafting took me to the Inner Reef, which is the part of the Great Barrier Reef that fringes the coast (in this case, the […]
Snorkeling Adventure: Hook Island & Whitehaven
People come to the Whitsundays to sail, to dive, or just to sit on the beach, but I came to snorkel! The islands off of the coast here are surrounded […]
Arriving at Airlie Beach
I’ve traveled to the Whitsundays, an area in northeastern Australia, for my first trip to the Great Barrier Reef! This involves perfect teal water, lots of fish and coral, and […]
The Sunshine Coast
Brisbane sits smack in the middle of Australia’s eastern coast, and beaches spread out both to the north and to south of the city. The northern area is known as […]
