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 […]
Tag Archives: Hikes
Fresh & Salty
Most of Kythira looks like a moonrock – it’s mostly covered in low scrub – so the village of Milopotamos is a breath of fresh air. While there’s still plenty […]
The Hinterland
In Queensland we stayed in a region called the Hinterland, an area up in the hills north of Brisbane, just beyond the Glass House Mountains. I love the name — […]
The Very Highest Point
The highest mountain in New Zealand is the awkwardly-named Aoraki/Mt. Cook, which sits in the Southern Alps in the middle of Aoraki/Mt. Cook National Park. The name is a compromise […]
Rob Roy Glacier
In the many South Island hiking blogs I’ve skimmed, at least two cite the Rob Roy Glacier Track as their favorite day hike. That seemed more than enough reason to […]
Wandering Around Wanaka
Though we loved our breakfast at Joe’s Garage, where the wait staff was easygoing and fun, we were so disenchanted with Queenstown that we decided to leave early. Our trip […]
Snow in Summer
After the Fellowship of the Ring lost Gandalf in the Mines of Moria, they rested briefly at Dimrill Dale. In the movie, this scene was filmed at Lake Alta, an […]
There’s Heat in Them Thar Hills
New Zealand has a unique — and somewhat precarious — geological position: it sits at the edge of both the Australian and the Pacific tectonic plates. These plates are always […]
NZ’s Oldest National Park
After a frustrating Airbnb experience — at 7:00pm, the host at the Forgotten World Motel, where we had made a reservation, told us that she had given our room away […]
Hot Stuff
We spent a full day in and around Rotorua, the heart of geothermal activity in New Zealand. Think hot springs, geysers, bubbling mud, and the smell of sulfur in the […]
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