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Adventures with Spanish Churros
Ah, churros, the deep fried pastry that’s typically served with hot chocolate in Spain. Being in the country, of course we had to try some, and as I did, I wondered, just how these fried sticks of...
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A Change of Plans
Daylight was beginning to creep behind snow-covered mountains as I chugged south towards Madrid, watching my dream fade slowly in near darkness. I was just south of Oviedo, in Asturias, a place I was...
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Top 15 Travel Mishaps in Spain
Travel is exciting right? Different scenery, architecture, language, food and people – everything is amplified, even the hard times. While I think travelling is generally more than worth it, there are...
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Exploring Burleigh Head National Park
Our Spanish plane nose-dived suddenly, unexpectedly and we’ve crashed back in a place I felt I’d explored to death. While returning home for me has been a bit of a downer, I’m starting to appreciate...
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A Day in Avilés, Spain
I was sitting inside the Honky Tonk Rhythm and Beer Bar in Gijón, Asturias, in northern Spain chatting to a local over a splendid dark stout. He was keen to improve his English and I was keen to learn...
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Two Months in the Albaicín, Granada
High stone walls severed by shadow and sunlight snaked behind the river, into a maze of cobblestone filled with archways, cisterns and large wooden doors. Passageways resounded with chatter and music...
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Killarney Glen – A Heart-Shaped Adventure
Killarney Glen’s heart-shaped pool I’d heard a rumour about a natural heart-shaped pool in Queensland’s Gold Coast hinterland, with a waterfall and swimming holes the colour of jade. Upon arrival, I...
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Saint Teresa of Avila and the Secret Bakery
The hand of Saint Teresa of Avila A golden reliquary housing the hand of a mystic nun – accessed by a key – and dessert orders placed with unseen voices before goods are exchanged on a rotating...
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Steak the Adventure Dog
Steak having a sing yesterday before she had her haircut – Byron Bay, NSW I first met Steak the adventure dog in Buckley’s Plains – about 10 kilometres north of Broome in Western Australia – lazing in...
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Tío Pepe Sherry – Discovering the Real Deal
Growing up in Australia, my idea of sherry was a cheap, sweet bottle of alcohol consumed solely by grandmas and budget boozers. However upon tasting the world’s most famous brand at the source – Tío...
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Binna Burra Walks – Escape to Coomera Falls
Coomera Falls A couple of weeks back I was enjoying a colossal burger at the Two Pines Cafe in Springbrook, QLD, while talking intermittently to the proprietor, Judy Diamond. A fellow adventurer, Judy...
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Cudillero, Spain’s Picture-Perfect Fishing Village
I stepped off the train at Cudillero, Spain’s fabled fishing town that’s reputedly as pretty as a picture. A picture with streets that swirl towards the sea, round and round, down and down. Past pokey...
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Seven Unusual Places to Visit in Australia
Hidden amongst Australia’s beautiful coastline, forests and cities are places where stories are forgotten, relics sleep in long grass and the atmosphere is palpably different. Here’s just seven of...
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A Spanish Festival in Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Castillo de Santiago Sanlúcar de Barrameda is an Andalucian seaside town that’s virtually unknown outside of Spain. I found this surprising given it has so much going for it. Christopher Columbus...
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Australian History – Lahey’s Tramway Tunnel
Lahey’s Canungra Tramway Tunnel today New Years Day, 1901: A time when many were undoubtedly readjusting their frocks and putting away their party socks, a man by the name of ‘Mr Clark’ had just...
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12 of the Best Things to do in Ronda, Spain
One of Spain’s oldest towns, Ronda is also arguably its most spectacular, as it’s severed in two by a whopping 120 metre gorge. Linked by the remarkable Puente Nuevo (new bridge), Ronda offers instant...
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Searching Bays and Islands for Tasmanian Cheese
One of the lovely bays in the Huon Valley February is a superb time to be in the Huon Valley in south-eastern Tasmania. Apart from hosting halcyon days above rolling green countryside and the sparkling...
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My Cádiz, Andalucía – Sights and Sounds of an Old City
Cádiz, Andalucía is Spain’s oldest city and allegedly the oldest city in western Europe. So many people have laughed, loved and fought in this place – which lies at Spain’s end and stares across the...
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Gold Coast Waterfalls – Cougal Cascades
Cougal Cascades I was lured to Cougal Cascades in Queensland’s Springbrook National Park because of its heritage sawmill, which dates to the 1940s and lies a short walk above the falls. Little did I...
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Spanish Cider House Rules: Asturian Culture
I stepped from the taxi onto slabs of wet pavement that continued down the street, right to my hotel door. Then the smell wafted across the laneway, past the convivial tables that coloured this Friday...
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