In “Encounters at the End of the World” documentary maker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica accompanied only by his cameraman and is given unprecedented access to the hidden society of one thousand men and women living there and risking... Read More
Astronomy Makes Time Travel Possible
When scientists look at a faraway celestial object, they are seeing it as it existed millions and millions of years ago, because it takes so long for light from the object to reach Earth. “Variable star V838 Monocerotis” credit: Hubble... Read More
Memorable Fox Glacier Helihike – South Island New Zealand
My Fox Glacier Helihike departed from the chartered helicopter helipad at 0945 & returned at 1300. It was the highlight of my trip to NZ South Island and I will remember it forever. At several $100/person Yes it is expensive but it was definitely... Read More
Worlds Largest Aircraft Graveyard: Tucson Arizona (USA)
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona is the biggest aircraft graveyard in the world. “The Boneyard” as it is often called was created in 1946 to store some surplus... Read More
Tourists Guide/Review of Sydney Observatory and Observatory Hill Park
This is a guide/review of Sydney Observatory and Observatory Hill Park to convince you that it’s worth visiting this under-appreciated area. I live in Sydney, so I’ve seen all the regular tourist sights several times as we’ve shown... Read More
Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Travel Guide
Every summer countless Sydneysiders and visitors from interstate and overseas come to the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to watch matches like the Sydney New Year’s Test Match, One day internationals and domestic matches. I’ll give you tips to... Read More
Find Out Time and Date In Another City Or Country
www.timeanddate.com is a great resource for finding out time and date related information for any major city or country around the world: Whether you’re Checking the date and time for international business conference calls. For example it... Read More
Adelaide Tourist and Backpacker Guide: Transport, Sight Seeing, Food, Accommodation
I have twice spent a few days in Adelaide as a stopover on backpacking holidays. I hope this overview of my time there will be of use to you if you ever decide to spend a few days there yourself. Accommodation I stayed at the Adelaide Central YHA... Read More
Adelaide to Darwin Backpacking Road Trip Overview
I’ve just returned from a backpacker holiday road trip from Adelaide to Darwin which would easily have covered 4500-5000 kilometres mostly on the Stuart Highway including several side trips like going to Uluru (Ayers Rock) and drives on unsealed... Read More
A tale about Australias Overland Telegraph
When this pre-written article is published I’ll in the middle of a one month holiday on the road travelling from Adelaide to Darwin. Along the way to some extent I will have followed the route taken by an explorer that many Australians have... Read More