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The first day of our post-TBU-conference trip certainly lived up to its name. The ‘Grapes and Sailors’ trip took us sailing up the Douro River, whose green waters wind between terraced hills covered in port wine vineyards. The town where we boarded our boat, Pinhão, is considered by many to be the heart of the…
I stood in my flippers, looking out at the calm sea beyond. Dorsal fins cut through the surface in every direction, but instead of being scared, I couldn’t wait to get into the water. As our boat had motored out into the Pacific Ocean, we’d watched two pods of dusky dolphins come together in front…
As I mentioned on my Facebook page a few weeks ago, I love October in Brisbane. It’s the perfect time of year to get out and enjoy the outdoors before it gets too hot — although this year that time may have already passed since the temperature hit 35C over the weekend! The trees of…
I’ve been thinking a lot about hiking recently, mainly because I’m intent on putting together the best possible entry for Air New Zealand and the DOC’s ‘Great Walker’ competition. The prize? Doing the nine Great Walks of New Zealand in nine weeks while blogging about it. To me, this is pretty much the Holy Grail…
Being an Android user, I was a bit late to the whole Instagram party. My friends had been constantly taunting me with their filtered, retro-style shots for at least a year by the time the app was finally released on Android in April of this year. I was one of the over one million users…
On Saturday evening, I was slowly flipping through Facebook posts as I watched Goldeneye on the TV (I know, I’m a party animal). One post caught my eye — it was a call for photographers to come out and join a sunrise shoot the following morning. The only catch? That shoot was at Burleigh Heads…
I woke up with a bang — literally. Groggy and feeling a bit stiff from the day before, I’d managed to turn off my alarm, which had been set to give me the perfect amount of time to get ready and get my pack out to the dock for the 9am bag pickup. When I…
The Brisbane Festival is…well, what exactly? Up until a few years ago, I hadn’t paid any attention to the event at all. River Festival — a week of festivities along the Brisbane River that started with a huge fireworks spectacular called Riverfire – was the event I always marked on my calendar. In 2009, that festival was…
The second day of our “Grapes and Sailors” post-TBU-conference tour was a marathon. Between dawn and dusk, we visited four historic towns in the province of Minho, which made for an exhausting but memorable day. For me, the most unforgettable leg of the tour was the first church we visited in the town of Braga.…
Photo of the Week: Tile Murals at Pinhão Train Station
The first day of our post-TBU-conference trip certainly lived up to its name. The ‘Grapes and Sailors’ trip took us sailing up the Douro River, whose green waters wind between terraced hills covered in port wine vineyards. The town where we boarded our boat, Pinhão, is considered by many to be the heart of the…
Swimming with the Dusky Dolphins of Kaikoura
I stood in my flippers, looking out at the calm sea beyond. Dorsal fins cut through the surface in every direction, but instead of being scared, I couldn’t wait to get into the water. As our boat had motored out into the Pacific Ocean, we’d watched two pods of dusky dolphins come together in front…
Photo of the Week: Jacarandas in Bloom at UQ
As I mentioned on my Facebook page a few weeks ago, I love October in Brisbane. It’s the perfect time of year to get out and enjoy the outdoors before it gets too hot — although this year that time may have already passed since the temperature hit 35C over the weekend! The trees of…
5 Life Lessons Learned From Hiking
I’ve been thinking a lot about hiking recently, mainly because I’m intent on putting together the best possible entry for Air New Zealand and the DOC’s ‘Great Walker’ competition. The prize? Doing the nine Great Walks of New Zealand in nine weeks while blogging about it. To me, this is pretty much the Holy Grail…
Six Months of Instagram, Part 1
Being an Android user, I was a bit late to the whole Instagram party. My friends had been constantly taunting me with their filtered, retro-style shots for at least a year by the time the app was finally released on Android in April of this year. I was one of the over one million users…
Photo of the Week: Sunrise at Burleigh Heads
On Saturday evening, I was slowly flipping through Facebook posts as I watched Goldeneye on the TV (I know, I’m a party animal). One post caught my eye — it was a call for photographers to come out and join a sunrise shoot the following morning. The only catch? That shoot was at Burleigh Heads…
The Queen Charlotte Track: Endeavour Inlet to Camp Bay
I woke up with a bang — literally. Groggy and feeling a bit stiff from the day before, I’d managed to turn off my alarm, which had been set to give me the perfect amount of time to get ready and get my pack out to the dock for the 9am bag pickup. When I…
Photo of the Week: The Coffee Combi
The Brisbane Festival is…well, what exactly? Up until a few years ago, I hadn’t paid any attention to the event at all. River Festival — a week of festivities along the Brisbane River that started with a huge fireworks spectacular called Riverfire – was the event I always marked on my calendar. In 2009, that festival was…
Photo Essay: The Sanctuary of Bom Jesús do Monte
The second day of our “Grapes and Sailors” post-TBU-conference tour was a marathon. Between dawn and dusk, we visited four historic towns in the province of Minho, which made for an exhausting but memorable day. For me, the most unforgettable leg of the tour was the first church we visited in the town of Braga.…
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