About twenty years ago I went on a road trip with two friends to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Three drivers, three weeks – this should be a seamless trip! Lots of things to do and places to visit. As we re-entered the Great Northern Highway after visiting Exmouth, on our first Friday ofContinue reading “David Hope: A Fork in the Road”
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David Hope: Breathtakingly Ordinary?
Across the red sand, dotted with small green bushes, a tree line marking a likely riverbed on the western edge of the view, the horizon seems to go on forever. There is just a hint of blue hills in the far distance – our destination. It seems as if we have been driving for hoursContinue reading “David Hope: Breathtakingly Ordinary?”
Donatella Galluccio: Eddies and Whirlpools
Packed and ready to push off. Chan in his kayak was to scout out the river ahead. Tim and Francois were to paddle and I, not being a water person, was to cook and prepare camp. When on the raft, our balsa, I was to look out for eddies, whirlpools, rapids, rocks and tree trunksContinue reading “Donatella Galluccio: Eddies and Whirlpools”
David Hope: Travels in Queensland
Ian and I arrived in Croydon after a very pleasant five-hour train journey on the weekly Gulflander service from Normanton. It runs every Wednesday, returning to Normanton on Thursday. The line, 151 kilometres long, is not connected to any other line. It was built to cater for the gold finds in the Croydon area inContinue reading “David Hope: Travels in Queensland”
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