Re-Entry is kickin’ our butts: Or, the shortest post in the history of this blog

November 15, 2013 in Canada, North America, Travelogue

Re-entry is officially kicking our butts. We’ve been on terra firma in North America for about 63 hours now, following the worst red-eye flight ever. Here is the short version: […]

Goodbye Australia: Top 10

November 5, 2013 in Australia, Oceania

And just like that, it’s over. Australia has sung to us, from the fading notes of La Traviata in the Sydney Opera House, to the low hum of an Outback […]

Campsite Review: Tanunda Caravan & Tourist Park

October 26, 2013 in Inspiration

The Barossa Valley in late spring is a little slice of heaven. Fields of winter wheat ripening towards gold. Acre up on acre of vineyard unfurling new leaves and stretching […]

An Outback Night

October 26, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

sunburnt earth. mirage. nuanced landscape, subtle change, ubiquitous flies (We have kind of a thing for haiku… I wrote this one between Richmond and Hughendon on the long flat. There’s […]

Leaving Alice Springs

October 25, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

We did not expect to find Alice Springs surrounded by hills. For a thousand kilometers in every direction the Red Center of Australia stretches in a rarely interrupted, pancake flat […]

Uluru: A photo essay

October 23, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

Last post I tried words… but really, pictures are better:  

“The Opal Fairy” A poem for Hannah

October 20, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

We meet the most fabulous people as we travel (Have I said that before?!) Hannah took a little tumble in Coober Pedy, if you remember. We were lucky enough to […]

Outback Adventures: Stranded & Stitches

October 16, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

The night is quiet. Last week the nights were filled with insect and frog song, in wetter, greener places. Tonight the only sound is the quiet hiss of the gas […]

Coober Pedy: Outback, opals & a didgiridoo

October 15, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue

Coober Pedy reminds us a bit of Matmata, Tunisia. The underground homes carved deep into the arid, barren landscape are similar; the only thing missing are the berber ladies grilling […]

Coober Pedy: Underground camping

October 14, 2013 in Australia, Oceania

The stars in the Outback are spectacular. On par with those we couldn’t sleep too well beneath at Tikal, and on the Sahara… because we were too busy watching the […]