Author DaQua ◦ As a woman who hails from Wales, a land of myths and castles, my curiosity was piqued when I learnt that across the harbour from Dunedin, on the Otago Peninsula, stood New Zealand’s only castle. Wales, is…
Tales of Travel in the Trans-Tasman Bubble Author DaQua ◦ Farewell’s bade and hugs all-round the excitement of flying again was building – it was time to leave the Covid comfort of the Territory, relative to the rest of the…
Author Toni Ryland ◦ DAY 1 ◦ Today was the first day of my “Holiday at Home in Alice”. Because there are lots of positive things about living here. There are still many things I’d like to see and do…
Author DaQua ◦ Part 7 ◦ With less than two hours to go to my destination of Auburn, my mind drifted back and forth. In the past three days, I had left behind the storm of Alice, with desert rains…
Author DaQua ◦ Part 6 ◦ The final drive of my Alice to Auburn Audacious Adventure, was within reach; 190 km south east lay my destination – the little off grid house, amongst the gum trees, that would become my…
Author DaQua ◦ Part 4 ◦ Woomera and Roxy Downs – famous, infamous, however you wish to frame them, past or present – seeing these place names and the signposted prohibited areas the size of some small countries, that flank…
Author DaQua ◦ Part 3 ◦ White Fella in a Hole Pulling out of Coober Pedy there were two options – turn right and it would be 689 km back to Alice Springs – turn left and I would be…
Author DaQua ◦ Part 2 ◦ Faith Goes Underground and So Do I All sense of time and season, (and I daresay reason, for some), is lost when you are in a Dug Out. There is no light of day…
Author DaQua ◦ Part 1 ◦ Telling the family “You are going where?”— “Auburn, South Australia” “From Alice?”— “That’s right.” “How”— “I am driving.” “On your own?”— ” Yes, that’s right too.” “When?”— “When I am sorted.” “How long will…
Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 4 ◦ Smelling the salt air of the coast… It was worth coming to the Otways Ranges, photographer’s paradise. Eastern, Flame, Pink, Rose and Scarlet Robins, Olive Whistler and the Rufous Fantail. WOW what a…