River Cruise

Finally, after 4 days on the train I arrived in Adelaide. I was welcomed at the station by a friend … More

Back to the desert

Apologies for the brief interruption of my Australian travels, let me take you back to the opal filled desert around … More

Just a short note to say that last week I ticked France off my list of EU countries to visit … More

This is not a dash back to Europe again, rather these are pictures I took at the stunning church built … More

The next day the Ghan pulled up at the Maguri Railway Station: It has a sign and a concrete block … More

The third and final walk on this excursion was the one which made it the one requiring some fitness. The … More

Nobody knows who Simpson was. This gap in the hills was first named Simson’s Gap on a map made in … More

I’m interrupting the October tales of my trip down-under to tell you about a quick train trip round Europe last … More

After a pleasant dinner and good night’s sleep on the Ghan, we arrived in Alice Springs the next morning. Once … More

At Katherine the train stopped and we went on our first excursion of the trip. I had chosen the 2 … More