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I frequently go over to Stradbroke Island in the evening to walk. Climbing the sandy hill there’s often the sound of rustling and scuttling in the bush on either side of the track. But hoping to see what makes the noise is generally futile as its survival is dependent upon it remaining invisible to any potential predators – However, […]
“If only I were going on a major trip, or doing the big lap?’ (i.e. travelling all the way around Australia) …is a common cry overheard when people first set eyes on a Map Journal. Why, only if you’re doing a ‘big’ trip? Aren’t annual holidays and last minute weekend breaks away to the beach […]
Grass trees are found in a range of climates across Australia, from WA to the NT and down to Tasmania. I photographed the group of grass trees above on Stradbroke Island, east of Brisbane, Queensland, but I have equally enjoyed their presence near Perth in WA and in the hinterland to Byron Bay in northern NSW. […]
“I’m not sure where to start” is a common cry with anything new! Whether that be the first gleaming white page in a new travel journal or your new Map Journal. Making that first mark on your Map Journal can be a little daunting ~ but remember there’s no such thing as a ‘bad’ mark or […]
Before the Christmas season is totally over, I want to share with you this photo that I took on a walk during the festive season ~ a Christmas beetle They get their name due to their ‘sudden’ appearance at this time of year, but they look as though they have come dressed especially for the […]
Some of my most fun and memorable travels started on a spontaneous whim No time for preconceived notions, experiences were judged as they should be, on their merits, not on expectations of hope. Jotting spontaneous notes, rather than planning and preening journal entries, is the same! By worrying about the perfect opening phrase for your […]
Map Journal Map Journals are Journey Jottings’ signature product having come into being when I returned from a trip to the Northern Territory, Australia and felt my traditional travel journal just didn’t cut it when it came to showing and sharing with family and friends where I’d been on my travels and what adventures I’d had. […]
For those who’ve been reading this blog for the last few months, you will have been following a day by day account from a Mr Whelan’s journal as he sailed from England to Australia 140 years ago aboard the iron clipper ‘Hesperides’ . After 93 days at sea, on the 28th December 1878 he landed […]
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