Have you heard of Travel Photo Roulette? Because we have a new WINNER for this round! (Scroll down to see the winning entry!) It’s a friendly fun game between travel bloggers who put up fabulous travel photos over the course of a week, focusing on a theme, where the prize for the winner is to […]
A Travel Blogger’s Life – The What, Why & How I Work
“Would you like to take part in a travel bloggers’ blog hop?” A travel bloggers’ what hop? Amanda, from Not a Ballerina (there’s a story there!) emailed asking me to join the hop, skip and a jump from travel blog to travel blog where, having been tagged, we in turn pass the baton on to […]
The Serendipity of Travel & Where Serendipity Began – Sri Lanka
Serendipity and Travel go hand in hand When I wrote a post a few years ago asking What does Travel Mean to You? I said: “I love travel’s unexpected delights and the Serendipity of it” 🙂 Just as it’s inevitable that we encounter new places, new food and new people on our travels – It’s inevitable […]
Watercolouring her Way Around the World – Interview with Candace
“It’s been 12 years since my last art lesson, but recently I decided to spend less time in front of a [computer] screen when I travel” When I heard Candace declare this on a video a few years ago my interest was instantly piqued. How many amongst us have also not drawn since primary school? […]
Are we there Yet?
Our Journey Jottings Australia road trip is coming to an end. We’ve travelled from the rugged red rock of Uluru in central Australia and crossed half the continent to the lush green rainforest and reef of tropical north Queensland. This wonderful image by Lin Onus perfectly reflects our trip – A […]
Birthday Bashes Around the World
August is my birthday month… so this month’s travelling tales theme from our Facebook friends is: Where in the World have you spent a Birthday? Kaylene Higgs I remember only one away from home! Traveling for a work trip through WA. Monkey Mia for my birthday morning, up early and a dolphin came in for […]
Worst Travel Tales
This month’s themed travelling tales from our Facebook Page is Worst Travel Stories This time last year we started a monthly ‘travelling tales’ feature that’s posted on our Facebook Page. Its a free-for-all where everyone shares their travel stories ~ focused on a theme. Because the first was ‘Favourite Travel Tales’, and this is the year old anniversary, […]
The First Time I…
1. The first time… I read a map, was a mud map my mother drew for me as an adventure to take the dog for a walk across the fields, through the spinney, around the edge of the yellow king-cup filled marsh, and up to the woodland that ran along the top of the ridge. 2. […]
The Dance of the 7 Travel Links
The Dance of the 7 Travel Links The travel blogging fraternity is abuzz reminiscing over their mixed bag of gone, but not forgotten, blog posts. Tripbase has instigated a 7 Links game of tag where once nominated by a fellow travel blogger you delve into your blog archives to select: – Your most beautiful post – Your most popular post […]
Book Inspired Destinations
Have you read a book and said “I’ve got to go there?” This is what we asked our Facebook Friends for this month’s themed travelling tales. What authors have inspired you to dream of visiting a faraway place? Gavin Maxwell ~ Scotland Jean Doorn One day in the month of May I will walk […]