Twitter – Are you all of a flutter? Or still sitting on your perch?

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Twitter turned five in March 2011 It was 3 years before the billionth tweet was sent. Today, a billion tweets fly through the Ethernet every week 🙂 While nearly half a million people sign up for Twitter every day, only 21 million are classed as ‘active’ Twitter users, meaning they follow 30 people (or more). I joined […]

Traveller’s Tweet Up in Australia’s Rainforest

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Today, we not only meet people in real life, we  also form friendships across the world through the Ethernet via Social Media. And what’s even more fun is when these friendships are solidified in the flesh! This week I met Michela Fantinel for the first time face to face. I’ve ‘known’ Michela for over a year […]

Strangler Fig engulfing its Host – Photo

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Australia Photo ~ Strangler Fig engulfing its host Photographed on the lower slopes of Wollumbin (Mt Warning NP) I’ve also photographed another stunning example of a strangler fig at Natural Arch from which I’ve extracted and copied the below description:- “Strangler figs start as an epiphyte, meaning a seed is in most cases bird deposited in a […]

Serendipitous Encounters on the Road

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What’s the statistical chance of bumping into someone you know when in some far flung land, miles from home? Tales of a Traveller – Serendipitous Encounters Slow Boat to Sumatra We were sailing from Singapore to Sumatra aboard a rubber cargo boat that took just 12 passengers (the number that could fit horizontally on the […]

Wollumbin (Cloud Catcher) – Photo

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Australia Photo ~ Wollumbin ~ Mt Warning ~ Cloud Catcher This photo of Mt Warning in northern NSW, Australia is taken coming over the range from Natural Bridge in Queensland into the Tweed Valley. The peak of Mt Warning is a volcanic plug and stands proud in the centre of the caldera. Mt Warning was […]

Australia Rainforest Buttress Roots

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Australia Photo ~ Buttress roots seen near the base of Wollumbin (Mt Warning), Northern NSW Along the border between Queensland and NSW are some beautiful sections of rainforest. Lamington  National Park is on the Queensland side, and the Border Ranges is on the NSW side, along with Wollumbin (Mt Warning) I love rainforest ~ Its […]