“It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure! . . . It’s not like we have somewhere to go.” — John Green, An Abundance of Katherines. In Western Australia there exists an unspoken hierarchy of travellers, with the mighty road trippers topping the list.…
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That the door to our hostel dormitory could be locked from both sides should have raised some red flags for us. But we were hot, travel worn and the location was too perfect to pass up. Nestled between the jungle…
Brisbane Airport had more than 21.8 million passengers travelling through in 2013. A number that has been steadily increasing as more flights are choosing Australia’s third busiest airport as a gateway for international connections. Yet despite being over an…
Famous for being Australia’s sunniest capital city, boasting stunning coastline and a laid-back lifestyle, the once sleepy, now booming capital city of Western Australia is a hotspot for travel and tourism. Perth is the world’s most isolated continental city…
Ellen Cavanaugh’s hands, calloused from shaping wood since childhood, gesture enthusiastically as she explains the aerodynamics of a returning boomerang that she hand-carved and painted not hours ago. In the stall next to hers, a dilapidated piano sits on…
With an average of 850 flights arriving and departing each day and over 100,000 passengers shuffling through Australia’s largest airport, Sydney is a hub for international travel. Although by far the busiest, Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport was ranked last…
Artistic and cultural freedoms thrive in Ljubljana’s city within a city Just as a dazed Alice fell down the rabbit’s hole into a realm teeming in colour, most visitors who stumble onto Ljubljana’s alternative cultural centre are left confused…
In the warzone, the only thing Alison MacLean shoots is her camera. But in her hands, it is just as powerful as the weapons of the soldiers she’s working alongside. Back in July 2010, the independent documentary filmmaker spent three…