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Australia: Family Style

May 26, 2010

Earlier this week I launched my new website Autralia: Family Style. It’s something I’ve been thinking about doing for a long time, so I’m really excited to see it come to fruition. Australia: Family Style was borne out of my own family’s love of travelling around Australia and my frustration at having to scour dozens […]

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Lake King, Gippsland

April 18, 2010

This is the beautiful view that greeted us each morning on our recent stay at Eagle Point in East Gippsland (south eastern Victoria). Lake King is part of the Gippsland Lakes system. Just around the corner from here the Mitchell River flows peacefully into the lake. Makes it worth getting up early in the morning. […]

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Play things

April 13, 2010

Over Easter we piled into the car and took the caravan down to Eagle Point, in Gippsland. As always, the kids were very excited about going away. Perhaps even moreso this time, because we managed to squeeze their bikes into the car. Eagle Point was a great central location for exploring east Gippsland and the […]

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Discover Australia

March 29, 2010

It’s taken plenty of effort from those that submitted works and those that put it together, and now we can all celebrate the arrival of the Australian Travel Photography & Writing Group’s emagazine, Discover Australia. As editor of the emag, I’d like to congratulate all members that were published. It’s not always easy to do […]

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Big Banana, Coffs Harbour

October 8, 2009

Image by sixty4coupe One of the attractions that was on our must do list on our recent holiday to the Coffs Coast was The Big Banana in Coffs Harbour. I can remember as a child listening with awe to stories of visits to this famous landmark. I tried to convince Mum and Dad on an […]

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Road Trip Tips

October 7, 2009

Our recent road trip up to the Coffs Coast involved nearly 3,000 km (about 1,860 miles) of driving. That doesn’t include sightseeing once we got there. All in all we spent a good 2 1/2 days in the car each way. I knew the road trip would be tough on the kids. We have a […]