Swirling in mysterious shapes and beautiful imagery over huge rocks, the Maori carvings of Lake Taupo can only be seen by boat and were created to be viewed from the water.  We’d dropped anchor a few metres away and people leapt off the yacht into the dark green depths and swimming over...

On my first visit to Australia, to see glorious Uluru and quirky Alice Springs, I stayed in Darwin, capital city of the Northern Territory.  It's a laid-back port with a steamy sub-tropical climate, some very quirky sights and rather unprepossessing architecture.  It was badly bombed in WWII and on Christmas...

When writer and entrepreneur, Martin Dunford and his family went travelling round Australia, they discovered a haven of natural beauty in the heart of Queensland, Australia.  In our latest World Travel Blogger article, he describes some of the highlights of that trip. Before we arrived at Rose Gums, Queensland we had thought...

There are a few sights in the world that can take your breath away and leave you speechless … Uluru in the Red Centre of the Australian outback, is one of those places. Whether your first glimpse, like mine, is from high above as the plane comes in to land,...

Heat enveloped us, forcing its way through our lightweight clothing, beating down onto a wide variety of headgear as the sun seared its way across the sky, shimmering through the bush on its daily journey across the Australian outback.  Brittle twigs snapped and distant scuttlings broke the hot silence as...

There’s a hot debate these days about getting into the sea to go swimming with dolphins. Some say it is wrong, that these intelligent mammals should be left alone.  Others say they love us playing with them and that it does no harm.  Well, if you are going to do it then one...

New Zealand: a magical county of contrasts, history, culture, nature and adventure.  It is well worth taking the time to explore this magical place. A few years ago my son and I spent three weeks driving around North Island, staying and we stayed in a wide range of accommodation, including caravans at parks...