Category: Australia

Should you be planning to get on a bus for a day trip to Australia’s famous Great Ocean Road, we suggest you disembark the bus immediately. Drive the Great Ocean Road and do it as slowly as your time allows. A several day journey provides the luxury of stopping frequently, discovering hidden gems and avoiding…

“Didn’t your mother tell you it was impolite to stick out your tongue?” The short beaked echidna or spiny anteater was having none of my nonsense. With a tongue that appeared to be as long as his head, the tachyglossus aculeatus lapped at his food as though it might be the last morsel on earth.…

For three solid days our jaws hung open in awe. Driving Australia’s Great Ocean Road is 243 kilometer trip of eye popping scenes. Miles of deserted beaches, waterfalls, cliffs, koalas and kangaroos make the road trip more of a pulling over and parking frenzy than a car ride. Like kids in a giant candy store…

Regardless of where you are from or where in Australia you intend to visit, the opportunity to meet some native Australian animals is always a popular bucket list item. My hometown of Brisbane provides plenty of opportunities to see native Australian animals either in a wildlife sanctuary or out and about in the wild. Read…