Indigenous tours in Tasmania:New walking tour offers First Nations perspective on Hobart

Indigenous tours in Tasmania:New walking tour offers First Nations perspective on Hobart

This 90-minute experience highlights and honours the place,presence and stories of First Nations people in a city that has historically excluded them.

  • byElspeth Callender
Pinetrees Lodge at Lord Howe:More than 130 years on,Australian island hotel still shines

Pinetrees Lodge at Lord Howe:More than 130 years on,Australian island hotel still shines

The Pinetrees story begins with Margaret Curry,an Irish-born housemaid,and Thomas Andrews,a fetching seaman she met on her passage to Australia in 1832.

  • byElspeth Callender
Nine must-do highlights of Lord Howe Island

Nine must-do highlights of Lord Howe Island

Stunning Lord Howe Island is home to the world’s most southerly coral reef.

  • byElspeth Callender
Lord Howe Island travel guide and things to do:Nine highlights

Lord Howe Island travel guide and things to do:Nine highlights

Stunning Lord Howe Island is home to the world's most southerly coral reef.

  • byElspeth Callender
Dip Falls and Big Tree,Dip River Forest Reserve:Tasmania's unusual hexagonal-like natural wonder

Dip Falls and Big Tree,Dip River Forest Reserve:Tasmania's unusual hexagonal-like natural wonder

The other side of Tasmania proves to be a whole different world.

  • byElspeth Callender
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Bright,Victoria,Australia:The High Country cafe that changes lives

Bright,Victoria,Australia:The High Country cafe that changes lives

It serves regional,seasonal and Indigenous bush foods,and gets young Indigenous people from the Northern Territory workplace ready.

  • byElspeth Callender
Six of the best:Elevated experiences in Sri Lanka

Six of the best:Elevated experiences in Sri Lanka

Travel by floatplane while in Sri Lanka,especially if you're short on time.

  • byElspeth Callender
Queenstown,Tasmania:Why you should visit and five things to do

Queenstown,Tasmania:Why you should visit and five things to do

I'm ashamed to admit I lived in Tasmania for more than a decade before discovering Queenstown.

  • byElspeth Callender
Canada:Six of the best floatplane flights in British Columbia

Canada:Six of the best floatplane flights in British Columbia

These flights inevitably involve outrageously beautiful scenery.

  • byElspeth Callender
The raw beauty of roughing it

The raw beauty of roughing it

It might be just a camping cushion but it could mark the beginning of the end of this traveller's life in the rough.

  • byElspeth Callender