the early bird catches the fish..
Enjoying a day of ice fishing and snowshoeing in Finnish Lapland
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lake tyrrell, ethereal and incredibly beautiful
– a vast expanse of salt, sky and stars – We had spent the morning in Echuca and were now on our way. The road from Echuca to Sea Lake traverses vast expanses of flat, yellow…
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charming locorotondo
Locorotondo is a charming village, still not quite on the main tourist map but on its way there. Whitewashed houses and honey-coloured stone – a beautiful village buried in Villa d'Istria
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palermo is both gritty & wondrous
Palermo is a frantic place, loud and dirty, friendly and gruff. It’s like a place you might find in a story from the Arabian nights.
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the walled fortress town of dubrovnik
Arriving in the old city of Dubrovnik at night is magical. Ours was the last flight in and we decided to opt for the shuttle bus into the old town. We bought our tickets at a small vending…
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oslo in 6 hours….
This was Day 12 and our last day in Norway. So we had to make the best of it in terms of seeing Oslo before we had to leave for our flight at 4.30. The weather had started to clear up the…
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lake inari
We woke to the clearest and brightest day of our stay. What a shame! We thought we would spend our last few hours on the lake. Some beautiful shots – it was a very special light we…
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exploring painted silos
– faded glory days and resilient determination – The silo art trail in north west Victoria is becoming a major tourist attraction. We’d seen a string of painted silos on our…
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the treasures of empire
Sunday was a much more relaxed affair! We started the morning with breakfast at Vollpension – which is a cafe run by grandmas and grandpas. What a brilliant concept! We were welcomed by…
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a drive north east of bergen
Day 7 of our trip to Norway. The day began uneventfully as we drove to our next location. This being Norway there were, of course, some spectacular views that punctuated our drive along the…
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rain and more rain…
Day 3 of our visit to Norway. Well we thought we had seen the worse of the rain on our first day, but today it just came bucketing down and put paid to all our plans. It was a day spent almost…
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a long weekend in dublin
This was our second visit to Dublin. A town with two faces – party central whilst solemn and dour. And home to some of my favourite works of art..
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the churches of milos island
he simple, monotonous ringing of the bell at the church above our home seemed to punctuate our daily routine and no matter where we found ourselves on the island the regular peal would force…
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