Christmas Island is one of Australia’s 7 external territories. At 2,6ookms northwest of Perth and just 350km south of Java, it’s reasonable to wonder why it’s part of Australia at all. The short answer –…
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The Bibbulmun Track runs for 1,003km from Kalamunda in the Perth Hills to Albany on the south coast of Western Australia. The name references one of the languages used by the Nyoongar people, the traditional…
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The Flinders Ranges are in the far north of South Australia, about 400km north of Adelaide. A convenient stop along the way, and quirky local attraction, is Lake Bumbunga. The 15 sq km lake is…
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Flinders Island is the largest in the Furneaux Group, a cluster of 52 islands at the eastern end of Bass Strait between Tasmania and the mainland of Australia. It measures 62km north-south and 37km east-west and…
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More than 2,500km in length, the mighty Murray River is the longest in Australia and the 16th longest in the world. From the 1860s to the early 1900s, paddlesteamers carrying passengers, freight and mail to…
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