In 1862, explorer John McDoall Stuart, on his way northward to what is now Darwin, came across a river. This was the first running water he had encountered since leaving Port Augusta, in South Australia …

When we visited the Sagrada Famila basilica in Barcelona a couple of years back, an Australian in the party remarked that it looked just like the termite mounds near his home. When we visited the …

Story and Pictures by Keith Kellett.
In retrospect, maybe it would have been better to spend two or three days in the Kakadu National Park that to just take a day trip, for it’s a long …

In Europe, an InterCity train is often a practicable alternative to flying. Users of the Eurostar service often boast than, in the time it takes to check in at one of the London airports, they …

Pictures and Video by Keith Kellett
He was standing on the Circular Quay at Sydney, wearing the uniform of an 18th Century Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Although he looked nothing like him, he was re-enacting …

Story and Photos by Keith Kellett
At about 75 miles long, Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. In spite of substantial logging operations in the past, remains pretty well as it was …

Words and Pictures by Keith Kellett
If anything could be described as Australia’s National Dish, it’s probably the meat pie. Don’t ask what kind of meat it is; American writer Doug Lansky once asked what went …

by Keith Kellett
Kuranda is a mountain town in the coastal hills beyond Cairns, in northern Queensland. It’s a rather arty-crafty, ethnic-sandals-and-incense sort of place, a hangover from the Sixties, when there was a thriving hippy …

Story and Photos by Keith Kellett
Just about every book, article or television clip about Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will tell you it’s so huge, it’s easily visible from a satellite in space. Nevertheless, back …

by Keith Kellett
Photos by the author
The whole purpose of a railway is to reduce the friction of the wheels, to enable a heavier load to be carried for the same amount of power. That lack …

Story by Keith Kellett
Photos by Keith & Lorraine Kellett
‘Are you sure you’ve got the date right?’
We arrived in Penrith early, and were waiting at the Watkin Tench Reserve for the Nepean Belle, which was going …

Story and Photos by Dawnelle Salant
The city of Cairns in northern Queensland is one of the most popular places from which to visit Australia ’s Great Barrier Reef . Although Cairns is …

Story and Photos by Dawnelle Salant
Every winter, thousands of humpback whales migrate north from the chilly waters of Antarctica to the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef . Here, they mate and give birth …

Story and Photos by Dawnelle Salant
A trip to Sydney would not be complete without a visit to one of Australia’s most famous landmarks, the Sydney Opera House. Sitting on a stunning harbor, the Opera House’s …

Story and photos by Jean Lutz
I’m flying through the rainforest upside down and having the time of my life!
Jungle Surfing (in the US it’s zip-lining) near the Daintree Rainforest in far Northeast Australia is a …

Story and Photos by Dawnelle Salant
Australia’s capital is often overlooked by visitors to this magical land down under. Although Canberra doesn’t have the huge tourist attractions that Australia’s other major cities offer, there is plenty …