Category Archives: Travel writing

Cape Town’s Table Mountain is one of the seven natural wonders of the world, a UNESCO world-heritage listed area. Its hikes – the main one being the Hoerikwaggo Trail which runs 80 kilometres or so from the top of the … Continue reading →

Rob and I spent a relaxing weekend at Tower Lodge in the Hunter Valley. You can find the story in Luxury Travel Magazine’s Summer 2013 issue. Here’s the PDF: Luxury Travel Tower Lodge, Hunter Valley

Here’s my story on cycling in Provence. It was the cover story in The Sun-Herald Travel on January 15, 2013 – see below - and you can also read it online at smh.com.au: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/activity/active/climb-every-mountain-20130111-2cjto.html

Please have a look at my recent travel story about walking in Italy’s magnificent Cinque Terre. It’s in Sydney Morning Herald Traveller on January 12 and you can read it online at: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/stairways-to-heaven-20130111-2ck9o.html

My cover story on the Royal Canadian Express luxury train trip from Calgary to Vancouver was in The Sun-Herald Travel and Sunday Age Travel on November 4, 2012. Read it here: Royal Canadian cover Royal Canadian cover story Or look … Continue reading →

A recent trip to Paris took me back a few years. Read about it here: SHDD31FBA07OCT12 Or you can find it at The Sydney Morning Herald’s online site here: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/a-trip-down-memory-lane-20121005-273ue.html  

Here’s my story about Cape Town’s “Nellie” – the lovely old Mount Nelson Hotel which offers a gorgeous high tea. The story was in Sun Herald Travel and is also online: Mount Nelson High Tea Sun Herald Travel and online … Continue reading →

My Kalk Bay, Cape Town travel story was in The Sun-Herald Travel on November 6, 2011 and is also on related online sites. See the story here: Kalk Bay Sun Herald Travel

Have a look at my story on cycling from Prague to Dresden. It was published in The Sun-Herald Travel/Sunday Age on January 23, 2011 and also on multiple sites online. Prague to Dresden Cycle Tour   Bike tours in Czech Republic … Continue reading →

Circus Hotel Berlin. Published March 6, 2011 in Sun-Herald Travel/Sunday Age etc. Circus Hotel, Berlin