The wreck of the MV Excelsior in Mutton Cove (Osborne, South Australia) is in one of the oddest locations you might imagine. A short walk in what seems like a field brings you right up to her rusted forgotten bow resting in swampy wetland. Although no lives where lost on her journey here she still … Read more
Glimfeather was a politically savvy talking owl who helped Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole in their quest to find Prince Rilian in Lewis Carroll’s ‘The Silver Chair’. I asked the owl how parliament was going and if it had any thoughts on our own political shenanigans but it only looked at me then looked away. … Read more
It’s so hard to describe the beauty of this landscape, the scale of it, the life in it, the colour through it, the majesty of it. From deep in the lush valleys the grey peaks seem a world away, almost disconnected from the peaceful cosy green of heather and forest. From high on the peaks, … Read more
Even standing still you’ll still walk this way… Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Walk This Way’, 1/60s f/4 ISO1000 17mm
“The heart of Austria!”, my cousin exclaimed as we stood on the far side of Pasterze Glacier on the Carinthian side of the border between Carinthia and Tyrol, deep in the Austrian Alps. High in that uninviting world of ice and rock four climbers are slowly making their way up a 45 degree ridge-line to … Read more
Peak Restaurant in Bundoran has one of the most awesome panoramic ocean views I have ever experienced. Being seated there was something between being on the bridge of an ocean liner leaving port and some palatial dining hall. Combining a window table with sunset timing and we got both dinner and a show of Ireland’ … Read more
Airports often showcase high end cars to wealthy travelers but rarely the exotica of the motoring world. That’s where this car is different. On the one hand it posses like a European super car yet being an electric hybrid it seems at odds with itself. I’m not sure what I think about this beautiful beast. … Read more
A veteran and pillion novice soar high above the village of Sankt Gilgen and Wolfgangsee. I wonder how many times the veteran has launched himself from the slopes of the Zwölferhorn. Of little doubt is the experience of the novice. Probably this is his very first time. I wonder if his pillion ride will be … Read more
My cousin Roman had talked about ‘the monkeys’ up in the high alps. How they chatter, whistle and shriek between themselves up in the alpine valleys. I thought he was joking! Monkeys in Austria? Call it something lost in translation or perhaps a local joke but then we spotted a pair lingering close to their … Read more
In the deep alps of Austria, lies her heart, the peak of Großglockner, Austria’s highest mountain. As mountains go it might be dwarfed on paper by 58 higher peaks scattered throughout the alps but in absolute prominence relative to the surrounding terrain it stands only second to France’s Mount Blanc. In the heatwave of a … Read more