A Complete Guide to the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park
A comprehensive guide to the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia, including where to stay and the best things to do.
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Best things to do in Quorn and the Southern Flinders Ranges
A complete guide for exploring the Southern Flinders Ranges, including the best things to do in Quorn.
10 best things to do in Mount Gambier
Famous for its ancient volcanic landscape dotted with caves, sinkholes and craters, here are the best things to do in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
A Weekend in the Milawa Gourmet Region in Victoria
A weekend guide to the Milawa Gourmet Region in Victoria’s High Country, with fine food, wine and crafts.
10 things to do in Darjeeling
Darjeeling, the old favourite hill station in India’s Northeast region, is a popular place to escape the maddening chaos of the rest of the country. It’s most well known for two things, namely, tea and Himalayan vistas. However, the smallish town also has plenty of other attractions to keep you entertained for days. From browsing …
Eastern Turkey: what you need to know before you go
Eastern Turkey is a somewhat unknown mystery for travellers. Istanbul’s minarets, Cappadocia’s rock formations and the blue water of the Mediterranean coastline, is the Turkey most people know, with the Far East of the country seeming like a vast no man’s land between continents. However, this is far from true. From the plains of Mesopotamia …
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Southeastern Turkey’s old towns of Mardin and Midyat
A guide to exploring the beauitful towns of Mardin and Midyat in Southeastern Turkey.
Travelling to Iraqi Kurdistan: what you need to know before you go
Everything you need to know about travelling to Iraqi Kurdistan as a tourist, from safety to budget to transport, from a solo female traveller perspective.
Erbil: a guide to Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital
Everyone had raved to me about Sulaymaniyah. However, it was actually Erbil that I came to really like. The city is Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. The central citadel has been continuously lived in for 7000 years, and is now a built up, manmade hill …
Iran: what you need to know before you go
Everything that you need to know about travelling to Iran, including information about solo female travel, currency and money and local transportation.
Sulaymaniyah: Iraqi Kurdistan’s cultural capital
I was really unsure what to expect in Iraqi Kurdistan. After crossing the border from Iran, my first destination was Sulaymaniyah, the region’s second largest city. I had heard that Sulaymaniyah was a very modern, almost European-style city… whatever that really means. However, I can see how people would describe it in this way, with …
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Travel Guide for exploring Ladakh and Spiti
North India is home to perhaps some of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring landscapes known to man. It is something straight out of a traveller’s fairytale with high altitude barren deserts, snow capped mountain ranges, fluorescent blue lakes, ancient Buddhist monasteries, epic road trips, remote villages and friendly people. There’s nothing more you could possibly want for an adventure. Here’s my experience and guide to exploring the regions of Ladakh and Spiti.