Sitting in the Qantas lounge at Tullamarine, I realise that, despite the challenges I have faced so far this year, stepping back and...

It is our last full day at sea and our first taste of Greece as the ship pulls into Heraklion port on the island of Crete. I'm looking...

We had been anchored overnight; the Captain will be advised some time after 4am when he can start the transit through the Suez Canal. I...

Imagine stepping off a bus and right into the pages of a storybook! That is exactly what we did, except that the book wasn’t a fairy...

We arrive in Aqaba, Jordan in the early morning and before long we are permitted to leave the ship. We quickly find our bus and the seats...

Our day is not yet over.... We haven't got to the big stuff yet. We leave the restaurant and drive through the streets, passing the...

After a three-and-a-half hour bus ride from Safaga, there is an air of excitement within the bus as each of the passengers look forward...

From the ship, I see a mountain range just behind the port town of Safaga and before long we are on our bus and driving towards them....

It’s hard to comprehend being on a ship at sea for seven straight days without stopping. From Cochin, India, we need to cross the Arabian...

The sun is rising as we approach Cochin; an eerie orangie-grey light is cast over the shimmering water as we approach the harbour. We are...

We watch our ship pull into the Colombo’s ancient natural harbour and wait somewhat impatiently for the bureaucracy to unfold. All the...

After three days at sea, we are eager to disembark and explore the Yala National Park, situated near enough to the newish port of...

No stopover in Singapore is complete without a visit to the forty-year-old Lucky Plaza shopping centre right in the heart of Orchard...

Singapore, located at the southern tip of Malaysia, after a rich maritime history became an independent sovereign country in 1965....

My dad caught the travel bug early in life. He first left home to work on a dairy farm in Gippsland when he was thirteen years old, which...

I've been home now for ten days and whilst my suitcase is unpacked and the washing done, elements of my holiday are still swirling around...

A pink tinge sits on the horizon as I pull the curtain back to check my watch. 8 o’clock? Did I sleep that long? I check my phone - just...

Saturday afternoon near the corner of Broadway and 3rd Avenue in downtown Nashville is hard to describe. The noise is deafening until you...