Posts by Elisabeth Sowerbutts
Waterfalls of Australia – #FriFotos
Where are the world’s greatest waterfalls? I’m sure if you had to name some great waterfalls you might mention the Niagara Falls in Canada, or the Iguaszu in Brazil. I’ll admit Iguaszu is impressive, Niagara much less so, but Australian waterfalls? Hmm, right, can you name any? To be honest I don’t think I could…
Read MoreTravel Memories
Travel memories – I was inspired to write by reading Tim Leffel’s article here. The thing is I have very few actual souvenirs. Coming to my home wouldn’t mean that you look around and go “Wow you’ve travelled a lot!” You’d need a keen eye to recognise the pretty throw as being a Berber shawl…
Read MoreWestern Australian Sunset – Exmouth
Having experienced both the west and the east coast of Australia – I actually think that Western Australia has it all over the classic east coast road trip. Why? Well its empty, really, really empty. And it has sunsets, quite a lot of them. Most nights actually, and sometimes they look like this! And they…
Read MoreMuseums: Old World, New World
Today is World Museum Day – what you didn’t know? Well you do now! So I was going to write something profound like the Top 5 Museums of New Zealand or Weird and Wacky Museums I Have Known. But instead I got to thinking about the broad range of places I’ve been to that have…
Read MoreNew Zealand: Home of the World’s Only Gaudi Inspired Public Toilet
Public toilets are important if you are travelling. Their location, quality, and price are all important considerations. But they aren’t often the main reason to stop in the town, nor does the town often build a tourist industry around said toilets. Unless the town is Kawakawa. And the toilets were designed and even partly constructued…
Read MorePlanehenge, South Australia
Yup – that is too real planes arranged as a sculpture! Planehenge, as its known, is one of the larger sculptures in the Mutonia Sculpture Park, on the remote Oonadatta Track, in South Australia. You reach it a few hours north of the “town” of Marree (a pub, a petrol station and an camp ground).…
Read MoreTravellers’ Night In: Travel Nightmares
Hmm yeah – well to be honest, more than I ever told my mother! To be honest I’m bit of a beginner with Twitter – but I noticed this regular Travellers’ (English spelling get over it) Night In where people respond to questions during a set time frame. I’m not sure whether I got the time…
Read MorePerth From Rottnest Island
I must admit it took me nearly two years to get to Rottnest Island, I’d been living all that time in Perth, but it was an expensive trip, particularly as we wanted to stay overnight, and unbelievably we were a bit “beached-out” initially. And we wanted to stay overnight, which is neither cheap nor particularly…
Read MoreStay Safe in New Zealand’s National Parks
Is New Zealand safe? A question asked by many. Well frankly, no its not, not if you intend to leave your brains at home. Most overseas visitors come to New Zealand for the “great outdoors”, the “wilderness experience” or to part take in our famous “adventure tourism”. A lot of them visit one more National…
Read MoreYou Can’t Travel? There Are Two Good Reasons And They Probably Don’t Apply To You
All my life I’ve been told I was lucky. Lucky to travel, lucky to spend 6 months in South America, more than that in Asia. Lucky to travel twice a year now. I used to say I wasn’t lucky, I just prioritised travel. But that’s not quite true. I am lucky but not for the…
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