Four years have passed since I first visited Macquarie Island and now the subantarctic island looks like a different place. The distinctive tussock grass is dotted across the coastal slopes in a scene reminiscent of the 1980s and 1990s when Read More …
The Aurora Australis is preparing to leave Hobart on a warm still autumn day. It looks like it will be a gentle cruise down the Derwent Estuary and across Storm Bay. We’re not expecting any bad weather for the first Read More …
In February 2017 I visited the charred landscape around Lake Mackenzie on Tasmania’s Central Plateau. Having seen many photographs of the devastation in the months after the bushfires of January 2016 I was curious to see the damage – and Read More …