Reaching North
Extracted from my travel journal blog, curseofthetraveller.com, which covers our adventures during the years 1988-1994. We had made arrangements with … Continue reading Reaching North
Category: Adventure
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
It’s time to haul the anchor up, And leave the land astern…– Al Stewart, Lord Grenville At Marree, the sky is on … Continue reading CONTINENTAL DRIFT
KELI MUTU: THE LAST ADVENTURE
We climbed up and peered over the edge, down into the pit where a lake of mercury shimmered in the … Continue reading KELI MUTU: THE LAST ADVENTURE
NORTH BY NORTH-WEST
“When vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings…” – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness North of Westport, … Continue reading NORTH BY NORTH-WEST
THE GATES OF HELL
Out here nothing changes,Not in a hurry anyway.You feel the endlessness,Running from the light of day… … Continue reading THE GATES OF HELL
CROCODILE COUNTRY
Out where the river broke,The bloodwood and the desert oak.. – Midnight Oil, Beds Are Burning At Roper Bar I … Continue reading CROCODILE COUNTRY
IRON AND GOLD
…the emu-sextons pay me a last cursory glance… At Menzies, a dead-on-its-feet mining town a hundred kilometres north of Kalgoorlie, … Continue reading IRON AND GOLD
UNDER THE SUN
You’re in by Karumba,Where the fishing boats come in;I can’t believe this feeling,But I wish that I was there,Every passing … Continue reading UNDER THE SUN
MONUMENT
Think, in this batter’d Caravanserai,Whose doorways are alternate night and day.How Sultan after Sultan with is pomp,Abode his hour or … Continue reading MONUMENT
JAHANGIR’S GARDEN
…the tomb of Nithar, lies reflected in the shimmering pool. In Allahabad I find a secret garden. I have been … Continue reading JAHANGIR’S GARDEN
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