Skip to content

TravelWriterLife

Travel stories and adventures.

Primary Navigation

  • India
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • The Shepherd Years
  • Adventure
  • Autobiography

Tag: Adventure

Vanishing Points
Adventure, Australia, Travel, Travel Writing

Vanishing Points

Nothing beside remains. Round the decayof that colossal wreck, boundless and barethe lone and level sands stretch far away… – … Continue reading Vanishing Points

Australia, Travel, Travel Writing

Ghosts of Cooper Creek

I live and breathe the silences and dust where no man reigns…         – Cold Chisel, Wild … Continue reading Ghosts of Cooper Creek

Travel, Travel Writing

Fifty Shades of Green

Wandering among the graves, I am struck by the thought that it was from quiet country parishes like this that many of New Zealand’s early settlers came from and that maybe, just maybe, one of my own ancestors may have once walked in this very place. Continue reading Fifty Shades of Green

A WALK ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS
Travel, Travel Writing

A WALK ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS

Hong Kong has a secret alter ego. Beyond Stanley – a trendy seaside suburb on a peninsula suspended from the … Continue reading A WALK ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS

Travel, Travel Writing

Wide Awake in Dreamland

Out here nothing changes, not in a hurry anyway. You feel the endlessness, running on the light of day…   … Continue reading Wide Awake in Dreamland

Autobiography, Travel, Travel Writing

The House of Blakiston

My great-grandfather, Charles Robert Blakiston, came to New Zealand in 1860, having first tried his luck in the Australian goldfields. … Continue reading The House of Blakiston

Autobiography, Travel, Travel Writing

Maps

Maps are fascinating. Their intricate detail and their arcane symbols always seem to whisper “come and find out.”    Continue reading Maps

Travel, Travel Writing

Time in the Flinders Ranges

Here endless trickles count what comes to be and grain by grain the runnels decimate Eternity.         … Continue reading Time in the Flinders Ranges

Welcome to TravelWriterLife
Travel, Travel Writing

Welcome to TravelWriterLife

Hello, and welcome to my blog: TravelWriterLife. For the next six years my other blog, CurseOfTheTraveller, will be dedicated to … Continue reading Welcome to TravelWriterLife

Posts navigation

Newer posts
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • TravelWriterLife
    • Join 79 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • TravelWriterLife
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...