downunder update

You find the town of Marree in South Australia, lazing at the junction of two legendary outback Tracks, the Birdsville and the Oodnadatta.
The Birdsville Track was the main stock route between Marree and Birdsville in Queensland during the 1880s, a long and extremely harsh journey of about five weeks.
Cattle didn’t often survive the [...]

90 minutes’ drive south of Hobart is the little town of Hastings and the absolutely magnificent cave formations.
Hastings Newdegate Cave is one of only two Dolomite Caves on show in Australia. The rock is Precambrian, 600 million years old. Most tourist caves are limestone and are comparatively young — just 450 million years [...]

It’s easy to forget all about Tasmania. Half of the maps of Australia leave it off, it’s small, socially insignificant and generally overlooked. Take a look at the two maps, the one on the left has no Tasmania. I rest my case.
It’s a quiet little place. Nothing much seems to happen except anti-logging protests and [...]