downunder update

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 [...]

Many a weary traveller through Winton tells of the eerie lights over the graveyard at Min Min. Drovers, stockmen, prospectors, truck drivers and bush walkers have been followed by the Min Min Lights and, while cattle ignore the phenomena, dogs and horses have been thoroughly spooked.
There’s not much else going on [...]