Just an hour from the heart of Sydney and half that from the Wollongong CBD is the small coastal suburb of Stanwell Park. with its unique link to the history of human flight.
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Stanwell Park NSW: The Illawarra’s hidden gem
A walk with the ghost of Henry Lawson
Australia’s great poet Henry Lawson felt so strongly that Sydney’s Balls Head bushland should be protected – he wrote a protest poem about it. If Lawson visited the site today he would be amazed at what it’s become.
Read morePenang: Our favourite Malaysian holiday destination
Spicy Penang! Here was a fusion of everything we liked about Malaysia – the people,the food, the art, the architecture, the history.
Read moreMaitland NSW: Here’s why you should visit
Maitland is such a great old town. It was one of the busiest and most prosperous regional centres in Australia in it’s hey day and there remain a mind boggling number of spectacular old buildings. This town is a smorgasbord of surprises – great places to stay, eat and enjoy.
Read moreKuala Lumpur: Walking Malaysia’s capital
On the surface of things, Malaysia’s giant sprawling capital Kuala Lumpur might give the impression of a round-the-clock tangle of people, traffic and commercial mayhem. But dig a little deeper and you’ll discover that if it’s chaos, then it’s organised chaos.
Read moreSuspension Bridge, Northbridge: Sydney’s other famous bridge
Suspension Bridge at Northbridge has kept silent watch over a changing Sydney for 125 years.
Read moreCatherine Hill Bay NSW: The beauty and the beach
Heritage listed Catherine Hill Bay is a rare but largely intact example of a coal company town and it contains the oldest group of buildings in Lake Macquarie.
Read moreKakadu National Park: Great reasons why you should visit in wet season
It’s always after a few cold wintry New South Wales days that my thoughts turn to the Northern Territory and it’s beautiful Kakadu National Park…but my favourite time to visit is still a good few months away in the wet season.
Read moreWhy you’ll love Australia’s first inland city
When you travel to Goulburn NSW you’ll realise immediately this unique inland city has a colourful history. The wealth and influence it once had is reflected in the scale and splendour of its streetscapes and it’s architecture. This is a grand old lady with a thousand stories to tell.
Read moreMinyon Falls: On the edge of a huge volcano
Minyon Falls is a spectacular plunge waterfall which sends Repentance Creek more than 100m down into a subtropical rainforest gorge. It cuts its way through the remnants of the monstrous Tweed Shield Volcano in Northern NSW.
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