Anyone else getting a bit stir crazy? We certainly are! It’s okay though, not long now until we can hop on jet planes again. But where to go, what to do, and how to travel without going bankrupt? All good questions, a collective answer to which can be found here. Read more…
With International Women’s Day on the horizon (March 8), we’ve been thinking about female adventurers throughout history who defied social convention and set off to see the world independently. Check out some of our favourites below: Nellie Bly Unimpressed with the fictional record set by Phileas Fogg in Jules Read more…
Despite what the flat-Earth conspiracy theorists earnestly tell us, the world is in fact not horizontal. Shock. But you could be forgiven it might be if visiting one of the destinations featured here, which we’ve rounded up in honour of Shrove Tuesday, or ‘Pancake Day’ as it’s known in the Read more…
Staring at the stars is a primal privilege, but with the world’s population growing, and cities and towns constantly expanding, it’s getting harder and harder to do because of artificial light pollution. Over 80% of the world’s population now lives under light-polluted skies, and this figure shoots up to 99% Read more…
Australia is a huge country with an endless list of amazing things to see and do. The recommendations listed here are mostly free but even when they’re not, they can be done on a small budget. The biggest expense is getting there and getting around – book your flights to Read more…
With much of the world still in varying degrees of lockdown and international travel off the cards for many, vicarious travel is thankfully still very much an option. These five books are some of the best travelogues ever written. Their authors wander in places as diverse as the Outback of Read more…
Boasting a combination of incredible biodiversity and an amazing variety of natural environments, Australia was made for wildlife experiences. Check out our top recommendations below for how to get up close and personal with Mother Nature Down Under. Whale-watching at Jervis Bay The coastal waters around most of Australia are Read more…
We’re going to go out on a limb and say that while right now the COVID-19 pandemic has a curiously eternal feel to it, it probably won’t actually last forever. At some point, self-imposed isolation will become a thing of free will again, rather than a social imperative laced with Read more…
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is by far the biggest global event to happen in our lifetimes. The media is pumping out oceans of information about it on an hourly basis, and our social platforms are saturated with content competing for clicks. Some of this content is accurate, some is semi-accurate, Read more…
