Travels with postcards around the world

 The Barossa wine region encompasses the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. Both are lush areas of rolling hills and home to dozens of famous w...

In 1887, Mildura was little more than a village on the banks of the Murray River , situated in the middle of a red sandy desert. That year, ...

Fremantle is one of Western Australia ’s most historic cities.  Wealth of 19th-century buildings remains, including superb examples from the...

 In 1851, the cry of “Gold!” shattered the tranquility of this pleasant, pastoral district. Within months, tent cities covered the hills and...

  Burnie is Australian's newest city, proclaimed by Her Majesty the Queen on 26th April, 1988. The rapid expansion of Burnie, now Tasma...

From its source high in the Australian Alps, the Murrumbidgee River winds through the alpine regions of Kosciuszko National Park and the Mo...

  Western Australia ’s pretty capital is the most isolated city in the world. The city of Perth lies on the Swan River , just 20 km from whe...

Darwin is the Northern Territory ’s capital city with an immigrant population of more than 50 nationalities, including Asian-born Australian...

Capital of the Outback Alice Springs is named after the Alice Spring permanent waterhole, near which a staging post for the overland telegr...

Named after the county of Devon in England, the state’s third-largest city is strategically sited as a river and sea port. It lies at the ju...

Launceston was settled in 1804 and is Australia’s third-oldest city. Although it is Tasmania's second largest city and a busy tourist ce...

Hobart is an enchanting city built around a beautiful harbour and under the spell of nearby majestic Mount Wellington. A strong seafaring fl...

Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria and one of the southern hemisphere’s largest business, cultural, sporting and recreational cities....

The world’s largest reptile is the Northern Territory’s very own Saltwater Crocodile, or Salties in the vernacular of the locals. This incre...

Anzac Day is one of Australia’s most important national commemorative occasions . It marks the anniversary of the first major military acti...

Canberra , Australia's Federal Capital is a beautiful city, set within extensive parks and gardens and enjoys four distinct seasons. It ...

The Australian Road Trains are the longest trucks in the world.  They have 3 or more trailers and are 53 metres long,  hauling 115 metric ...

Kakadu National Park is a World Heritage-listed national park covers almost 20,000 square kms and is 253 kms east of Darwin the capital cit...

A trio of Australia's fascinating wild creatures:  The termite-eating short-beaked Echidna .  It is  among the few living representati...

The Spirit of Tasmania is a large ferry that runs daily between  Melbourne , on Australia’s south coast, and  Devonport in northern Tasman...