Round The World

This morning bloomed, well… changeable. One moment it was raining, the next dark and grey, the next sunny – the whole thing pushed along by a brisk Southern wind. We went back down to Ned’s Beach and fed the fish again after the local shopkeeper, who has a nice sideline in used bread for fish-feedin

The wind blew today. And having spent three of my formative years on a small windswept island I know something about wind blowing. We decided this morning that the weather wasn’t going to improve so we would go kayaking no matter what. We hired two glass-bottomed kayaks and set out into the teeth of

  We’ve watched Survivor for long enough to know that idyllic tropical isles loose some of their shine when the weather turns. So when we awoke to a squally, showery day we knew what to expect and abandoned our plans to go kayaking. We visited the Island’s little Museum in the morning and learnt a [

You don’t get much more relaxed than Lord Howe Island, it is almost the definition of idyllic island life – and with all the conveniences of the mainland, electricity, coffee, fresh bread. But there’s one spot where everything goes wild. Ned’s Beach is on the Island’s East coast and is a wonderful s

Let’s start with some statistics. The walk up Mt Gower is one of the top ten day-walks in the world; it is about 14km long and takes you from sea-level to 850m high. Much of the ‘walk’ involves pulling yourself up almost vertical inclines with ropes, the bits in between involve staggering along a ba

I only have one regret about today. We started the day by picking up our bikes from the local hire store. Because there are hardly any cars on the Island, people ride all over the place. The low ridge that forms the back of the centre of the island means you’re always riding up or [...]

Usually when we travel and rent apartments Jennifer and I get very focused on being sure we have our passports as we move and that we have the keys to the rented apartment firmly in hand before we venture out anywhere. Neither losing our passports or being locked out in a strange place has ever [...