I have owned a "proper" DSLR camera since 2006. It was only a few weeks ago - yes, 2018 - that I finally started to learn how to use it properly! (Although even using it on auto has snagged me a few decent shots over the years ... thank goodness). It's something common to many travellers, I …
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Exploring Nature in Australia – Episode 108 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Australia is a huge country, far from much of the rest of the world. We also have a pretty small population (although just this month we apparently reached 25 million people) and the vast majority of us crowd around the coast, leaving the rest of the nation full of vast and often undisturbed natural …
Trips and Holidays With Teenagers – Episode 107 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
I had a very memorable (and life-changing) trip as a teenager - and I want to encourage people to both travel with their teenagers and let their teenagers travel without them, when the opportunity arises, because it's such an impressionable, changeable age and travel can really be so eye-opening! I …


