Colca Canyon is home to giant condors
THE drive into the Colca Canyon is often compared to an Andean massage. I think the comparison far from fair. My massage at the luxury Orient Express Las Casitas del Colca spa was nothing like the bump-and-grinding my body endured on the road trip from …
Back to the future at 80s day on Mt Buller ski resort
Welcome to Eighties Day on Mt Buller ski resort. It’s like being trapped in a time warp. The fashion includes figure-hugging outfits for men, big hair, and the bands that ruled the soundwaves had names like Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and Devo? And yes, if you have …
Byron Bay Bliss at Watego’s Beach
IT’S hard to believe that this is winter. The air is warm – 24C – and Watego’s Beach, 25 steps below our balcony, is buzzing. Surfers and swimmers, mostly without wet suits, traipse across the sand and into the ocean, greeted by a procession of …
Fostering an elephant in Kenya
Fostering an elephant in Kenya and returning it to the wild helps reverse the drastic effects of poaching MEET Naipoki, the newest member of our family. She was three months old when she fell down a well in the Namunyak Conservancy in northern Kenya. Unable …