Latest News –Nov Dec 2024
1 January 2025 – Join us, Mark and Helen on this blog and this podcast as the triggers of our wanderlust – Fables, Maps, Curiosity and Adventure are transformed into action when we embark on a 10-month journey to forty countries in Asia, Europe, North Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Maps and Stories influence wanderlust in young students
This podcast provides a technical method for capturing and sharing travel multimedia while on the road. You can read about here – links referred to are on that page.
Read moreChina Trip – Epic A – Beijing
Beijing was the first stop on our trip. We arrived via Shanghai after an 18-hour flight from Melbourne. Day1 we visited Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Day 2 we[…]
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China Trip – 2024 – Maps to Albums
Clickable map of our recent trip in China We divided This trip up into four epics: Clicking on the thumbnails in the map will take you to each of the[…]
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Inner Mongolia to Brighton Bathing Boxes
It’s rare that we get to spend time together in the same city with our busy schedules. When we do get a chance, it is cherished. I’m in Melbourne to[…]
Read moreSHARING ADVENTURES LOCALLY AND AFAR
2 December 2024 – In Darwin and a local adventure in Melbourne calls as Joe graduates from his first degree at Melbourne University… Ironically on his birthday (and our wedding anniversary) – this will be followed by high tea in the city centre. Helen and Joe are back from their respective adventures and I still have a week in a wet Darwin. Joe starts law next year, but not before an adventure to China of his own.
9 November 2024 – In Melbourne having just returned from our trip to China – our son is in Singapore on an extended weekend visit and Helen has just left for Hervey Bay. China, like Taiwan and my US trip to California in July this year were fantastic.Acknowledging and enjoying local adventures as much as our big trips overseas. Also combining some of the technology needed to create and communicate visually with you.
Some of our other blogs focus on the learning aspects that travel offers – especially for primary aged children who might not yet be mixing big trips with technology and my Pilotographer site with its focus on the beauty of the Top End of Australia with photographs taken from my small ultralight aircraft.
