Australia

Australia provides the backdrop—landscape, culture, and atmosphere shaping perspective and experience. These posts draw on life and observation within Australia, where place influences tone, behaviour, and the stories that emerge from it

Vanishing Downunder: The Terrifying Mystery of Missing Persons in Australia

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Australia’s vast Outback, isolated highways, and rugged wilderness hide some of the world’s most chilling missing persons mysteries. From remote desert roads to abandoned bush tracks, discover the darker side of Australian travel, true crime, and unexplained disappearances that continue to haunt tourists, backpackers, and locals across the country.

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Dear Tourist: Australia Isn’t Trying to Kill You (Mostly)

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Australia’s wildlife has a terrifying reputation, but statistics suggest otherwise. The sharks, snakes and spiders are deadly but barely register compared with the far more common hazards found throughout the big brown land. Before visiting Australia, tourists have similar concerns. Not the cost of the flights to get there.Not the jet lag after arriving.Not even

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Lavender and Rosemary in Our Gardens

Australia, Personal

Each state of Australia adopts a favourite plant for its gardens, something that thrives in the local climate and requires little attention. Here’s what Western Australia uses in their gardens. In my hometown, Brisbane, Poinsettias, Jacaranda trees (see above) and Bougainvillea are regulars in its suburbs. In Western Australia, the popular plants are Rosemary and

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What’s Happening with the Old Carnival Site at Mandurah’s Western Foreshore?

Australia, Personal

I’ve been watching closely the debate around the old King Carnival site on Mandurah’s Western Foreshore — south of the waterway, near Hall Park — and I’ve felt pulled between nostalgia for what was and curiosity about what might be next. For more than 75 years, King Carnival was part of everyday Mandurah life —

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The Shipwrecks That Never Quite Did Their Intended Job

Australia, Personal

A line of sunken wrecks off Tangalooma Resort was meant to be more than just “beautiful“. The ships were sunk to become a useful barrier for mariners visiting the holiday island. Between 1963 and 1984, fifteen vessels were deliberately scuttled along the western shore of Moreton Island, inside Moreton Bay, Australia. The idea was simple […]

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Living on the Coast, Staying Out of the Sea, Away From the Sharks

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I’ve lived my life enjoying the sea breeze and watching the horizon change with the light, but I still don’t go into the water unless it’s absolutely necessary. The ocean is the shark’s world — not mine — and every year, reminders come that we humans are just visitors in their domain. The Aussie coastline

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Margo’s Garden

Australia, Home

This post is for those who admire home gardens. The video here is a glimpse of the garden that Margo has created around our home. It’s been eleven years since our sand pit property was tilled for the first time. There were no fences, no flowers, no lawn back then. It was just a couple

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