Stories behind the stories. By Travel Writer, Amy McPherson
One thing about the Australian flora is that they are built for tough, extreme climate conditions, with tough evergreen leaves that stays the same shade throughout the seasons. In areas such as Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania where the climate is more temperate than the rest of the continent, European trees thrive and in autumn …
A high pitched trill shoots out of nowhere and I jump with excitement. “I think I just heard a tui” I whisper, looking toward the direction of the sound. “No actually, you heard him” Alice points at John, her guide partner whose lips are pouted getting ready for another call. Disappointed that I hadn’t been …
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Extract from ” I wandered lonely as a cloud” by William Wordsworth, 1888. The mist opens …
It will have to be the most famous site in New Zealand, even more after its association with the film Lord of the Rings, the land as known as Argonath, the Gate of Kings. If you end up on the popular Lord of the Rings tours in New Zealand, you’ll definitely be visiting Milford Sound. …
