14 July 2024
Arnhem Land – so near but yet so far
Arnhem Land is a place that few of us Australians ever visit, yet it’s absolutely…
14 July 2024
Welcome to Country
We started our 13-day Outback Spirit trip from east to west Arnhem Land on Wirrwawuy…
14 July 2024
Digital detox anyone?
These days it’s considered extremely trendy to go somewhere where you can’t access social media…
18 September 2024
Software and Hard Hearts
I wrote an opinion column the other day for the Sydney Morning Herald and Age…
16 September 2024
Rocking on Heaven’s Door
It was a day of fond memories on Saturday September 14 when Father Bob’s Foundation…
18 August 2024
Confronting the dreaded blank page
No matter how many books you've written, no matter how successful some of them are,…
14 August 2024
A Floating Feast of Fables
Apparently there aren't many cabins left on Cunard’s inaugural Australian Literature Festival at Sea, so…
6 August 2024
Smart thinking on the GC
Went up to the Gold Coast for a couple of days to hear some of…
5 August 2024
Low-cost boarders to be dislodged
Have spent the week investigating the sad story of some of Sydney's oldest boarding houses,…
5 August 2024
Arnhem Land feature on front page
Fabulous to see my story on an incredible trip up to Arnhem Land appear as the…
27 July 2024
Guten Tag, Mary Bligh!
Had an amazing email last week from German historian Simon Fuechtenschnieder who's just written his…
23 July 2024
Kiama Festival – with a touch of showbiz
Fabulous to visit stunning Kiama on Saturday to speak at the Kiama Readers' Festival on…
21 July 2024
Sanctuary makes the spirits soar
Wow! Seven Spirit Bay on the Cobourg Peninsula in West Arnhem Land is a triumph…
21 July 2024
Luxury… right on the edge
The Arafura Swamp in Arnhem Land is the biggest expanse of wooded marshland, water, wildlife…
17 July 2024
Amazing place, amazing people
Arnhem Land is a place that few of us Australians ever visit, yet it’s absolutely…
