Archive for November, 2008

Slow Slow Day

30Nov08

After stumbling home from a night out on the town at 4am, I woke to the cacophony of Sydney morning traffic, odd bird songs, a slight hangover, and an urge to have lots of water and breakfast before midday. If there was a time to take it slow on a Sunday – this was the [...]


Green Island, an ancient coral cay, is 27km across the Coral Sea from Cairns. 100 years ago, historians had documented that the island’s vegetation was so scarce that they could see over it. The island is so conveniently petite, you can walk around it in about half an hour. And an hour if you were [...]