Driving from Armidale to Coff's Harbour with my oldest daughter some years ago, I spot a sign for Dorrigo. The name sounds familiar. But why? We're at the other end of the world, after all. In Australia. And not Sydney or Melbourne, but inland Australia. [...]
This weekend I'm out and about exploring Germany. UNESCO Germany has very kindly invited me on a journey through history; one with great time leaps at either end. If you'd like, you can follow along on the #joingermantradition social wall. With jobs and kids and whatnot, [...]
After visiting the Old Church at Petäjävesi in central Finland, I head south-east towards the Kymi River Valley. It's about a 2.5-hour drive. More of the long, lonely stretches of road I always seem to experience in Finland. I have to resist the temptation to [...]
Finland has seven sites on the World Heritage list. I've popped across the border for a couple of days to have a look at two of them: Petäjävesi Old Church and Verla Groundwood and Board Mill. Public transport in Finland is good, but unless you [...]
Spot the mast behind the building? It's incredibly tall, completely dwarfing the trees around it. Tomorrow - Friday 13 February 2015 - is World Radio Day; what better time to tell you about Grimeton Radio Station, one of the more curious UNESCO [...]
A visit in Arctic Sweden will likely begin in Luleå, one the biggest cities in the region. Luleå isn't uninteresting in itself, with more than 100 cafes and restaurants, a pretty cityscape and some unusual street art. A final greeting from Sweden this time: cool [...]
The final segment of my road trip last summer ended, somewhat unplanned, at Svartisen, a large Arctic glacier. My plan for the day was to drive across the Arctic Circle and have a look at Polarsirkelsenteret (the Arctic Circle Centre), but as I headed out [...]
