Minis and Marching Bands. I love the sound of a marching band. Bagpipes and big bass drums beating into the open air often sonorous,…
Travel has an aura of glamour. Doesn’t it? But not today, not if you are in The Philippines, a country which is suffering huge…
Happy Bastille Day to Zigazag’s French readers in particular! I mention Bastille Day not because I’m French, but because it gives me cause to…
Finding the right photos to tell a travel story is always interesting, and sometimes, as with most travel photography, some photos stand out more…
What to do in Sydney, What to see in Sydney, Where to go in Sydney when you are short of time.
Stuck in a West Australian rainy rut? Why not escape to the snow? Head to Mt Buller in eastern Australia if you want…
Have you done all these 20 outdoor things? Climbed a tree, run around nude in the rain, camped out in the wild, caught a crab with a net …..
Memoir. A love story. A boy, a girl and a chance meeting at a temple in Thailand that led to a love affair and a life lived on four continents.
Have you ever had one of those funny conversations about travel when you’re talking about one place and someone else is talking about somewhere entirely different, and you don’t realise until afterwards?
One of the great beaches in the world. Little Beach in Albany, South West Australia.
Mount Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines is one of the more unusual hikes in the world.
Trying to decide which beach to visit in Perth? Guest Contributor, Nita Teoh from Perth Walkabout gives the lowdown on which beaches are best for surf, families, picnic spots, and kite surfing.
Climbing Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines is an adventure not for the fainthearted. It must rank as one of the great hikes of the world but it’s a long, hot walk to the crater through weirdly beautiful yet desolate scenery Mount Pinatubo rumbled awake, after 600 years of peace, during June 1991. The inferno which followed displaced almost a million people from Central Luzon and destroyed thousands of hectares of farmland. About 41,000 homes were destroyed and hundreds of people died.
Holiday and travel expo in Perth followed by a Blogging get-to-gether at King’s Park. What a wonderful way to spend a Sunday in Western Australia.
There’s so much to see and do in Western Australia. Here are some top rated suggestions for the South West and North West. Dolphins, flowers ….
I love the 21st century, the global village, the pace of technology, the variety, the travel possibilities and being able to eat watermelon without having to hop on a plane to get it.
Christmas in the Philippines. Food is a focal point of every Filipino fiesta and Christmas is extra special. For Noche Buena tables are laden with Christmas delicacies. With over 7,000 Philippine islands, and many different provinces, Noche Buena may consist of various regional culinary delicacies.
One of the hardest things about moving country is leaving friends and family behind, but then your heart is wrenched again when it comes to your pet dogs. Some of ours have have made the trip, Charlie the cocker spaniel for instance had his ticket booked from England to South Africa before any of our tickets were paid for, but other dogs due to considerations such as age, or long periods of quarantine didn’t make it to the terminals.
Once upon a time I lived in a tiny one-bedroom flat no bigger than a postage stamp. It was was riddled with cockroaches and situated at the back of the Malla Hotel in Kathmandu.
Are you an expat living in Australia? Are you interested in topics and issues about living abroad? Things like finding fulfillment and identity, or…