Fifteen plus years ago we saw a documentary on Australian television showing incredible footage of a vast army of ceramic statues unearthed in 1974 by a farmer somewhere in China.…
It’s a 530am wake-up today in order to travel the 70km out to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China. Whilst a little further out of the city…
Arriving in Beijing last Tuesday, the journey into the city centre gives us our first surprising taste of Beijing and China. Like the airport, the city itself is vast, spacious…
DIY travel for the over fifties with injuries. Ride the Trans-Mongolian and Glacier Express with us then traverse the Panama Canal.
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Full credit to those who knew that Papua New Guinea (PNG) is Australia’s closest neighbour. Sitting a mere 4km from Australian soil this revelation surprised the hell out of me.…
After twelve months of preparation, seven months of travel and six months of dedicated writing we are really excited to announce that Darma Travels first book - "Bucket Lists…
Inspired by their performance at the opening ceremony of this year’s Commonwealth Games, I soon after booked tickets to watch the Bangarra Dance company perform at Queensland’s Performing Arts Complex…
Wineglass Bay
Traversing the various ‘Touring Routes’ of Tasmania we have spied countless possums, pademelons, quolls, rabbits, wallabies and other furry critters. Unfortunately, they are all dead. Some research has surprisingly…
Launceston Gorge
It’s seven degrees outside and we have just returned to our cosy little Tasmanian cabin complete with spa bath and water views. On hand to keep us fortified whilst…
Mandy Nolan talking with Bernard Fanning and Tim Rogers
I’ve been to many, many Byron Writers Festivals, but this Sunday will be the first festival where I will actually manage to…
As the adage goes “ time flies when you're having fun (busy)” , and it’s hard to believe that its been ten months since our last blog from Hong Kong.…
Amazing night lights
It was with some anticipation that we were awaiting our sojourn in Hong Kong. Home to the most skyscrapers in the world (over 2000) , ranked as the…
Another week and here we are sitting in our beautifully cool Hong Kong hotel after just experiencing the most surreal few days getting here. Our last week in England was spent…
Ok so we did cheat slightly. After failing to find an automatic camper van to hire then realising that due to the popularity of Ireland in the summer, all of…
Champagne cocktails in Harrods
Its been a few weeks since I last left off and we have spent them exploring South East England and London. Some notable highlights include walking through…