Tim The Yowie Man: Walking on the edge
Although Green Cape is best-known for its iconic octagonal lighthouse, this dramatic sliver of land which juts out into the Tasman Sea is also home to some of the south coast's most stunning ...
View ArticleWonderful Woollamia
The brochure states that our ferry cruise is inspired by sundown drinks in the mighty Zambezi River in Africa. I'm not sure about you, but when I think of a ''ferry'' I imagine a large ...
View ArticleMysterious Majura
One of this column's longest-running mysteries has finally been solved. Since images of the knockout Mount Majura Treehouse were first splashed on these pages (December 8, 2012), I've received ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Canberra cafes
It seems that nosheries named after our fair city aren't as rare as first thought. Following Philip Eliason's reports of Canberra Cafes in Malta and Tunisia, I've been inundated with more ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: On the nose
"Come up now and I will have something bizarre and smelly for you to look at!'' reads the unusual subject line of a missive that landed in my inbox early last week.The body of the ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Secret circle
Have you noticed how green our hills are at the moment? I can't ever recall seeing our countryside this verdant, especially so far into autumn. In fact, if you venture into one of our nature ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: No stone unturned
It appears that Rick and Lyn McDonald (Suburban Secrets, April 5) aren’t the only Canberrans intrigued by the curious concrete posts scattered across parkland in West ...
View ArticleTim The Yowie Man: Beautiful Bendora
As the yowie mobile rounds another hairpin, I grip the steering wheel a little tighter and stretch my neck to see if there's any oncoming traffic. You don't want to take chances on this remote ...
View ArticleTim The Yowie Man: Gang-gang secrets
OK, put up your hand if you've never seen a gang-gang (Callocephalon fimbriatum). Go on, don't be shy. Despite it being our faunal emblem, many Canberrans have never set eyes on one of ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Capital signs
This column's curious quest to uncover as many cafes, bars and hotels named after our fair city has reached Canberra backpacker Caitlin Nelson while traipsing through south-western Turkey. "I ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Spinning a yarn
It's an astonishing sight. An intricately spun mat of cobweb coats the vast expanses of the otherwise desolate lake bed. Even wooden fenceposts, which stretch across the cracked mud for as far ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Lake Bathurst, part 2
"It's the ultimate prize and it came just at the critical moment," remarks Colin Dennett as he proudly holds aloft an unusually-shaped trophy.The fetching silver and brass-coloured ...
View ArticleWonderful Woollamia
The brochure states that our ferry cruise is inspired by sundown drinks in the mighty Zambezi River in Africa. I'm not sure about you, but when I think of a ''ferry'' I imagine a large ...
View ArticleMysterious Majura
One of this column's longest-running mysteries has finally been solved. Since images of the knockout Mount Majura Treehouse were first splashed on these pages (
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Canberra cafes
It seems that nosheries named after our fair city aren't as rare as first thought. Following Philip Eliason's reports of Canberra Cafes in Malta and Tunisia, I've been inundated with more ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: On the nose
"Come up now and I will have something bizarre and smelly for you to look at!'' reads the unusual subject line of a missive that landed in my inbox early last week.The body of the ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Secret circle
Have you noticed how green our hills are at the moment? I can't ever recall seeing our countryside this verdant, especially so far into autumn. In fact, if you venture into one of our nature ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: No stone unturned
It appears that Rick and Lyn McDonald (Suburban Secrets, April 5) ...
View ArticleTim The Yowie Man: Beautiful Bendora
As the yowie mobile rounds another hairpin, I grip the steering wheel a little tighter and stretch my neck to see if there's any oncoming traffic. You don't want to take chances on this remote ...
View ArticleTim The Yowie Man: Gang-gang secrets
OK, put up your hand if you've never seen a gang-gang (Callocephalon fimbriatum). Go on, don't be shy. Despite it being our faunal emblem, many Canberrans have never set eyes on one of ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Capital signs
This column's curious quest to uncover as many cafes, bars and hotels named after our fair city has reached Canberra backpacker Caitlin Nelson while traipsing through south-western Turkey. "I ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Spinning a yarn
It's an astonishing sight. An intricately spun mat of cobweb coats the vast expanses of the otherwise desolate lake bed. Even wooden fenceposts, which stretch across the cracked mud for as far ...
View ArticleTim the Yowie Man: Lake Bathurst, part 2
"It's the ultimate prize and it came just at the critical moment," remarks Colin Dennett as he proudly holds aloft an unusually-shaped trophy.The fetching silver and brass-coloured ...
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