Destinations

One of the most striking yet little known buildings south of Sydney in the Illawarra region is the Sri Venkateswara…

Deep down below sea level in Jordan, Bernard O’Shea lets his torso be pounded by nature’s hot and cold springs and finds the effect oddly…

There’s plenty to marvel at in Mayfield Garden near Oberon in NSW, not least the ‘white firs’ which are strikingly…

Swimming in the Dead Sea can either be fun or a painful experience. But no matter how heavy you are,…

Atten-shunn! Fall in, everybody, behind Bernard O’Shea as he marches into a most unusual military zone and salutes its artistic…

Can you sum up the world in seven Christmas gifts? Catherine Marshall gives it a shot.    One of the…

The world’s first climate change refugees came from the Torres Strait Islands, and have much to teach the world today…

Some of the exhibits at the Duke of Wellington’s London residence are cheekier than you’d expect. Bernard O’Shea leaves no stone…

It was Australia’s first inland city and it exudes some Victorian grandeur. Bernard O’Shea pulls off the highway into Goulburn, feeling peckish…

The scene: an Australia Day fair in suburban Sydney. Delicious smells waft from food stalls. There’s an ominous rumble in…