Australia

12 Fun Day Trips From Adelaide

Looking for day trips or short trips from Adelaide in South Australia? There’s heaps. From a feat of engineering with a secret (that you won’t believe until you try it) to a tiny German town in the middle of the Australian countryside, we whizzed about by tram, car and bus…
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Granite Island in South Australia is a short drive from Adelaide. Best known for it;'s little penguins and other wildlife it;s now also home to a fantastic sculpture trail. Here's what you need to know to visit. Click to read it now or save it to one of your boards for later. #graniteisland #graniteislandsculptures #australianart #thingstodoinsouthaustralia

The New Granite Island Sculpture Trail: All You Need to Know

You’ve got to love a place where the sky is blue, the sea is bluer and looming on the horizon is a giant fibreglass burger! This is the start of the new Granite Island Sculpture Trail – and just one of the cool things you can do on this South…
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Planning a trip to Adelaide, South Australia. We've come up with 17 fun and unusual things to eat, see or do in the city. If you like street art, spooky sights - and cake - you;'ll want to check out this list. #thingstodoinadelaide #adelaide #thingstoseeinadelaide

17 Unusual Things To Do In Adelaide

Adelaide is known as the city of churches – but there aren’t any of those in this article. There are however 17 other quirky, fun and unusual things to do in Adelaide that you might want to try. 1. Hire a BBQ Buoy These floating round boats are available to…
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If you're looking for an easy way to visit the wineries at McClaren Valei n South Australia, try the Trailhopper hop on, hop off bus. Click the post to discover all the details including which wineries it visits, how many you can see and what it costs. #mclarenvale #southaustralia #wineries

Trailhopper: The Easy McLaren Vale Wine Tour

One of the big problems when visiting wineries in Australia is that they tend to be found in gorgeous rolling countryside (aka the middle of nowhere) which means either you have to stay overnight (pricey), someone has to drive and not drink (irritating for them) or you get stuck on…
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The d'Arenberg Cube in McLaren Vale near Adelaide is one of the area's quirkiest wineries. If you're looking for a great day out near Adelaide it's a good choice. Here's what's inside the d'Arenberg Cube and all the facts you need to visit. #d'Arenbergcube #mclarenvale #wineries

What’s Inside The d’Arenberg Cube?

The d’Arenberg Cube is probably the most controversial addition to the landscape of Adelaide’s McLaren Vale wine region – ever. A five-storey black and white cube that stands Transformer-like above the genteel fields of sprawling low vines that surround it, you can see it for miles. But while the outside…
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Looking for a great walk in Sydney? The Glebe Foreshore Walk is a 2km walk along Sydney's beautiful Blackwattle Bay - and there's some fun quirky things to spot en route. Like Sze Yup Temple. Click on the post to see what else you'll find on this famous Sydney Walk. #walksinsydney #glebe #szeyuptemple

Glebe Foreshore Walk, Sydney: 10 Quirky Sights Not To Miss

The Glebe Foreshore Walk is a 2km paved path that runs from Rozelle Bay in Sydney’s West round, past the waters of Blackwattle Bay to Pyrmont close to the city. It’s one of Sydney’s best walks and every day it teams with walkers, runners, cyclists and happy dogs. But it’s…
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Did You Know You Can Swim With Tuna near Adelaide? And It’s Brilliant.

It looks like the lair of a Bond Villian, but Oceanic Victor’s floating HQ just off Granite Island near Victor Harbor, South Australia actually conceals something far more exciting – tuna fish you can swim with and sharks you can cuddle! We went in for a dip with both. What…
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Looking for an unusual thing to do in Adelaide? Why not visit The Big Rocking Horse. It's one of the many Big Things in Australia. You'll also find kangaroos to pet. It's a great day out in Adelaide. #adelaide #bigthingsinaustralia #thebigrockinghorse

Cute Roos, Great Views: The Big Rocking Horse, Adelaide

Just outside of Adelaide, in a town called Gumeracha stands The Big Rocking Horse. It’s officially The Biggest Rocking Horse in the World, and, guess what…you can climb it. But scaling the BRH isn’t the only thing to do here, there’s added kangaroos to play with too. Why a Big…
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Looking for things to do in Adelaide, Australia, here's something different.. BBQ Buoys are little round boats with a picnic table and BBQ that you can sail along the River Torrens. #Adelaide =River Torrens #thingstodoinAdelaide

BBQ Buoys: The Most Fun Thing We Did in Adelaide

BBQ Buoys might sound like a bad boyband, or a street gang who come at their enemies wielding sausages, but it’s actually one of the most fun things you do in Adelaide. We gave one a spin (literally) down the River Torrens and had an absolute blast. The concept of…
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Dolphin Swim Australia offer wild dolphin swims about 2.5 hours away from Sydney in Nelson Bay, NSW. And they've been given the okay by marine life experts. Here's what you need to know. | dolphins | New South Wales | Nelson Bay |

The Best Place to Swim With Wild Dolphins Near Sydney

Did you know that dolphins are attracted to people singing? Neither did I until I got chatting to my friend and journalist Niki Waldegrave about her experience swimming with dolphins in Nelson Bay about two and a half hours drive from Sydney. Thankfully she was so thrilled with her day…
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If its name and its aim to find the quirky, fun and unusual sights in a destination don’t tell you that this is a different kind of travel blog – the fact that it was born during a visit to a poop-themed restaurant in Taipei tells you pretty much everything else you need to know.
It’s a place to find unusual and off-the-beaten track suggestions for things to eat, see and do – but also a place to find answers to some of the less-obvious questions that come into my head when I travel (and I’m guessing yours as well). I’m having a blast writing it and I hope you’ll have as much fun reading it.