Last month, Mr Gums and I holidayed in the Top End (of Downunder). I'm not quite sure where the Top End ends as it is a loose description for the northern part of Australia's Northern Territory, but I believe it encompasses all the areas we visited. For ten days, we explored Katherine and Nitmiluk National Park … Continue reading On the literary (cultural) road, in the Top End
The literary road
On the literary road, in north-east Victoria
Last year I wrote a couple of posts about places of literary interest that we passed through on a road trip. Here is another such post, again using The Oxford literary guide to Australia as my main source. Yarrawonga, Vic Yarrawonga was where, on this trip, we hit Victoria first. It is a twin town … Continue reading On the literary road, in north-east Victoria
On the literary road, in Gippsland
The Gippsland area of Victoria is a particularly rich one in terms of Australia's literary history. It is also an area I've never visited before and so this week we decided to return home from Melbourne via the less common path, that is via Gippsland. Unfortunately our trip through the region was a quick one, … Continue reading On the literary road, in Gippsland
On the literary road
Back in the mid 1990s I bought The Oxford literary guide to Australia. Having not looked at it for a few years, I decided to take it on our current little road trip. Two days ago, for example, we drove through Gundagai and Tarcutta, both of which appear in the guide. Gundagai, NSW Most Australians … Continue reading On the literary road
Whispering Gums 