Tag Archives: UNESCO Many, many years ago, I went to the cinema to see a then-new Australian film: Travelling North(1987) by prolific and much-loved playwright David Williamson. I was entranced! Not so much by the grumpy main character played by Leo McKern, or the plot, in which not much happens, but by the setting. After taking a road […]  The home of the Delphi Oracle has a mystic resonance. The air is electric, infused with the smell of mountain herbs, and full of possibility. Of course, it might have just been the heat, or the early start. Whatever it was, I felt an energy at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Ancient Delphi that I […]  The Daintree National Park is just magic! The Daintree Tropical Rainforest, which the Park protects, is Australia’s largest remaining rainforest. Part of the UNESCO-listed “Wet Tropics of Queensland”, it covers over 1,200 square kilometres (463 square miles), and is home to a unique and complex ecosystem, housing many plants and animals not found anywhere else […]  The words “Jasper, Alberta” never fail to start the songs of John Denver playing in my head: “Up in a meadow in Jasper Alberta Two men and four ponies on a long lonesome ride To see the high country and learn of her people The ways that they lived there the ways that they died.” […]  There are a few places I would return to without hesitation. Meteora in Thessaly, Central Greece, is one of those places. The landscape is remarkable: improbable pillars of sandstone and conglomerate rock rise out of a flat plain near the Pindos Mountains. The history is long and colourful and the architecture is astounding. Even better: […] |
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