Destination: Australia

Photos: Intro

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By cfloyd | Photo Gallery

A Tree Kangaroo

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By cfloyd | Views [101] | Scholarship Entry

In 1844, Edgar Allen Poe first published his short story, “The Purloined Letter”. This was a forerunner of the detective genre. The detective realised that the stolen letter had to be near “at hand … not hidden”, effectively hidden in plain sight. These ... Read more >

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Photos: Mel Travels

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By melsmith | Photo Gallery

Photos: Me

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By annette | Photo Gallery

Uncle Brian's ' Campy As Hell' Waterfall Tour

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By jmillerjtm | Views [291] | Scholarship Entry

Some people find it hard to talk to strangers, but in the midst of a club in Cairns, Australia, it's hard not to. Somewhere in the fog of ‘just one more drink’ and ‘let’s go dance’, I ran into a local girl, Helen, with short blonde hair and a black lip ... Read more >

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Photos: upNORTFF...coming back

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By michidoesoz | Photo Gallery

Pooh's Corner

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By susiesscoop | Views [122] | Scholarship Entry

It used to be that if you didn’t know where Pooh’s Corner was you would miss it. But in the age of every little thing getting attention what was once just a humble cave in a lonely rock wall on the Clyde Mountain’s treacherous Kings Highway in NSW Pooh’s ... Read more >

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'7 miles from Sydney, a thousand miles from care'

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ekennedy | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry

My Travel Treasure was on my second day in the beautiful seaside suburb of Manly, Sydney. It is true for a boy from Melbourne - and one who should maintain a rivalry on behalf of his home city with Sydney just like New Yorkans do with LA or Torontonians ... Read more >

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Photos: lake eacham TREE PORN

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By michidoesoz | Photo Gallery

Photos: biodynamics workshop

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By michidoesoz | Photo Gallery

Fish Bowl Springs, Arizona

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By tristangled | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry

I stood outside Cool Springs gas station with my bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola, the vintage fuel pumps ticking softly as I stepped back into my 1955 Chevy, christened Peggy Lee. Behind me lay the miles of perfectly flat Arizona desert I had covered since ... Read more >

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Photos: wwoof dreamtime

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By michidoesoz | Photo Gallery

Off The Beaten Tran

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By aussienic | Views [128] | Scholarship Entry

As a kid who watched The Real Cancun and had visions of busty blondes licking salt and tequila off rippling abs, the fact that an elderly pepper-haired Mexican, his face smeared with frenetically applied mascara and lipstick, was pleasuring himself as ... Read more >

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Berlin's Dark Side

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lenatuck | Views [81] | Scholarship Entry

It was Friday night in my hostel room; I was alone. Wavering and thumbing through a pamphlet for Berlin’s ‘Alternative Pub Crawl’ anxiously dissecting its words. I was torn between excessive implausible scenarios; I stared outside at the sinking sun. ... Read more >

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Caught in a red haze

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By katiedunstan | Views [185] | Scholarship Entry

Opportunities snatched under the morning sky- a guy selling his art work on a bridge over the river. A rush of light and then silence. The click of a camera; the gasp of an inward breath, young eyes full of delight and a red sky full of wonder .This place, ... Read more >

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