The Old Telegraph Track (the “Telly Track” in Aussie slang) is what’s left of the original telegraph track that was created in the 1880s to connect Cairns with Thursday Island. It has become one of Australia’s best 4WD tracks. The Old Telegraph Track is a 350km (700km round trip) rough 4-wheel drive track that passes through […]
My First Scuba Diving Trip – to Mexico
Ten years ago I joined my friends Mike & Larry (they’re brothers) on a week-long vacation in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. One of our main purposes was to do some scuba diving and escape the long winter we’d endured. Over the course of our trip, we had some memorable adventures, and we weathered a couple […]
A Very Secluded Cool Little Beach
So there I was, at the very top of Australia. As far north as I could get. I had wanted to get to this spot for quite some time. Now, I had finally arrived, at the place called Cape York. It’s not a town but an uninhabited place located at the tip of the Cape […]