Wilpena Pound (Ikara), South Australia: Guide for first time visitors

What is Wilpena Pound? Wilpena Pound — known as Ikara (meaning "meeting place") in the Adnyamathanha language — is a massive natural amphitheatre of mountains located 429 kilometres north of Adelaide in the heart of Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. This extraordinary geological formation covers an…
The Sir Edmund Hillary statue in Mt Cook Village, New Zealand.

The Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre review

On a rainy day at Aoraki/ Mt Cook, a visit to the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre is a good way to spend a couple of hours. Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre review, summarised It’s the best thing to do on a rainy day at…
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ljubjljana, Slovenia: Travel guide for first-time visitors

Ljubljana’s castle offers great views, but the unusual architecture makes the Slovenian capital distinctive. What’s Ljubljana all about? Few countries manage to fly under the radar quite like Slovenia. It’s a relatively pocket-sized, prosperous place full of lakes and mountains, with an outdoorsy mindset and…

Mutter Museum review: Philadelphia’s weirdest museum

Try to hold your lunch down as you visit the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. 5 gross things inside Philadelphia’s Mutter Museum A saponified corpse. Slices of Albert Einstein’s brain. A decaying, syphilis-riddled skull. The death cast of conjoined twins. A giant ovarian cyst. If you…
Windsor Castle.

A travel guide to Windsor for first-time visitors

Windsor’s highlight is the castle – but there’s plenty more to see. What’s Windsor all about? Windsor, and the surrounding area, is about as British establishment as it gets. The centrepiece is Windsor Castle, one of the Queen’s official residences. But nearby, there’s also the…