NSW · Harbour
Sydney Harbour
Ferry light on the water, sandstone cliffs, and the long walk from Circular Quay around to the ocean baths.
An independent magazine about Australia — the harbour cities, the Great Barrier Reef, the Twelve Apostles, and the red country inland from the eucalyptus line.
Ferry light on the water, sandstone cliffs, and the long walk from Circular Quay around to the ocean baths.
Cairns to the outer cay. Coral gardens, reef herons, and water so clear the bottom looks close enough to walk.
Limestone stacks in the Southern Ocean. Go at first light, before the coaches, when the spray still hangs in the air.
The rock turns from ochre to purple in twenty minutes. Walk the base, stay for the last light, skip the climb.
From Port Douglas out to the ribbon reefs — liveaboard nights, dawn snorkels, and the quiet of a cay with no jetty. Turtles on the sand, reef sharks in the channel, and a sky that never quite goes dark.
A slow itinerary by boat, sleeping on the water, coming ashore only for fruit and fuel.
Read the reef guide →The cliff walk on a weekday morning. Ocean pools, rock platforms, and coffee at the far end.
Escarpment walks above the eucalyptus haze. Three Sisters at dusk, then a fire and a quiet town.
Red walls, quiet stations, and a night sky that still has the Milky Way in it.
Long reads on the harbour cities, the reef, and the red inland. Photographed from Tasmania to the Top End, printed ad-free, posted from Melbourne.