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Category: Australia

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Refresh for Alice Springs address …

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Canberra in 2018 …

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Byron Bay YHA update …

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Local tips for visiting Victoria …

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Qantas unveils new Perth lounge …

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Freycinet’s new Coastal Pavilions …

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Holiday Inn Melbourne on Flinders refurb …

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Christmas 2017 in Melbourne …

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Melbourne’s Adina update …

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Cruising the Australia coast …

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Sydney’s swanky new Sofitel …

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Sydney’s Sheraton receives refit …

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Travel tips from top photographers …

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Accommodation for Adelaide Airport …

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Cool and quirky QT Canberra …

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AVANI coming to Queensland …

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Where to stay on Victoria’s MP …

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… strolling through View Street history …

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Four Points makes it to Melbourne …

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New to Aussie travel in 2017 …

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The big Kimberley catch …

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… spying the flag of the Southern Cross …

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Australia, after the stars …

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Port Stephens glamping …

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Little corner of France …

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Sydney’s Surry Hills …

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Sand-side dining …

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… The Yarra River …

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Westin welcome …

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New outback experience …

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About me …

My name is Sarah and I’m a travel journalist writing features and news for a swag of Australian newspapers, magazines and websites.

This is my website, the place I post words and pictures gathered as I gallivant around the globe.

So enjoy the news, reviews, updates, random thinking and regular snapping – photos, that is – assembled here.

And hopefully you will find inspiration for your next trip far, near or here …

© Sarah Nicholson 2018

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Blue on blue ... art supplies at the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery. • • • #BrokenHillRegionalArtGallery #BHRAG #BrokenHill #artgallery #gallery #artlove #artlover #artsupplies #blue #shadesofblue #blueonblue #artist #artwork #travellife #travellove #travelling #travelphoto #travelphotography #travel #travelcaptures #igtravel #newsouthwales @visitnsw @brokenhillregionalartgallery

The Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery is home to many pieces that tell the town’s story including this canvas by C Dudley Wood that show life underground ... I love the shades of blue used in the top right corner to show the abstract abyss of the tunnel stretching into darkness. • • • #BrokenHill #BHRAG #artgallery #artlove #artwork #artlover #artistsoninstagram #art_spotlight #greatsthnrail #IndianPacific #trainsbeforeplanes #greatsthnrail #newsouthwales #visitBrokenHill #travelphotography #travelphoto #travelcaptures #igtravel #travel #travellife #travelling #travellove @brokenhillregionalartgallery @visitnsw @greatsthnrail

An after-hours visit to the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery is a treat for those visiting the outback city on the Indian Pacific. • • • #BrokenHill #IndianPacific #artgallery #BHRAG #gallerylove #artgallery #art #gallery #artwork #instaart #artlove #artlovers #interiordesign #interior #fineart #outbackaustralia #outbackaus #newsouthwales #travellove #travel #travellife #travelcaptures #igtravel #travelphotography #travelphoto #greatsthnrail #trainsbeforeplanes #slowtravel @visitnsw @greatsthnrail @brokenhillregionalartgallery

Sunset in the outback, as the Indian Pacific rattles towards Broken Hill...the colours of Pro Hart in the city that was his home. • • • #BrokenHill #IndianPacific #Sunset #outback #outbackaustralia #train #rail #railjourney #slowtravel #railway #skyporn #sky #nature #natureperfection #naturelove #naturescolours #cloud #reddirt #escapesnaps #travelholic #travellife #travelling #travellover #visitnsw #newsouthwales #travelphotography #travelphoto #greatsthnrail #trainsbeforeplanes @escapesnaps @greatsthnrail @australia @visitnsw

No mistaking that name, a sleek silver Indian Pacific carriage... • • • #indianpacific #trainsbeforeplanes #railway #railplus #railjourney #transcontinental #carriage #train #trainjourney #trainphotography #outback #greatsthnrail #railplus #slowtravel #railwayline #travelphotography #travelling #travellife #travelholic #escapesnaps #travelsnaps #igtravel #hosted @greatsthnrail @westernaustralia @escapesnaps @railplusau

Crossing the Nullarbor ... the view from my cabin window on board the Indian Pacific. • • • #IndianPacific #Nullarbor #railway #rail #train #trainjourney #transcontinental #NullarborPlain #outbackaustralia #outback #reddirt #bluesky #natureperfection #nature #naturelove #Australia #railplus #trainsbeforeplanes #slowtravel #travellife #travellove #travelling #travelphotography #horizon #travelphoto #travelcaptures #igtravel #travelholic #hosted #railplus @westernaustralia @greatsthnrail @australia @escapesnaps #escapesnaps

An old door, and art work contributed by long-gone students, and the now abandoned (and condemned) school in Cook... • • • #Cook #SouthAustralia #outback #australianoutback #outbacktown #abandoned #abandonedplaces #oldbuildings #olddoors #door #doorporn #facade #building #historicbuildings #school #portable #travelcaptures #travelphoto #igtravel #travellove #travellife #travellover #slowtravel #indianpacific #transcontinental #railjourney #railwaytown #trainsbeforeplanes #railplus #greatsthnrail @greatsthnrail @westernaustralia

The settlement of Cook - on the eastern side of the Nullarbor - was once a thriving railway town home to 200 people ... but when the rail network was privatised a few years back the location was all-but abandoned ... now only four people live in Cook, to tend the trains that stop while traversing the world’s longest stretch of straight railway track ... these are the abandoned sport courts near a cluster of now-condemned buildings. • • • #Cook #outback #outbacktown #abandoned #abandonedplaces #IndianPacific #railway #railroad #trainsbeforeplanes #transcontinental #reddirt #outbackaustralia #southaustralia #bluesky #basketballcourt #tenniscourt #sports #symmetry #travelcaptures #travelphoto #igtravel #travellove #travellife #hosted #greatsthnrail #railplus @westernaustralia @greatsthnrail @railplusau

Scones for morning tea on the Indian Pacific... • • • #indianpacific #trainsbeforeplanes #greatsthnrail #greattrainjourneys #trainjourney #railjourney #train #rail #railway #scones #morningtea #foodie #food #foodlover #foodporn #travelfood #travelcaptures #travelphoto #igtravel #travellove #travellife #travelphoto @greatsthnrail @westernaustralia @railplusau

Up before dawn so we could (briefly) disembark the Indian Pacific at Rawlinna - the working sheep station on the western side of the Nullarbor - to see the sun come up ... cool, quiet, calm watching the colours of the outback change as the sun rises above the horizon. • • • #IndianPacific #trainsbeforeplanes #westernaustralia #Rawlinna #RawlinnaStation #train #railway #railjourney #trainjourney #railroad #carriages #dawn #sunrise #silhouette #outback #transcontinental #morninglight #morninglove #bluesky #outbacklight #lightandshadow #greatsthnrail #travellife #travellove #travelphoto #igtravel #travelcaptures @westernaustralia @greatsthnrail @railplusau #journeybeyond

Outback sunset, snapped through the window of the Indian Pacific’s bar car while enjoying an arvo G&T. • • • #indianpacific #trainsbeforeplanes #railplus #westernaustralia #justanotherdayinwa #Outback #outbackaustralia #outbacksunset #sunset #afternoonlight #rail #ralljourney #railway #slowtravel #shadows #lightandshadow #reddirt #sunburntcountry #landscapephotography #landscape #travelphotography #travel_captures #igtravel #travellove #travellife #travel #greatsthnrail @greatsthnrail @westernaustralia #journeybeyond

It’s sheds for storing wheat that line the Indian Pacific route the first afternoon out from Perth... • • • #IndianPacific #trainsbeforeplanes #railplus #westernaustralia #wheatbelt #railjourney #railway #railroad #train #trainride #visitwa #slowtravel #countrystyle #silos #countryliving #autumnsunshine #autumnday #viewfrommywindow #travelsnaps #travellife #travellove #travel_captures #igtravel #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #GreatsthnRail #hosted @greatsthnrail @westernaustralia @railplusau

Racing across Western Australia’s Wheatbelt bound for Kalgoorlie ... • • • #IndianPacific #westernaustralia #wheatbelt #justanotherdayinwa #westaus #landscape #paddock #farm #farming #bluesky #train #railway #railroad #railjourney #transcontinental #australia #visitaustralia #travelling #travel #travellove #travellover #igtravel #slowtravel #autumnday #sunburntcountry #autumn #GreatsthnRail @greatsthnrail @westernaustralia @railplusau

All aboard ... crossing Australia from west to east on the iconic Indian Pacific. • • • #IndianPacific #GreatsthnRail #RailPlus #trainsbeforeplanes #train #rail #railway #railroad #trainphotography #carriage #journey #transcontinental #transport #localtransport #travelphotography #travelphoto #travelcapture #igtravel #travellife #travellove #slowtravel #travellover #trainlover #hosted #journeybeyond #escapesnaps @escapesnaps @greatsthnrail @australia @RailPlusAU

East Perth sunrise ... the view from my balcony at The Sebel. • • • #EastPerth #TheSebel #Perth #visitPerth #westernaustralia #morning #dawn #sunrise #sky #skyporn #lookingeast #reflection #SwanRiver #perthstyle #citylife #water #river #hotellife #morninglove #morninglight #travelsnaps #travel_captures #igtravel #travelphotography #travellife #travellove #perthperfection #autumnday @westernaustralia @thesebelhotelsau

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