Adventure

Travel writer Fiona Harper will run the 2022 New York Marathon alongside 50,000 runners starting on Staten Island & finishing in Central Park

My phone alarm goes off at 5.15am and immediately snaps me out of a blissfully dreamy state. Eeek! I immediately start to…

I didnt plan to run 5 marathons this year. But while grounded by a pandemic, long distance running became my social outlet and before I knew it I’d run 5 marathons in 7 weeks

Training for a marathon is all-consuming. It’s also kind of crazy. A program that demands I run five days a week, potentially…

Topical North Queensland is blessed with an abundance of spectacular waterfalls – some like Millaa Millaa Falls are well known. Others, like Windin Falls are becoming famous after being featured on Instagram. Here’s our guide to some of the best waterfalls near Cairns on the Atherton Tablelands!

Adele Hadfield, shot dead by her feisty second husband William Knowles, was a headstrong independent woman. Of fine breeding, landed gentry of…

Fiona Harper travel writer laces up her hiking shoes on the wukalina walk, a four day walk on country with Tasmania’s Indigenous palawa people for a fascinating hike laced with history

Cruising Tahiti by passenger-carrying cargo ship you won’t find too many coconut palm-lined lagoons in the Marquesas Islands. Nor will you discover…

The Northern Territory’s Larapinta Trail is rated as one of the best hiking trails in Australia. Winding it’s way westwards from Alice…

There was once a time when travel was a luxury available to the well-heeled or the retired. Thankfully things have changed and…

Have you been to Bali? Done Dublin? Eaten your way through Italy and cooked up a storm in Vietnam? If you’re planning…

Vulnerable as I am, hiking across the tundra on the shores of Canada’s Hudson Bay, I feel like polar bear bait. Unlike…

It takes three days, including overnight stops in Brisbane and Honiara, three flights plus a hike and a boat trip across the…

Review of the book Bewildered by Laura Waters: I’m a big fan of gutsy women. Amelia Earhart, Kay Cottee, Robyn Davidson, Jessica…

Explore the outer untouched Solomon Islands expedition-style with Solomon Islands Discovery Cruises. Fiona Harper stepped onboard for a 7 night cruise to Russell and Florida Islands

Shopping for love onling, the Australian Financial Review estimates that online sales exceeded $20 billion in 2016, leaving no doubt that online…

VIDEO: Trail running the rolling hills and dairy country of Atherton Tablelands, Cairns, Queensland Australia. Filmed using DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone | Fiona Harper travel writer for Travel Boating Lifestyle

Hike & Cruise Tasmania onboard bespoke motor yacht Explore south west Tasmania’s Bathurst Harbour on an expedition-style cruise where a bespoke floating…

Almost one year after the earthquake that rocked Nepal, Nepalis were back on their feet rebuilding homes and livelihoods, with tourism back…

Waterfall hike to Windin Falls on the Atherton Tablelands near Malanda, west of Cairns. It’s a 90min hike from the trail head to the top of the spectacular pool at Windin Falls, tropical north Queensland, Australia. Trip notes & hiking guide by Fiona Harper travel writer

It was a disturbing turn of events. On an accelerated high after running the Bangkok Half Marathon, endorphins surged through my body. My companions were equally buzzing with post-run euphoria as we landed in Phuket with a jam-packed schedule of luxury hotels, a sports resort, fitness classes, massage and lashings of healthy Thai food. But I found myself checking into Bangkok International Hospital, which wasn’t on the itinerary