Healthy Travel

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

At Travel Boating Lifestyle we’re big fans of health, fitness and healthy holidays, even more so when combined with travelling to an…

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

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

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

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

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

I’ll admit I didn’t have hugely high expectations when given the chance to try out a shampoo bar for washing my hair.…

Cairns IRONMAN and Cairns 70.3 is an annual triathlon event held in Cairns each June. Fiona Harper travel writer camped out on…

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

Recently the tiny Pacific Island nation of Palau announced it would ban certain toxic sunscreens to protect its coral reef.  Which got…

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

It takes a whole ten minutes after landing on Lady Musgrave Island for me to embarrass myself. My embarrassment becomes more acute…

Trekking northern NSW on the Yuraygir Coastal Walk is a 32km easy trek, best tackled over around four days, between Coffs Harbour…

Australia’s longest running point-to-point mountain bike race, the iconic Triple-R Mountain Bike Challenge (formerly the RRR) just got a whole lot bigger.…

Hiking to Everest Base Camp is one of those travel adventures that everyone seems to want to do. The reality is that few…

I’m the first to admit I’ve little clue about mountain biking. Collecting my swanky new bike (a Specialized Camber 29er for those…

I don’t recall the exact moment when my Cairns Ironman 70.3 dream began. But I know exactly when it fell off the…

The world’s top glamping sites have been hand-picked and awarded for their excellence by Glamping Hub, the expert guide for outdoor experiences…

With the ink barely dry on my marriage licence I left my husband forever. Not something I’m proud of, I didn’t have…