Transport problems during South Africa’s World Cup could well be alleviated by a dynamic new public transport system called Overground. Operating in the Western Cape (Cape Town, Franschhoek, George, Hermanus, Kleinmond, Knysna, Paarl, Plettenberg Bay, Somerset West, and Stellenbosch etc…), it is described as: “a South African transport solution that enables any one of us […]
Forget the Sydney Opera House, Bondi Beach and even the thrill of being in this stunning city during the famous New Year’s Eve fireworks. It’s a celebrity sighting that got my daughter’s vote. “I’ve just seen ‘Stretch’ from The Fantastic Four and he said hello!” she beamed, hardly able to contain her glee at seeing […]
Levi’s house burns down, his fiancé dumps him for the nunnery and he gets fired from his job – all in quick succession. When his long lost brother requests that he join him in India post-haste, he does so without hesitation – he doesn’t have a lot going for him back home and the adventure […]
Thomas and I are incredulous. And it’s not because we are soaked through our clothes, from the spray of Victoria Falls. No, we are gobsmacked because we have just seen our first fifty trillion dollar note. We are standing outside the Zambezi Blues River Cafe, a shady haven of a restaurant in the small town […]
“You use the train?” she asked me, looking down her nose through her readers. Amassing me with the ‘them’ who relied on the grey and yellow carriages in the Cape Peninsular. I love the train, the carrier of personal worlds and private realities. I remember my first trip, the first time I engaged, not as […]
Sue Segar, recently travelled to the remote and exotic Quirimbas Archipelago in northern Mozambique. What do Daniel Craig, David Rothschild and Tokyo Sexwale have in common? Well, one thing, I gathered on a recent trip, is that they have all discovered Mozambique. In particular, they have been captivated by the remote Quirimbas Archipelago, a vast […]
Sue Segar spent a week travelling with senior members of the South African National Defence Force on the annual goodwill visit to soldiers deployed in the Central African Republic, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. We exit the airport building and walk into smouldering heat and a throng of beggars carrying dangly-legged beggars on their backs. […]
Waking up to a Queensland early morning winter sky is breathtaking. This photo, taken at 6:41am in Brisbane captured the scene which disappeared within minutes.
Tall sand dunes, miles of sandy beaches, crystal clear creeks and lagoons, coastal heath, rocky headlands and abundant wildflowers make Moreton Island a jewel in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Photos © JournoNews.
