Inspiring Travel Writing from Liz Johnston
Liz Johnston has been reporting on Australia and its bush towns and Outback and Pacific islands for several decades for leading newspapers and magazines. She combines the discerning eye of a news journalist and the enthusiasm of a dedicated traveller to her travel writing.
Articles by Liz Johnston
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A Very Aussie Christmas
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Liz Johnston
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Australia
At this time of the year, as much of Australia as can squeeze on barges, ferries and light aircraft will head for an island close to home with electricity to run the dishwasher, the hair dryer, the television and the laptop computer. Anyone who...
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Crikey, It's the Outback
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Liz Johnston
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Australia
All travel is educational and Australian Outback travel is positively revelational. Much of the knowledge you acquire might be of little use elsewhere but, crikey, you can pull out some real conversation-stoppers once you get home to the city. Next...
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Celebrating the Solomons
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Liz Johnston
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Solomon Islands
I was in the Solomon Islands for a friend’s 50th birthday celebration. What I didn’t realize before I arrived is just how much Solomon islanders like to dance and sing and party, not to mention run around wielding dangerous implements....
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Robin Crusoe Living
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Liz Johnston
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Fiji
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The North (Vanua Levu and Taveuni)
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Nukubati Island
I once knew a man called George, who lived on an island in a hand-made house. He bathed in a sparkling stream running from a freshwater swamp behind the beach and lived by fishing. Then a lot of tourists came to his island and the council burned his...
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Papua New Guinea
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Liz Johnston
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Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby has an astonishing collection of tribal and World War II artifacts scattered in private and public museums. In Milne Bay province Australian troops inflicted the first land defeat of the Japanese by the Allies in 1942 and rusting hulks...
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The Savannah Way
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Liz Johnston
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Australia
Travel the Savannah Way from Cairns on the east coast of northern Australia to Broome on the west. Stop at rock-fringed waterholes, visit wondrously beautiful gorges in the midst of desert country and call into indigenous communities to buy art and...
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Hear the Singing in Tonga
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Liz Johnston
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Tonga
The Kingdom of Tonga has the usual swaying palm trees, coral fringed shores and cocktails at sunset, plus a revered royal family. The Wesleyan Missionary Society arrived in 1822. Seventh Day Adventists are the most active proselytizers today, and...
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Luxury Villas in Australia
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Liz Johnston
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Australia
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Queensland
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Port Douglas
Get out of bed, stretch your arms out to the sun shining through the open doors onto the tropical garden. Slip on a sarong, if you must. Take it off again and slip into the pool. Don’t worry about being naked. It’s your pool. No resort rules to...
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Take the high road in Taiwan
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Liz Johnston
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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Taipei City
Taiwan’s Central East West Cross Island Highway through Taroko Gorge - looking down on the indescribably blue water of the Liwu River that crashes and falls, meanders and pools through marble cliffs - is one of the world’s most spectacular roads....