As you plan your trip to see Tasmania on horseback, you’ll find yourself facing the decision to fly or sail to the island. While flying is a faster way to travel, there are plenty of reasons to extend your outdoor adventure by opting to sail aboard Spirit of Tasmania instead. Bring All of Your Luggage […]

Many globetrotters, including us Aussies, aren’t familiar with the art of tipping and generally get quite lost at working out the right amount to tip without offending. Each of our horse riding holidays and safaris is different from the next in terms of whether tipping is expected, and how much. With that said, I’ve put […]

As soon as I clapped eyes on this sparky-eyed pony with her prosthetic leg, I needed to know her story. Meet Molly, she’s a grey speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Hurricane Katrina hit southern Louisiana. She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals […]

This quote in essence sums up a lot of my globetrotters. They work while looking forward to the next horse riding adventure and holiday. This image was captured by Buster on the 19-day Khovsgol ride in Mongolia. I love the contrast of the double-humped camels, which you would normally associate with warmer weather, backdropped by […]

Happy Monday globetrotters! I love this quote. This image was captured on our honeymoon (six years ago now) on the Namib Desert Safari in Namibia. To ride across one of the oldest desert’s in the world is a phenomenal experience. Keep in mind, it’s not for the faint-hearted it is the toughest, endurance ride on […]

A beautiful quote spoken by a man I have HUGE respect for. This image was captured on our remote ride in British Columbia, Canada with enormous skies and majestic mountain ranges.

For globetrotters who have a sense of humour and a desire to explore unchartered territory from a stout Mongol pony, a riding adventure in Mongolia ticks all the boxes, five boxes in fact. And here they are: Culture  As soon as you enter Mongolia whether its via plane or on the Trans-Siberian railway through the Gobi Desert […]

Buster took this image of me on our 19-day horse riding trek in the northern region of Mongolia. Hand on heart, I’ve had the dreamers disease ever since I can remember and I hope to pass it onto everyone I’m in contact with, including my gorgeous girls.

speak like a local with these handy apps You’ll always get a thumbs up from a country’s native if you have a go at speaking in their language. Whether you pronounce the words appallingly bad or string a sentence together that has absolutely no meaning, you get a tick of approval and ten points for trying […]

Travel insurance is compulsory on all Globetrotting rides, regardless of whether you’re travelling within your home country or abroad. It’s absolutely imperative to be covered by travel insurance so that you have a safety net in case unexpected circumstances arise. Travel insurance can cover you for financial losses caused by a wide range of events […]

I would like to introduce you to Raglan – as voted by National Geographic as one of the world’s best surf towns. We’ve rented a rustic, sagging at the bones beach cottage perched on the North Island of New Zealand overlooking Whale Bay, a 15-minute drive from Raglan. There is a huge surf culture oozing […]

When I’m up in the wee hours of the morning feeding my baby girl I’ve been purging on youtube videos of high goal polo play. While Buster and Finn dream, Winnie and I escape into the world of high goal polo antics. Polo isn’t a mainstream sport and therefore doesn’t receive much air time on the television networks so […]

I’ve written before about Buster and my rural upbringing where Buster was brought up on a farming property near Nindigully and I on a cotton property near Dalby. My childhood memories are as sweet-as-honey: swimming in the tea-stained dam (peddling your legs like a duck to prevent the leaches from latching); fire and brimstone storms reaching across the sky; feeding our poddy […]

The first time I discovered Angus Barrett Saddlery was at the Warwick camp draft where we both had trade stands. His leatherwork is a breath of fresh air in a market that is saturated with poor quality, imported tack. Angus takes great pride in his work to the point of being fastidious. His leather is sourced at […]

So after six months of pregnancy (click here, to read my thoughts on riding when pregnant) and seven weeks since welcoming Winnie into the world, I managed to squeeze in a couple of rides last week. Strangely, I was a little anxious about riding, post-partem, even though I’ve been there before with our Finn. I don’t know where  the […]

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Wow, its nearly been eight weeks since I’ve touched down in this blog-sphere. It’s fair to say I’ve got a valid excuse for the lack of posts. We welcomed our gorgeous daughter, Winifred, known to us as Winnie, into the world on September 26. Winnie has us all tangled up in love and makes us gasp […]

A portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2014. photo caption: We’re trialling a shetland pony for Finn at the moment. This photo is of Finn on Minty (previously called Gally) who was determined to go over the ‘pink’ jumps – fortunately Minty was a willing participant. Finn was very nonchalant about the entire […]