Crossing Australia with a camel named De...

Mick won 3 world surfing titles, and famously punched a great white shark in South Africa. But his life out of the water has been threaded through with devastating loss, after the death of his three older brothers. (CW: loss and grief)Mick Fanning grew up on the Gold Coast in a r ... Show More

Award-winning Australian author, poet and essayist David Malouf died last week at the age of 92, he spoke with Richard in 2014.The first son of a Lebanese family, David spent his early years in South Brisbane, his vivid memories of life as it was then are captured in his classics ... Show More

Journalist Rick Morton on how his mum raised three children in poverty and the class disparities in Australia.Rick's family come from the vast country of Outback Queensland, near the Birdsville Track.His grandfather, George Morton, was a wealthy landholder and he ruled over his f ... Show More

My guest is Sophie Matterson. In 2019 Sophie's desire for a different kind of life led her to set an audacious goal – to walk across the width of Australia, covering an astounding 5000 kilometres, from Shark Bay in Western Australia to Byron Bay in New South Wales. Sophie was joi ... Show More

Sophie Matterson hiked 4750 kms with five camels across Australia. She shares tales of her epic adventure and what she learnt about herself along the way. WANT MORE FROM SOPHIE? To hear today's full interview, where Sophie chats about her struggles with loneliness during the trek ... Show More

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At 30, Aliénor Le Gouvello set off to ride solo across Australia’s toughest trails. She gave herself one year to train wild horses and complete the journey. Riding ten hours a day, every day, Aliénor was determined not to quit — not for crocodil ... Show More

Traveling vast distances to access services is second nature for Raine Holcombe – it’s part and parcel with living in the Northern Territory.  Raised on a crocodile farm in the Victoria River district, Raine developed a love for life on the land which eventually saw her running a ... Show More

Hear about travel to South Africa on safari as the Amateur Traveler talks to Susan Portnoy from theinsatiabletraveler.com about her recent experience in the Timbavati Game Reserve. This is the 5th time that Susan has traveled to Africa on safari to "shoot" animals... as a photogr ... Show More

What challenges lie ahead of a staggering 12,700-kilometer paddle around the entire continent of Australia? Crocodiles and sharks were just the beginning, says Ironwoman Bonnie Hancock. Reflecting on her remarkable feat of becoming the fastest person to paddle around Australia, s ... Show More

Clare Balding meets Phoebe Smith, an expert in planning long walks and bagging bothies. 

What challenges lie ahead of a staggering 12,700-kilometer paddle around the entire continent of Australia? Crocodiles and sharks were just the beginning, says Ironwoman Bonnie Hancock. Reflecting on her remarkable feat of becoming the fastest person to paddle around Australia, s ... Show More