Margaret R Kelly

Tag: hiking

  • Escape to Nature: Six Highlight Parts of The Scenic Rim

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    Margaret Kelly
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    Living in Ipswich, on the threshold between Brisbane and the Magnificent Scenic Rim, we are spoiled for choice when it comes to natural rainforests, gardens, walking trails, ancient volcanic mountains with views and waterfalls, and small boutique-shop towns to explore. Hubs and I are not coffee, wine, cheese and produce connoisseurs, but there are foody…

  • Over the Sea to Skye

    Over the Sea to Skye

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    Margaret Kelly
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    It’s November and late autumn in Scotland. My brother and I are on a ‘Family Heritage Tour’ —a kind of pilgrimage— to the stomping ground of some of our ancestors—the Macleods of Dunvegan and Talisker on the Hebridean island of Skye, a popular holiday and tourist destination in summer. The tempestuous Atlantic crashes against Skye’s…