Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Wander.
Dingo Dreams
I watched with bated breath; my shoes heavy with sand. A light breeze occasionally interrupting the otherwise silent and still landscape, and I delighted that it was still warm enough to wear a singlet without shivering. I crouched down low in the sand, eyes scanning along the shore of the body of water that was framed lightly by foliage and spindly young eucalypts, all the while taking note of how quiet this morning was. I had not heard any yips or howls this morning, giving me a feeling that maybe this morning was not going to be what I had hoped it would be. I shifted, swapping which knee was going to be my tripod if the time came, still holding my camera tightly in anticipation of their arrival.
By Chontelle Burns5 years ago in Wander
The Royal Hotel in Birdsville, Australia
The Royal Hotel in Birdsville, Australia built in 1883. A true Aussie icon and an authentic outback experience awaiting those who brave the often unpredictable Birdsville track in far western Queensland. It ran as a Hotel for 40 yrs before being converted to the Inland Mission Hospital.Abandoned Royal Hotel in Birdsville Queensland Australia, this old sandstone and brick hotel has suffered from vandals and souvenir hunters.
By Tami Osburn5 years ago in Wander
Part XI : Memorable Moments that Could Only Happen in Plattsburgh
So one year after break, Tim and Steve got back to Plattsburgh first, and since there wasn’t anyone to commiserate with yet, some kind of playdate seemed in order. Pointing their antennas up, the duo decided to embark on a jaunt to Willsboro and allay the loneliness. That’s where Tony’s family owned the North Inn.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in Wander
Cloud Walker
Soft white steam exhales into the morning mist as cloud and drizzle fall about her feet. She, who walks a top cloud and dances upon the ridge of mountainous alpined moss, sees all the way along the great valleys that edge the Tasman Isles flowered beauties. All paths intersect and celebrate at her feet, with the Green-mans leafy trail laid before each step she takes. Cool and chilled she whispers to the shifting winds, all the secrets and hidden mysteries that shower their bounties upon an unknowing world.
By Karen Eastland 5 years ago in Wander
About Taj Mahal in Agra
The Taj Mahal 'Crown of the Palace', originally the Rauza-i-munawwara is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the southern bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658) to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall.
By Shreyanka Agarwal5 years ago in Wander
The Caucasus Beyond the Mythical White Person
High in the mountains running along the border between Azerbaijan and Georgia, in the garrison town of Zaqatala, former outpost of the famed Imam Shamil who in the mid-nineteenth century led the longest resistance to Russian rule, I meet an elderly woman crossing the street.
By Rebecca Ruth Gould5 years ago in Wander
Fly Fishing Highway 17 in Eastern Washington
I’ve written about a lot of the spots I fly fish in Eastern Washington from the north where Highway 17 meets Highway 2 at Banks Lake just outside of Coulee City and south as far as Crab Creek (lower) close to where it dumps into Moses Lake. I wanted to write a short re-cap article that includes all the spots along this 50 or so mile fly fishing paradise that I have fly fished at. A few of these I didn’t include in previous articles. I have caught Crappie, Blue Gil, Rainbow Trout, Lahanton Cutthroat, Brown Trout, and Large Mouth Bass from these lakes and spring creeks. A few of the trout like those at Lake Lenore and Rocky Ford Creek were in the five pound range.
By Steve B Howard5 years ago in Wander
Places to visit in Winchester
Winchester, the county town of Hampshire, was once of far greater importance, being the capital of Alfred the Great’s Kingdom of Wessex and therefore the most important city in England. William the Conqueror hoped that his claim to the throne would be accepted by having himself crowned in Winchester as well as London. It was the monks of Winchester who were commissioned to prepare the Domesday Book.
By John Welford5 years ago in Wander
Up the tracks and back the tracks and SF's
Jim’s Woods – Up the tracks and back the tracks and SF’s. Since we now lived in the country, I'd prefer to just wander about, or sit and listen to all the different bird songs and calls. The ‘chirr’ from dozens of crickets all at once and far-off cows lowing. The haunting sound of a train whistle, miles away in the distance. I'd often wander down the tracks, inhaling the evening smells of fresh mown hay, distant cow manure and the spicy odors of wild herbs and wild flowers growing alongside the tracks in the ditch. It was dreamy, it felt like a dream...
By Jim E. Beer - Story writer of fact and fiction. 5 years ago in Wander
