It’s a secret no more – the beaches of Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Islands have been named in the Top 10 of Australia’s Best 101 Beaches for 2017. The…
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This year’s red crab migration has come a bit earlier than in the previous few years after heavy rainfall set them on their merry way to the sea. We asked…
What’s it like living with 40 million land crabs? We thought we’d ask a couple of locals what it’s like to experience the red crab migration. Is it amazing? Or…
Day 6: Thongs beyond belief I’m being guided by a died-in-the-wool celebrity. Tim Low is, according to the blurb is his latest book, a ‘highly regarded biologist and a prize-winning…
Day 5: Boobies, noddies and extraordinary tails Nic Dunlop is my new best friend. Because of him, I got to throw a bird off a cliff and watch it catch…
It took barely ten minutes for them to appear. Our whole evening had been meticulously planned by Lisa, tour guide and all-round sorter-outer-of-problems. Dinner was at the Christmas Island High…
Day 3: The Old Man of the Sea So today is it! The main reason why I came all this way to this tiny spot on the map. It’s Abbotts…
Day 2: Trawling for Goshawks Fishing for birds in the jungle. A sentence I never thought I would write, a thing I never thought I would do. But hey, this…
Day 1: Arrival “Oh look,” I said as the pamphlet fluttered to the floor. “Christmas Island. That would be so much fun. I’ve often thought I should do that.” “Well,…
Recently a few travel agents visited Christmas Island to find out about what was, to them, a relatively unknown destination. The group included Mike Drew of Bicton Travel and Mathew…
