Michelle Fleur Studio Blog

This past weekend we visited both Springbrook and Lamington National Parks in the Gold Coast Hinterland. We immersed ourselves in the mountain air and surrounded ourselves in forests of green. Water, stone, wood, mud, moss, leaves – all of these wonders merging to form a wild temple, a place for us to lose our city selves in what is real, to shake free of these urban illusions. We hadn’t been to Springbrook in a few years and we were keen to revisit some of our favourite spot

Wow, it’s been a wild and wonderful past 12 days. We’ve been on the road, heading from Perth towards the eastern states, and now we’re in the first capital city of our trip, Adelaide. Getting here has led us through some of the most isolated regions of Australia, including the long journey across the Nullarbor. The Nullarbor is iconic and after hearing so much about it, it was a real treat to get to do it. I must admit that it wasn’t half as lonely or ‘boring’ as I‘d imagine

On leaving El Questro and heading for Kununurra we decided to take a little detour to see Wyndham, Western Australia's northern-most town. I'm so glad we did because Wyndham was like nowhere else I have ever been and it felt as though we were in some strange post apocalyptic outback Australian town on the edge of the earth. It felt a bit Mad Max to me, but I couldn't really tell you why. Arriving in Wyndham you are greeted by a very large crocodile statue that begs to be phot

You know how there are the 'Great Drives', like Highway 1 on the West Coast of the USA, Stelvio Pass in Italy or the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, yeah? Well, I've never seen the Gibb River Road on any such list, but I'm convinced it should be on all of them. Why? Firstly, because it is filled with natural wonders - epic gorges and pristine waterholes, and grand vistas that reach out forever and ever and ever. Secondly, because if you do it and make it to the other side in on