The history of Sarah Island is brutal. Its residents had another description. Hell on Earth.

Photographer Aaron Jones is on an epic mission.

The open plains, wetlands and wildlife of Rinyirru National Park is scenic respite in Far North Queensland.

Charles Blackman is one of Australia’s most prominent artists. His works are imaginative and whimsical – a trait that has been embraced in his namesake hotel, The Blackman, in Melbourne.

Autumn in Tasmania is all kinds of beautiful, and the setting for a spectacle you won’t find anywhere else.

I wasn’t lost. Not in the way I could be in mountains and trails like these. But I had no idea where I was or where I was going.

It’s about 2.30pm on a Monday afternoon and Hosier Lane, a graffitied alley off Melbourne’s Flinders Street, is alive.

At the end of my second day on the Overland Track I wrote in my notebook: “It’s the littlest moments that make this so amazing.”

The lavender fields at Bridestowe Estate are a stunning sight. But they aren’t the biggest attraction here.

For almost 20 years I’ve dreamed of walking the Overland Track through the Tasmanian Wilderness. It’s finally happening.