Azadi Tower is one of the “must see” places in Tehran. On our last night in Iran, I finally managed to convince my wife that we should visit. Azadi Tower, or Shahyād Āryāmehr in Persian is the Freedom Tower and the symbol of Tehran. It is about a 15 minute drive from Olympic Square where [...]

Editor’s Note: Part 4 of the Iran series continues with photo stories through Tehran. 1. Paytakht Shopping Centre Paytakht shopping centre At Paytakht (which means Capital) shopping centre, they mainly sell software, computers, hardware and camera equipment. Software is very cheap in Iran due to there being no copyright or if there is copyright, it’s [...]

The Damavand mountains can only be seen from the north of Tehran. One night, we went up there for dinner at a traditional tea house. Damavand mountains The tea house which is situated beside a river, is a place where they used to serve the flavoured tobacco used in hubbly bubbly or shisha. However, the [...]

Lonely planet sums up Tehran with one succinct quote: “Heavy traffic and make-up!” During some short trips in and around Tehran I would hold the camera outside the window of whatever vehicle we were in and take snaps of the scenery/buildings flying by. Just Good Friends There were little Honda 100cc motorcycles everywhere and conveying [...]

Editor’s Note: Australian photographer Bryan Freeman travelled to Iran for the first time with his Tehran-born wife. This five part series recounts in his own words the highlights of his travels, often told with humour, and as seen through his camera lens. The first morning I woke up in Tehran, I heard a sheep baa-ing [...]

Editor’s Note: From our contributor in Adelaide, a travel article about a leisurely retreat to the wine country of the Clare Valley in South Australia. “The Clare Valley is just like the Barossa…” he says to me as we stand in the lobby of what can only be described as an iron shed, “35 years [...]

Tucked away down a side street, a very small walk away from Henley Beach in Adelaide’s western suburbs sits a neat, unassuming little fish and chip shop. The Stunned Mullet, sharing its name with a popular Australian expression for describing a state of confusion or bewilderment, hides discreetly behind a red and white blind, while [...]