Steve Madgwick
Travel writer
Steve Madgwick is a journalist and travel writer.
This notorious country now deserves to be on your travel radar
Previously “the murder capital of the world”, this Central American country is now rated no more dangerous than Bali or Thailand.
- by Steve Madgwick
Oh Lord: I visited a bizarre, fake Hobbit-theme park in a cloud forest
Who wouldn’t, given the chance, travel to a kooky cloud-forest amusement park trying its heart out to authentically rip off a movie-set-cum-theme park thousands of kilometres away?
- by Steve Madgwick
Rottnest Island quokkas: The big problem with selfies with 'the world's happiest animal'
Tennis stars have turned selfies with 'the world's happiest animal' into a must-have for visitors to WA's Rottnest Island. Is that really a good thing?
- by Steve Madgwick
Quy Nhon: Why you need to visit Vietnam's next big beach destination now
How can Quy Nhon still be a 'hidden gem' in such a compact and well-trodden place like Vietnam?
- by Steve Madgwick
Flying economy class turns us into selfish, angry and clueless people
If it were possible for a human being to magically mutate into a cow, it would happen high above us, around the 10-hour mark of a long-haul economy class flight.
- by Steve Madgwick
Airline review: Bamboo Airways, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Business Class, Sydney to Ho Chi Minh
Bamboo Airways is a sound choice for people looking for a business-class experience at very reasonable price.
- by Steve Madgwick
San Pedro prison, La Paz: I did a 'tour' of Bolivia's notorious cocaine prison
My stupid life flashes before my stupid eyes. Why did I think taking an unofficial tour of this notorious, still operating, prison was a good idea?
- by Steve Madgwick
Guide to Cycling Gippsland's rail trails: Back on track
I couldn't choose between Gippsland's rail trails, so I cycled all of them.
- by Steve Madgwick
Seven of the world's peak propaganda palaces aren't where you expect them to be
Whether they have all the subtlety of a sledge-hammer or provoke vague undercurrents of unease, many world museums can't resist the lure of propaganda.
- by Steve Madgwick
Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart: Inside Australia's infamous, abandoned ghost zoo
Once a source of pride, this abandoned zoo in now best known for its role in Australia's most infamous animal extinction.
- by Steve Madgwick