Come and join me on Mastodon, fun environment without an owner determined to ruin the platform... --- German alternative Mastodon gets boost from newly restricted Twitter | Reuters reuters.com/technology/ger…

New at my Patreon... I try Fremantle's best food and drink on a tour that takes in a historic deli, a beer bar next to an ex-synagogue, and a smooth laneway bar: "Food Trail of Freo patreon.com/posts/food-tra…

If you haven't given Mastodon a try because you're worried that there's no-one there, here's a casual post I uploaded there this morning which has had plenty of engagement – more engagement than I would get here, I imagine. Come and give it a try! I'm at aus.social/@timrichards

Good overview: | Leaving Twitter for Mastodon northwestbylines.co.uk/business/techn…

Now free for all to read... I strolled Dubrovnik, admiring architecture and art, and those infamous steps from Game of Thrones. But what was the deal with all the cats? Read "Dateline Dubrovnik: Wandering the Old Town patreon.com/posts/dateline…

New at my Patreon: I've been pondering on this poster ever since I saw it at the entry to a Madrid Metro station, and I got nothing. Thoughts, anyone? "Image of the week: No globos metálicos! patreon.com/posts/image-of…

Now free for all to read... How dodgy are the bars at Bar train station, Montenegro? Braving them, I grab a drink and ćevapi, then jump on a sleeper train to Belgrade: "To Belgrade on Tito's night train patreon.com/posts/to-belgr…

New at my Patreon... On my recent epic rail journey across Europe, I caught twenty long-distance trains. Here are photos from the first ten, with my highlights from each ride: "Twenty trains across Europe (Part 1) patreon.com/posts/twenty-t…

Now free for all to read... How best to explore relics of the lost nation of Yugoslavia, scattered across Belgrade? In a Yugo, of course, the iconic 'national car': "Yugo! Touring a vanished nation in an iconic car patreon.com/posts/yugo-tou…

Now free for all to read... What to do in the middle of a Melbourne winter? Get outdoors and experience some art. I visit Lightscape in the Royal Botanic Gardens: "Dateline Melbourne: Light in the garden patreon.com/posts/dateline…

Now free for all to read... I visited Belgrade's museum dedicated to one of Serbia's most famous sons, the scientist and engineer Nikola Tesla. Sparks fly! "Dateline Belgrade: The electrifying world of Nikola Tesla patreon.com/posts/dateline…

New at my Patreon... In Lisbon I paused for lunch and spotted an amazing building with beautiful Art Nouveau decoration. Now I've discovered what it was used for: "Image of the week: Lisbon's faded motoring palace patreon.com/posts/image-of…

Today in The Sunday Age, I write for Traveller about my train journey from Seattle to Chicago aboard Amtrak's Empire Builder train. Not online yet, so if you're in Melbourne dash out and pick up a copy.

Now free for all to read... What do I basically need from a hotel room? My six-week trip through Europe clarified that. Let me explain: "An opening window, a low pillow, a shower stall... and a normal loo patreon.com/posts/opening-…

New at my Patreon... On my recent epic rail journey across Europe, I caught twenty long-distance trains. Here are photos from the second ten, with my highlights: "Twenty trains across Europe (Part 2) patreon.com/posts/twenty-t…

Hooray, Traveller has put online my recent article about catching Amtrak's Empire Builder train from Seattle to Chicago. Enjoy... --- The surprising thing about this epic rail trek across the US smh.com.au/traveller/insp…

If you think there's no activity on Mastodon, check the reactions to the same post at Twitter (tumbleweeds) and Mastodon (second screenshot). You can find me there at aus.social/@timrichards

If you're anywhere near Townsville, Queensland, sign up for my library talk tomorrow about my round-Australia rail travel book, Heading South: --- Take an Epic Rail Journey with Travel Author Tim Richards | What's on Townsville whatson.townsville.qld.gov.au/events/take-an…

New at my Patreon... I ride the mighty sleeper train which covers the 1,681 kilometres between Brisbane and tropical Cairns in Queensland, Australia: "Transported by the Spirit of Queensland patreon.com/posts/transpor…