Helen Van Berkel
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Wet or dry, Australia's Top End offers magnificence (opens the original)
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Waterfalls, crocodiles and wilderness around Darwin. Photo / Getty Images After a record wet season, Kakadu National Park, in Australia’s Northern Territory, roars back to life - along with the crocs, writes Helen Van Berkel. To the local Aborigine communities, Kakadu is known as the “stone country”. From the air, it’s easy to see why. It’s a region of stone pillars, of cliffs and canyons, of waterfalls. A red ribbon of road leads into the 20,000 square kilometres that is Kakadu, Australia’s lar
A mother follows her daughter’s Dutch journey (opens the original)
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The canals are edged with the iconic tall, narrow Dutch merchant homes. Photo / Unsplash Auckland mother Helen Van Berkel visits her daughter in Amsterdam, retracing a journey she made decades earlier 1996: The great Kiwi OE. I adjust my backpack, I wave to my loved ones and I step into the unknown. My face splits into a smile with the excitement of what lies ahead. 2025: The great Kiwi OE. My girl adjusts her backpack, I wave to her back and she steps into the unknown. My heart breaks as the te
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