Skip to content

Greta van der Rol

  • Home
  • Start Here
  • BooksExpand
    • Ptorix Empire stories
    • Morgan Selwood stories
    • Dryden Universe
    • Paranormal Stories
    • Historical FictionExpand
      • The history
      • Why did I write the book?
  • About
  • Travel
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
Greta van der Rol
  • Map2 1
    Life and things

    The hazards of navigation

    ByGreta 12 August 201727 October 2025

    Last weekend we decided to go for a drive, to get out of town for a little while. We found a place on the map we figured might be interesting – Coalstoun Lakes, not too far from Gayndah and Biggenden, about 140km away. We’d never been there, and maybe there’d be, you know, a lake….

    Read More The hazards of navigationContinue

  • Antique world map with decorative borders, mythical sea creatures, and celestial diagrams; evokes adventure reminiscent of classic sci-fi books, with two hemispheres displaying continents and oceans amid intricate illustrations and elaborate cartouches.
    History

    Blame it on the longitude

    ByGreta 24 April 201227 October 2025

    It’s an interesting fact that of the four Dutch sailing ships known to have been wrecked off the coast of Western Australia, two of them – the Batavia and the Zeewijk – struck the reefs of the Abrolhos Islands and there has long been speculation that a third ship, the Aagtekerk, lies in the deep…

    Read More Blame it on the longitudeContinue

Privacy policy
Join my reader list and get a Free Book

© 2026 Greta van der Rol - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP

  • Home
  • Start Here
  • Books
    • Ptorix Empire stories
    • Morgan Selwood stories
    • Dryden Universe
    • Paranormal Stories
    • Historical Fiction
      • The history
      • Why did I write the book?
  • About
  • Travel
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy