State of escape: busting out for the goodness of Gippsland, Australia
Victoria, can you feel the chains falling from your shoulders? We are free! Well, we are almost free. As of Monday June 1, we can now do sleepovers, which means […]
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Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Airline review: FlyDubai to the Silk Road city of Almaty, Kazakhstan
It might seem weird posting a flight review in the midst of a global lockdown, but irrepressible travellers are already looking and booking deals around the world for travel late […]
How to go camping (and love it): tips & tricks
Easter in Australia is traditionally spent camping – I know Victoria looks forward to what’s usually our last gasp of good weather. I had every intention of going camping this […]
One morning, two icons: touring the Top End, Australia
It’s a strange think to talk of lack of time when time is all we’ve got at the moment as we while away our time in self isolate. Yet time […]
Bringing Finnish Lapland to Helsinki, Finland
During winter, snow-laden winds sweep across lakes and tundras of Finnish Lapland, freezing all in their wake. Reindeer forage for lichen in the chilled earth, and the brief minutes the […]
Industrial Revolution on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
In this age of uncertainty, we’re staying local, so here’s another story from my heartland, the Mornington Peninsula. As I noted in the story, we go to the peninsula for […]
Growing up with the Mornington Peninsula
There’s a photo that’s always in my kitchen, faded by sun and decades. It’s of my dad – long gone now – sitting on the chairlift that climbs to Arthur’s […]
Notes from a zombie zone: Turkmenistan’s Ashgabat airport
To get through the departure gates at Ashgabat airport, in the Central Asian country of Turkmenistan, I had to have my passport scanned. And my fingerprints. And my thumbprints. And […]
How to sauna like a Finn
Over Christmas and New Year, I spent my days leaping in and out of saunas like a lemon into a G&T in Scandinavia. My first dip was in the Allas […]
Vintage train returns to the rails, from Melbourne to Sydney
Slow travel, nostalgia travel, train travel – Australia’s oldest working train ticks all the boxes when it comes to travel trends. The old train will bring a slow-travel mentality to […]