Perfect pitch at Port Fairy’s Drift House
A long weekend on Victoria’s Great Ocean Drive – it’s the stuff of nightmares. One of Australia’s most popular sightseeing drives, the drawcards are the 12 Apostles (but we all […]
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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!
How to pack – a guide
I love a good ‘how to pack’ story, I really do. I love those one-pagers in glossy magazines that have a shirt, hat, watch, book and other pieces of travel […]
How to buy Western Desert art: an exercise in ethics
Recently, I interviewed artist and teacher Nyunmiti Burton. She is based in Tjala Arts in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, in far northern South Australia. What was striking was […]
Cairo in a nutshell
I’ve been poking around the back alleys and the big-ticket drawcards of Cairo for a decade now (How did that happen? One minute I was setting up this blog on […]
Chasing auroras in Tasmania
A couple of years ago, I found myself standing on the top deck of a Norwegian coastal liner, the Hurtigruten. The night was pitch black, it was way below zero […]
Game on: kids in business class
Business class is out of reach of most travellers, and I had to hit my third decade before experiencing the delicious sensation of turning left on the plane.Some, however, are […]
A guide to Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula
Some people have an ancestral base – it might be a castle, a city or a family home that has been in the family for generations. Coming from a family […]
The grand dame of Aswan: hotel review, Egypt
In Egypt’s deep south (aka ‘Upper Egypt, because it’s closer to the source of the south-north running Nile River), is the golden city of Aswan. A world away from the […]
Travels in the land of honey and blood
The Balkans are literally the land of honey and blood, named by Turks who netted the peninsula – from Slovenia to Albania – into the Ottoman Empire, where it remained […]
Eating in Lake Como, Italy
Photo: Belle Jackson – instagram @global_salsa “So,” says Gianni, taking my arm. “Do you like to eat?” There’s only one response, when the food and beverage director of an Italian […]