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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!
The five places that made me: Ray Martin
I love the fact that top Australian current affairs journalist Ray Martin was scared, lost and happy in Istanbul – after all, isn’t that true culture shock? He name the […]
Expat: Tips from Long Island City/Manhattan
Australian expat Denise Green is originally from Brisbane, and has been living in NYC and working from her Long Island City studio for four decades. The artist suggests strolling around […]
Expat: Long Island City/Manhattan
We’ve got a great series of interviews at Traveller now: I get to chat with expat Australians all around the world, who share their tips and tricks from their adopted […]
Lindenderry Red Hill review, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Picnicking by the lake amidst bushland. Photo: Belinda Jackson An hour from Melbourne down the M1, Red Hill is prime real estate on the Mornington Peninsula, and Lindenderry, owned by […]
Expats: tips from Chiang Mai, Thailand
I’ve been on the hunt for Aussie expats around the world to share tips from their adopted home towns for a column in Sydney’s Sun-Herald and Melbourne’s Sunday Age. Melburnian […]
Mystic river: cruise along the hidden waterways of the Murray
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]”Why isn’t the Murray promoted as an icon, like Uluru or the Great Barrier Reef?” If you’re not Australian, you probably don’t know the mighty Murray River (the ‘mighty’ is […]
Mystic river: cruise along the hidden waterways of the Murray
Captain Willow keeps an eye on our glam tinnie while we pull in for a cuppa on one of the backwater creeks of the Murray River, near Renmark, South Australia. […]
Walking in Palestine: make hummus, not war
The turn of each year always calls for contemplation, and looking back at last year’s travel, Palestine definitely wins as the most dramatic of the destinations I visited in 2017, […]
New groove in ancient Athens
A magnet around which the city revolves, this is the view of the Acropolis from the top floor of my hotel, New Hotel in Athens. It’s ironic that the more […]