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 […]
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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!
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 […]
Get out of town: Discover a Mornington Peninsula drive
It’s an hour from Melbourne, and when you’re among the leafy vines of one if its fine wineries, with an overflowing picnic basket, the Mornington Peninsula is a whole different […]
Get out of town: Discover a Mornington Peninsula drive
Polperro Winery, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, AustraliaPhoto: Belinda Jackson It’s an hour from Melbourne, and when you’re among the leafy vines of one if its fine wineries, with an overflowing picnic […]
From Rajasthani fortress to boutique hotel
Photo: Belle Jackson Catching up on my poor, neglected blog. The reason for my neglect is good: I’ve been tromping around the wilds of Rajasthan, specifically Bishangarh, a little village […]
Tonga: pitch perfect
Tongan Beach Resort PHOTO: Belle Jackson “We Tongans party today, and there’s nothing on the table tomorrow,” a Tongan woman tells me as we queue at Tongatapu’s airport. It’s 2am, […]
Tonga: pitch perfect
“We Tongans party today, and there’s nothing on the table tomorrow,” a Tongan woman tells me as we queue at Tongatapu’s airport. It’s 2am, I haven’t even set foot in […]