The best little baby muffins
What’s cooking in the kitchen tonight: banana, sultana and coconut muffins. Best ever, thanks Bern! From “How it all vegan” anything-goes, fruit-filled muffins 2 cups flour (I split wholemeal and […]
NOTEBOOK
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!
Tea-leaf theif: Tease of the teas
Banyan Tree Seoul Ok, so I put my hand up to souveniring interesting teas from any hotel I find myself holed up in. Let me tell you: there is nothing […]
Travel deals: Destination Canberra special! 10 June 2012
Hyatt Hotel Canberra $150 Happy Hour deals Click onto ‘Happy Hour’, between 12-1pm every Thursday in June, to book a great accommodation deal and get a $150 voucher to spend […]
Crazed monkeys and limbless Frenchmen: This is The News
Spread out before me is the latest copy of the Bali Advertiser, a local rag published mostly in English, which I picked up at the front of Biku cafe last […]
Travel deals: 10 June 2012
Land of the Thunder Dragon, Bhutan AUSTRALIA $ VICTORIA With the AFL season in full swing, Melbourne streets are a sea of two-tone colour combinations. Wear your heart on your […]
TRAVEL DEALS 3 June 2012
AUSTRALIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA Tee off on the championship 18-hole golf course, then dine on local crayfish: that’s sooo Victor Harbour. Top it off with a stay at the McCracken Country […]
TRAVEL DEALS: 27 May
AUSTRALIA $ TAS It’s all about the oysters in this part of the world: take a seat on your suite’s balcony and you’ll be looking across the D’Entrecasteaux Channel to […]
What I love about Bali: a short list
Rice paddies, Tabanan regency. Out on the street, you rip your favourite shirt: disaster? No! there’s a tailor within 100 yards, who’ll whip it off you, let you wait in […]
TRAVEL DEALS: 20 May 2012
Sea World, Qld SA Riesling lovers, go back to the heartland with a private day tour of the beautiful Clare Valley, north of Adelaide. After a civilised 9am pick-up, visit […]
Trunk calls; night of the long noses in Bali
Room with a view. It’s been a while since I’ve been woken up by an elephant. The last time was in the wilds of Kenya, when a massive bull elephant […]