Open-air drama in Melbourne’s skies
ONE of my pet hates is staying in hotel rooms where you can’t open the windows. I understand, in extreme circumstances, that annoying hotel guests might muck up the aircon, […]
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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!
More bang for your baht in Bangkok
MBK, you big, beautiful monster, I miss you! Someone told me recently they couldn’t understand the hype about Bangkok’s best budget shopping mall, but then they don’t know about the […]
Kyneton: Cool Piper calls the tune
Prunella’s florist on Kyneton’s Piper St. Cafes and galleries open at a rate of knots, yet there’s still a tractor shop in Kyneton’s hip main drag. How groovy can one […]
Hot to shop: Noosa
It’s not just about the surf and sand in this Sunshine Coast town, in Queensland. Noosa is where the beautiful people gather to frolic on Main Beach, in between coffee, […]
Liquid diet only at Ponyfish Island
Ponyfish Island – this pic should help you find it! In my continued (and futile) quest to stay with the pack on new Melbourne café openings, I finally got to […]
Greetings from the world’s second-most livable city
We Melburnians were disgruntled on Facebook this morning: 11 degrees and raining…in February, our summer. If we’d read the newspapers before the weather report, we should have been happier, as Melbourne has […]
Tagging, bombing, paste-ups, can control… street art in Melbourne
Pic credit: Metro Gallery If you thought that all that graffiti along the train lines was just kids wasting time, being destructive, you are just soooooo last century. This is art, baby, […]
For a dip, drop and shop
The pool is the lure and the cure on a bright Dubai morning. When in doubt, go to Dubai. So what that it’s 14 hours’ flight from Australia. FACT: the […]
Hot to shop: Cairo
In the printed media business, we work with interesting timings: to wit the publication of the Sun Herald’s Hot to Shop: Cairo, just as the riots were taking hold, when […]
Hot pants, chilled bourbon and an absence of ladyboys
Worth the drama of getting here… Bizarre sights on my recent Melbourne to Noosa (Qld) flight: The couple opposite who have brought stubbie coolers on board with them to keep […]