Flying (or not) with Jet (No)star
About this time, people, I should be telling you what the weather is like in Noosa, in sunny Queensland. Apparently, it’s sunny and 29. But all I can give you […]
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!
So that’s why the internet has been turned off in Cairo?
…so that’s why the internet has been turned off in Cairo? ‘Remarkable scenes’ at Cairo protests Anti-government protests have broken out in Egypt after an internet campaign inspired by the […]
Fashion not the passion at the Aus Open
Gilles Simon’s flapping lime-green shorts. January has to be the best month to visit Melbourne. Quite often, the sun is shining, birds are singing. There’s cricket at the MCG, photography […]
Great Melbourne CBD cafes
Following on from the last post about great Melbourne cafes, I couldn’t find an up-to-date definitive list of fab, new CBD cafes, so I made one, with a little help […]
Coffee, rain and hair straighteners; Bourke St’s got it all
I was catching up with a recently ex-Sydney coffee fiend in the CBD today, so thought I’d better take him somewhere that flashes Melbourne’s serious coffee expertise. A truly great […]
Revenge of the weather lords
It hit 30 degrees on the weekend here in Melbourne. Right. Well, that’s summer out of the way then. And with the end of summer comes the end of holidays. […]
Hot to Shop: Singapore
The joke goes that Singapore is the only shopping mall that’s been admitted into the UN. Tiny Singapore’s shopping is defined by Orchard Road: 2.2km of malls that are […]
Shark el-Sheikh: a fishy tale
This is so weird, even by Egyptian standards, that I have to share… The beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, is famed for its diving and snorkelling, […]
Jacarandas and moody blues
“BALFOUR Street, New Farm?” asks the airport bus driver. “Are you sure? There used to be a real rough, scuzzy backpackers’ down there.” “No, really. There’s a new hotel and […]