Where I (and you) should be right now
SOS Supperclub, on top of the Anantara Seminyak, Bali. You know you want to be there right now. It looks like it’s set up for a wedding in this shot, […]
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!
TRAVEL DEALS: 17 June 2012
Cambodia: World Expeditions $ TRANS-AUSTRALIA Campervans are officially hot – you can strap your board on, pack the kids or set up a moving lounge room and head across Australia. […]
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 […]
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 […]