Photodump: On the New Zealand road
It’s easy to say that New Zealand is one of the most visually stunning countries we ‘ve both ever seen, just driving through the landscape is an ever changing delight. We’d also put the flight over the mountains in to Queenstown as one of the best places we’ve ever had the pleasure of landing. This [...]
A Byron Bay backyard
Byron Bay sits proudly on the most Easterly point of Australia, complete with lush, sub-tropical vegetation and rainfall heavy enough to make farmers in much of the rest of the country envious. It’s no surprise then to find an abundance of cool flora; much of which resides in my girlfriends beautiful, rambling back yard. Here’s a [...]
A walk in the rainforest
I couldn’t think of a better way to close the year than a lengthy hike in the rainforest. With lush green canopies, scrubby cliff walks and the cleansing sound of water as a guide, it’s incredibly easy to escape the chatter of everyday life and focus on the positive. Walking amongst the trees, cicadas singing, [...]
Appreciating Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art
One of the defining things about our emerging Australian culture is the influence surrounding countries and new migrants have on our food, our language and most definitely our art. Every three years Brisbane gets treated to the best of contemporary art from our own backyard – the diverse and expansive region of the Asia Pacific. [...]
Photo dump: Up close and natural
I was lucky enough to get an early Christmas present from Andres last week – a macro lens for my camera – which means I can delve in to tiny worlds in a fresh way. Until we travel again in the new year, this lens is helping me see things differently, giving me the sense that [...]
Photodump: Aussie creatures great and small
We’re very lucky to live close to one of Australia’s best animal sanctuaries - Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is a bushland oasis set on the Brisbane River where you get the chance to hug the local koalas, hand feed a mob of friendly kangaroos and get to know a plethora of other native species. Here’s a [...]
Photo dump: Poking around the streets of St Kilda
On our recent trip to Melbourne we chose to stay a short ride from the city, close to the ocean at Port Phillip Bay. St Kilda gave as a great insight in to the urban cool of the city suburbs – bulging with food choices, coffee shops, second hand furniture and creative clothes; as well [...]
Photo dump: Wandering the ancient Inca streets of Cuzco
Chances are if you’re planning on a trip to Peru you’ll need to stop in Cuzco. It’s an amazing ancient city, heaving with tourists, Inca history, Peruvians dressed up in traditional clothes smiling for money, decorated llamas and ready hands willing to relieve you of your wallet. Cuzco is also the beginning or end of [...]
People watching on Broadbeach
One of the best ways to understand Aussie locals is to get amongst the crowd at a music festival. There are a lot of free events, like the recent Blues on Broadbeach – a four day celebration of blues music and beach living on the Gold Coast. I hung out with some girlfriends under the [...]
Thai idle time
For those of you who’ve never been to an island in Thailand, it’s pretty easy to sum up the adventure. It’s very much like an Australian beach holiday where you spend the day deciding on whether to sit in the sun or lay under a tree, which book you’re going to read first and creating [...]
