How to make seafood paella
With family visitors staying with us in Byron Bay for a week, we thought it only right to break out the decadence. So Andres kicked off the cooking with a dish that fuses spicy Latin style with good Australian seafood – Paella. This is how you make it – in pictures. Enjoy! Social media whore [...]
Farmers Markets – Byron Bay style
It’s no secret that the Byron Bay region is home to a lot of health conscious, peace loving, preferably organic eating folk. So every Thursday in town the good farmers and their faithful patrons gather to share the best of the in season gifts from the land. It’s a pleasure to shop there. You’ll find [...]
Mooching our way around the markets of Melbourne
One of the nicest things about a city visit to Melbourne has to be the abundance of shopping choices. But for me, as a woman who is not in to aimless wandering for clothes, preferring a good poke around an outdoor food or art market, Melbourne certainly delivers. There’s something about open air stalls, dealing [...]
A taste of Straddie
North Stradbroke Island or Straddie as it’s affectionately known, is a spectacular place. Close to Brisbane, the island has the magical ability of making you feel far away as soon as the boat chugs away from the shore. Winter or Summer the island is stunning. With wild coastline, beaches that can only be accessed by [...]
Sunset worshipping from Mindel Beach Markets
Speak to any local from Darwin and they’ll tell you a visit to the Top End isn’t very thorough without a stop at Mindel Beach Sunset Market. Sure, there are plenty of places in the world with great sunset views; but Mindel is definitely special. So special in fact that watching everyone watching can be [...]
Homage to one of Australia’s fondest drinks – Beer
The other night Andres and I had the pleasure of eating with good friends – one being a chef of fancy proportions home on a flying visit, and eager to get stuck in to the kitchen. And like most men reunited with familiar home comforts, Chef Andy thought a beer matched feast was in order. [...]
Australia’s obsession with tea
The other day I was involved in a celebration and exhibition at the State Library of Queensland based on the sheer passion Australian’s have about drinking tea. It made me sentimental for the ‘brew’ I grew up sipping with my English born grandmothers. I realised, like a lot of Aussies, that we are closely linked [...]
East coast cruising to Byron Bay
In Australia it’s pretty normal to spend several hours getting to where you want to go. With abundant nature stops and kangaroos appearing at dusk, it’s always a beautiful drive along the coast some 900 kilometres between Sydney and Brisbane. On the way we couldn’t resist stopping at one of Australia’s most well known spots [...]
Phuket – some people’s idea of paradise
After two weeks on the very chilled and underpopulated island of Koh Phayam we thought we’d mix it up and head to Phuket. It has the reputation of being a party place with great food and resort style accommodation. As it turned out, the heaving beaches and tacky bars were the antithesis of our idea [...]
Dear travelling stomach…
We need to talk. It’s been all fun and games for the past couple of years, travelling with abandon, eating whatever we like under the guise of cultural understanding. But things have gotten a little, shall I say, crazy. Sometimes I feel like you’re just not listening to me anymore – in an annoyingly belligerent [...]
