Sitting at a waterfront table at the Nambawan Café in Port Vila, Vanuatu, I gazed out to sea and coveted the sight before me. Blue skies, even deeper blue sea, and the tallest, most elegant sailing ship I’d ever laid eyes on. Worth a cool USD $100 million, it was the floating home of [...]

If you were to ask a nutritionist if it’s humanly possible to gain two kilograms in just three days I think he’d say no. However, I can vouch, through personal experience, that it is entirely doable. Such is the magic of the Great Barrier Reef’s Bedarra Island that for weeks after our return I shall [...]

This month I had the opportunity to experience Target’s First Sunday’s at The Brooklyn Museum. I attended the opening of Andy Warhol’s: The Last Decade and as someone who is a sucker for Mr. Warhol, it was quite an evening. My favorite pieces of his career, which can be seen at the museum, [...]

Photo Courtesy of Emporium Hotel
On a recent short stay in Brisbane I was thrilled to stay in the lovely Emporium Hotel. Everything you could ask for in a chic, boutique hotel including its location in the slightly grungy and deeply cool Fortitude Valley.

The Belle Epoque Café next door is a handy spot for breakfast. A [...]

Photos by Peter Hunt
One of my absolute favourite things to do in Paris is to visit The Museum of Natural History. The museum itself takes little time to view and is worth the visit simply for the main gallery of marching animals. Sensational.
Paris Museum of Natural History, 36 Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 75005 [...]

My favourite winter escape in New Zealand has always been the Queenstown Lakes District. Nothing to do with the snow! My snowboard gathered dust in the closet for years before ultimately being sold. It’s more about those crisp days, roaring fires, lake side walks and some pretty good Pinot noir! Here are my ten [...]

The Book Kitchen was just one of a long list of recommendations I was given recently when I traveled to Sydney for Australian Fashion Week, and it turned out to be a real gem.

It’s a cute little spot, just across the road from The Bourke Street Bakery. Bourke Street and Crown Street in Surry [...]

Across the road from The Book Kitchen sits The Bourke Street Bakery. Nestled in the ground floor of a corner site, the service area is only about 4sq metres, and glass cabinets bursting with freshly-baked treats seem to surround you.

Top picks are the Strawberry & Vanilla Creme Brulee tarts, the iced coffee, an array [...]

New Zealand has a lot of luxury accommodation and I’m lucky enough to have stayed at many of them but there’s a new standard on the landscape with A Touch of Spice. Its portfolio of luxury villas and exclusive holiday home accommodation is available throughout New Zealand with their most extensive selection being in [...]

What Holidays Mean To Me by Murray Bevan
Summer in New Zealand is a time for me to take my watch off, forget what day it is, sleep in, eat lots of fresh fruit, go fishing, swimming, read books and magazines on the beach, cook BBQ’s, visit the countryside on day trips, be with family and [...]