Tie me kangaroo down sport! What’s that in the window of the world’s newest Louis Vuitton on Sydney’s George Street?
Streuth! It’s a great big kangaroo. And in the other huge picture window there’s a big old Aussie crocodile.
Time was when many Australians were embarrassed about their unique flora and fauna. (For the life of me, [...]

Image Courtesey of Stokehouse
A Melbourne classic, and for good reason, is Stokehouse. Sitting just above the sand on Melbourne’s St Kilda beach, Stokehouse is the perfect spot for long lunch. Try for a table by the window so you can fully enjoy the sea scape. They call its vibe relaxed beach shack glamour but [...]

Image Courtesy of Hopgood’s
If you ever find yourself in Nelson, perhaps on a wine tour in the region, make sure you have dinner at Hopgood’s in Trafalgar Street. A chic little gem in a rather sweet little street. The menu is elegant and well thought through without being too tricky – the [...]

Photo Courtesy of Dive Hotel

There’s a lot to love about Dive. It’s an intimate, boutique hotel, well put together and with a perfect location just across the road from one of the best city beaches you’ll find anywhere in the world. If you’ve chosen to be this close to the water it’s a shame [...]

Photo Courtesy of emptywrapper.com
Bills in Sydney’s Darlinghurst is a Sydney favourite. In a city with more great cafes than any other I’ve been to, some of the best food and certainly the best coffee, it’s not so easy to stand out but Bills does. Opened in 1993, and now with several other branches dotted [...]

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Cookie’s been a favourite with the grooviest Melbournians for years. Any night of the week it’s a sensational spot – cool and effortless interior, great vibe, sensational food. Tucked away up some stairs in a slightly rundown old building in the centre of town, have dinner and then a movie at [...]

Photo of Donna Hay’s General Store by Anthony Whittle
Good news from Sydney for those wanting to feel cherished from tip to toe and then add a cup cake! How’s this for the perfect combo; complete beauty treatment, then a hop and a skip round the corner to Donna Hay’s lovely store?
POLISHED
Polished is the place all [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]