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This Perth Travel Guide is your introduction to one of Australia’s most underrated destinations. Over the past several years, Perth has quietly earned global recognition, appearing on Travel & Leisure’s Best Places to See, Lonely Planet’s Top New Openings, and CNN Travel’s Best Places to Visit lists. Even Vogue has highlighted Perth as a city…
Explore the Best of Australian Culture, Food, Nature, and Adventure in this Melbourne Travel Guide Melbourne, Australia may still be known as the country’s “Second City” to Sydney, but locals will tell you it’s second to none. This Melbourne Travel Guide will help you experience the city’s culture and rhythm that are entirely its own…
It’s an oenophile’s dream to taste favourite vintages on their own terroir. As a lover of food and wine myself, I’m experienced when it comes to enjoying the world’s best wine regions. (It’s a tough job, but I’ll go to great lengths to ensure time well spent for my travellers.) Wine and food go hand in hand with exceptional travel experiences. When you book with an experienced travel advisor, you are guaranteed to have an amazing time from start to finish.
In my world of travel, there are many suppliers and tour operators vying for my business. And all are well-respected, well-known, and very good at what they do. Today I’m sharing some information about one of my Australian suppliers – the people behind me, the people who know the people, the people who help me…
Australia on your mind? It probably is, thanks to the news coverage and the outpouring of celeb support for this island nation suffering some of the worst imaginable fires. And you’re probably thinking… man, I don’t want to go there any time soon! Let me tell you why you SHOULD visit Australia – now more than ever.
Those of you who have followed this blog for awhile know that Melbourne, Australia is one of my favourite cities. I first went to Melbourne in 2014, when I was in New Zealand, to see friends. In 2017, after leaving New Zealand, I returned. Over the next two months, I returned to Melbourne again and…
Over St. Patrick’s Day week, I ended up back in Melbourne, Australia to see friends. While I was there, my locally-based friend Anya messaged me with the link to the Good Beer Week festival at Federation Square. Being a foodie and a newbie beer drinker, I thought about it and then decided, why the hell…
In terms of the wine world, Australian wineries are fairly new. Some eastern vineyards were planted over a hundred years ago, but most vineyards out west are only 40 years old. Many people around the world know Australian wineries because of brands like Yellow Tail, Penfolds, and Hardys. There are, however, hundreds of other wineries…
Nineteen months abroad means that I get to share with you my top eleven moments from the last year and a half. I already gave you my top fifteen New Zealand moments, and some of that will make a reappearance on this list but expect plenty of new highlights, from the lush jungle of Ubud…
It’s not easy to leave home with nothing but a backpack, but luckily along the way I’ve made some incredible memories with people. Because I so rarely mention any friends on this blog, I thought that heading home warranted a post that highlighted some of the people I met during my travels. These incredible souls…