From Budds Beach to Burleigh, savoury or sweet, my pick of the best places to eat brunch all along Queensland’s Gold Coast. Elk Espresso Elk is tucked down a quiet street in Broadbeach. The owner’s have turned what the signage suggests was an old surf club into a rustic woodland complete with Elk motif on … Read more
The arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is made from straight steel beams. Some of you may not find this the most riveting fact (and I have facts about rivets to come too!) but this was just one of the many things I loved discovering on my Sydney Bridge Climb this morning. I’ve stared at this … Read more
Netflix has arrived in Australia. (*Sings: Haaaaaaallelujah, Hallelujah.*) My binge watching of TV shows and developing bizarre celebrity crushes can now resume as normal. TV affects where I want to travel too. I can’t tell you how much I want to visit Albuquerque, New Mexico since Netflix bought us Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul. Just a … Read more
We’d never heard the term ‘So:Me’ before. No Melburnian I have ever met has referred to South Melbourne as SoMe and the one I was with, Brendan from The Travel Pop, didn’t seem so keen on the moniker (which is a polite way of wording his objections.) We had a debate over it, which turned … Read more
You can probably tell from my social media feeds that I love living in Sydney. But the UK will always be my home. Aside from the people in it (which it goes without saying I miss terribly) these are the things about Blighty I unexpectedly found myself pining for. 1.Drizzle So Sydney doesn’t do rain … Read more
The Lyall is rather like a stately home away from home. Tucked down a leafy street in the upmarket suburb of South Yarra, the white walls and wrought iron railings of the Lyall Hotel make it look just like a home I would like to own. (A girl can dream right?) This homely hotel comes … Read more
My gosh it’s hard to do a round up post of the coolest cafés and coffee shops in Sydney. I swear a new one opens every week and I’m so fickle my faves change as often as I eat cake. But for the sake of brevity, I’ve selected my very top picks in different parts … Read more
Noumea plays little tricks on your mind. It looks like a tropical island in the South Pacific but sounds and smells just like a town in rural France. In short, it’s rather delightful! Noumea is a popular stop for cruise ships in the South Pacific and even with just 1 day in port you can get … Read more
Since moving to this side of the pond I seem to stumble across another awesome Aussie travel blog everyday. As someone who is new to the country I’ve been devouring the advice local travel bloggers have to offer about travelling in Australia, as well as learning about some of the subtle differences between blogging in … Read more
I’ve had two fleeting visits to Brisbane prior to my time there earlier this week. The first was in 2007 when I saw little more than the inside of a casino (and its allure of $2 daiquiris) and the second was in 2010 when I travelled to the Flight Centre head office and saw the inside … Read more
