The Swedish brand H&M has arrived in Australia and is finally throwing open it’s doors in Melbourne tomorrow morning at the GPO on Bourke Street. I have loved this brand for many years, and already have a list a…
Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant The Fat Duck, is flying south to Melbourne next February. To say I’m excited it somewhat an understatement. Heston is one of my favourite chef’s yet I sadly never got to go to any of his…
Whilst researching things to do in Argentina, I came across a blog called A World Away written by the lovely Kristina. She’d been to Argentina and had pretty much travelled to the same places I was going to on…
This February saw the second White Night to be held in Melbourne. White Night is a free arts, performance and cultural event that runs for 12 hours, from 7pm till 7am. Also know as Nuit Blanche, White Night is…
That time of year has rolled around again when we have to put our thinking caps on and figure out what to buy those near and dear to us. I thought I’d give you a little bit of inspiration…
Travel insurance? Good idea, or waste of money? Travel insurance should be an essential purchase for anyone before they head off on a trip overseas, and yet I still hear about so many who get themselves into situations because…
The final part of our journey on the Big Blog Exchange was to write a manifesto of our experiences whilst overseas and what, if anything, we learnt whilst away. This is my uncut version. I hope you enjoy it…………………
Chile Tourism recently put on a wonderful evening to showcase the flavours of Chile, and why the country should be on everyone’s bucket list. I went along with Nicole from Bitten By The Travel Bug. Held at Raw Materials…
It’s been a big week for Melbourne. First it was voted the world’s most liveable city for the third year in a row. The survey ranks cities on stability, health care, culture, environment, education and infrastructure. Melbourne scored 97.5%, an almost…
My very talented exchange partner Rosario has made a fantastic video of her Big Blog Exchange experience in New Zealand. I absolutely love it. And I hope you all do too.…
“Hello, how are you?” And tried to greet Jeremy and Amanda, author of a very pretty blog of New Zealand called Here Comes the Sun , when I went to his car. From Buenos Aires, following his blog and…
They say the best place in all of New Zealand to learn about Maori culture is Rotorua and that is why this small town became the stop number four (wha in Maori) of the trip. However, a large number…