Tonight I venture where many have before me, on a long-haul flight with a baby. This will be our second flight in 3 days, with this stopover in Hong Kong our attempt at splitting up …
Part 1: One night in Bangkok Part 2: Cambodian crush It's been almost four years since I walked my grubby, DEET-covered feet across the Cambodian border into Laos. I'll never forget the feeling of serenity that gently …
This one is for you, Papou. Today you would have been 87. We probably all would have sat around the dining room table for lunch like we did last year ... all 20 of us, …
Happy new year, dear readers! I hope you all saw the new year in doing something you loved with those closest to you. And for those of you sleeping soundly through it all, as many …
Part 1 One night in Bangkok On an absolute whim, after a few months of being a solo lass living in inner-city Melbourne, I had decided that I needed a trip away – a real adventure …
‘This trip will change your lives.’ Our Cambodian guide, Kakada, made this rather grandiose claim in a Bangkok hotel foyer to fifteen strangers sitting quietly around a table, me included. It was the night before …
Yesterday was a beautiful spring day in Melbourne. A sunny day for my sunny friend, Linda, who had passed away a few days earlier and whose colourful life was celebrated in a service at midday. I’m …
Somewhere, out there, in the wide metropolis of Melbourne, is photographic evidence of me milking a goat. Said goat belongs to Rodney Dunn, owner of the Agrarian Kitchen in Lachlan, Tasmania, where I decided to …
As clichéd as this may sound, it’s through travel that I have learnt the most about myself. In Cologne last December, I fell in love with Christmas all over again, something I thought to be …
I sadly leave Malmö town, taking the train across the Öresund Bridge to Kalstrup Airport in Copenhagen, where a plane bound for London will carry me away. I have lived in Malmö for only a …