Sydney: Beyond Thunderdome?

25
Nov

What does tourist-central Sydney look like on a perfect spring day? Huge crowds line Circular Quay’s rounded shore like it’s the planet’s best natural amphitheatre, no ticket required.

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Truffles Are Italy’s Love Drug

31
Oct

I can see white truffles from my window

Truffles, tartufo, truffes; it all means the same thing to me, a drug infused gourmet experience, an aphrodisiacal high, edible gold.

Alba, in Italy’s north western Piedmont province, hosts an annual autumn truffle fair that draws in roving gourmands from afar. Apparently the afar extends mostly to Germany as there are so many Germans here that I believe they’ve rented the entire town.

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Getting Off the Great Ocean Road

30
Sep

Behind Victoria’s world famous Great Ocean Road is another country.

A slight ripple on the water gives it away, though it could be a duck, a grebe perhaps? The small hairy back moves purposefully forward, dives and disappears. Not a duck or a grebe. It’s a platypus.

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Thailand Can Be a Beach

16
Sep

The sun is so bright my eyes hurt. I edge myself back into the shady veranda, not wanting to burn bright red on my first day at this small resort situated right on Koh Samui’s Bo Phut beach.

From my private view, sprawled out on a day bed overlooking the pool bordering the beach, I pick out baking sun-seekers from Mittel Europe resting on chaises-longue a step from the water. They snared the best poolside lounges before breakfast, marking their territories with bags and beach towels.

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Australia’s Best Gourmet Region

20
Jun

The Northeast of Victoria is Australia’s most interestingly varied gourmet region.

Call me prejudiced but I remain convinced.

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