Ten things to bring on long flights
Living in Australia is great, so great. Except when you want to go to Europe or America or, well, anywhere more than a five-hour flight away, which for me living in Perth, Western Australia, is just...
View ArticleMixing holidays with fitness – Revive Retreat
I’ve just come back from a week in Bali. I’d like to say I was blissing-out poolside with daily massages and facials, but truth be known I was also sweating buckets while punishing my body at a fitness...
View ArticleFormula 1 Driver (the best 7 mins of my life)
The most fun I’ve ever had in seven minutes was without doubt in the F1 simulator at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello near Modena, in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. I slid into the seat and was...
View ArticleRottnest Cruise and Wild Seafood Feast
When the email pinged in my inbox inviting me on a Wild Seafood Experience and cruise on Rottnest Island (20km off the coast of Perth), I signed up straight away. The new tour is an ocean-to-plate boat...
View ArticleCruising for dolphins in Mandurah
The Mandurah Dolphin Island Adventure tour takes you on a 1.5-hour cruise through the Mandurah Canals into the Dawesville Cut and out into the Peel-Harvey Estuary to see Indo-Pacific Bottlenose...
View ArticleLa Bella Vita, living in Italy
I came across this article I’d written some time ago, La Bella Vita, that never made it as a published story. It’s from 2007, about realising my dream to live in Rome and thought you might like to read...
View ArticleA wildflower road trip weekend away
There’s nothing like a road trip, and a weekend away from Perth to wildflower country was exactly what I needed to recharge during months of coronavirus craziness. Western Australia is famous for its...
View ArticleUnleash your inner racer – PowerPlay Perth electric karts
While I considered myself a closet rally driver, I’ve always felt too intimidated to take it up a level and go to a go-kart track. Well, now I can unleash my inner racer in an amped-up, super-sized,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New luxury cruising in the Kimberley
The magic of the East Kimberley captivates every visitor to the region. Mesmerised time and again, the region’s ancient, untouched wilderness with fat Boab trees just waiting for hugs, wild swimming...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lioni, back to Mum’s birthplace
We tore ourselves away from gorgeous Positano to travel to Lioni in the province of Avellino and the region of Campania, the town where my mum was born. After several frustrating attempts, we managed...
View Article
