Lisa’s Deal of the Week If you’re already having withdrawals from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s awards season, you need not resort to covering yourself in sequins or clutching your hairbrush like an Oscar. Instead, you can book Exp...
Interesting things about Johannesburg in no particular order
I keep thinking I should write a very grown-up article about my trip to Africa where I reference things correctly and provide up-to-date travel information. The problem is that I have started it seve...
Hollywood Hobart on the Cold Coast
Hollywood Hobart on the Cold Coast By Maggie Videan This is the story I don’t want anyone to read. Please don’t visit. I would like to find Hobart the same; a quiet, mostly forgotten towns...
Weird foods of the world
One thing that simultaneously amuses and horrifies me in other countries is the menu. I love that you can waltz up to a street vendor only to discover that your options are stuffed cockroaches, deep-...
Off the beaten track in Ooty
Off the beaten track in Ooty By Maggie Videan Where did you say that was? Never heard of it? Possibly not! Ooty is a forgotten hill station located 2000 metres above sea level in the Nilgris in South...
Maaloula, Syria – The City of Ancient Aramaic
Maaloula, Syria – The City of Ancient Aramaic By Verity Twydale Tucked away in the cleft of a mountain in the middle of the Syrian countryside lies a tiny Christian village. Admittedly, it’...
Where is the most romantic place you have ever been?
The Real Estate of Romance: Where is the most romantic place you have ever been? I want to know! And you know what makes a romantic place seem even more romantic? Wine … lots and lots of wine &#...
Travel Tales: Tara Ali
Name: Tara Ali Age: 36 Occupation: Features Editor for Australian Women’s Health Favourite travel destination?: Nepal. It changed my view of the world and I absolutely lived in the moment for every ...
Bangalore!
Bangalore! By Maggie Videan It’s taken me 25 years to return to my homeland. That being the case, I started out in Bangalore, a city renowned for service and IT industries. As soon as I arrived, it...
Hello, I am currently out exploring Melbourne, Phillip Island and the Mornington Peninsula. I will be back on Wednesday with brand new stories to share with you; highlights include a seal watching cruise, the Penguin Parade and lunch at Montalto vi...
In Chinese if you tell a man they ‘dai Lu maozi’, meaning ‘he wears the green hat’, it means that his wife is sleeping with someone else.
Lisa’s Deal of the Week The Gold Coast? Tacky? Not when you’re staying at the Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach, which has released an exclusive rate of $179 per night ($219 if you’re after a much-coveted Saturday night) for stays until...
I reckon I have a pretty good ear for accents. The second I hear ‘aboot’, I know you’re from Canada (or you watched too much De Grassi Junior High). When I hear ‘dahhhnce’ and ‘plaaaaants’ and I know youR...
Name: Melissa Rimac Age: Old enough to have a mortgage – too young to be getting overly stressed about the fact that it doesn’t seem to diminish … Occupation: Writer / Photographer Favourite travel destination?: El Nido, The Philippines â...
Name: Margarita Peker   Age: 22 Occupation: Publicist Favourite travel destination?: Argentina – it has more to offer in one country than any other I’ve ever been to. I’ve been absorbed in the hustle of Buenos Aires for weeks, tasted some...
In the true spirit of community, I bring you Tipster Tuesday! Got a question about a travel destination? If so, please post a comment at the end of this story and everyone … yes, that means you …Â will attempt to answer everybody else...
I keep thinking I should write a very grown-up article about my trip to Africa where I reference things correctly and provide up-to-date travel information. The problem is that I have started it several times and I just find it so boring. For both ...
Lisa’s Deal of the Week Whether it’s for a big fat Greek wedding or just a big fat Greek holiday (the ‘big fat’ prefixes are endless), the very lush, usually very expensive Westin Athens Astir Palace Resort is offering rooms f...