Hattie B. Staedtler visits the Kingdom. I’m going to Graceland, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee – but not because you are, Paul Simon. Try Googling “Elvis Presley Peace in the Valley” and by the time you get to “Elvis Presley pea” the suggested search is “Elvis Presley Peanut Butter”. Such is the legacy of the world’s [...]

Do you listen to other people’s opinions? Do you then change your mind, beliefs or behaviour based on those opinions? It’s normally considered a good idea to listen to other people. In fact, society strongly encourages us to listen to our peers; parents, teachers, employers, partners, friends and mentors. But what if they’re all wrong? [...]

Dear Tourism Queensland, You appear to lack actual queens so I am putting my hand up. Why me? I’ll tell you. I visited recently and it turns out I’m perfectly suited to the job. I love eating, drinking and lazing around a pool. I also like resorts, rainforests, palm-fringed beaches and cheap fresh produce. When I visited [...]

How many country names end in the suffix ‘stan’?

It’s early days but I can honestly say that Annandale and I are getting along famously. The streets are lined with graceful old beauties, blooming gardens and prestige family cars. Neighbours walk pedigree dogs, push Bugaboos and carry trays of skim lattes. The weird thing is that I don’t hate it. I normally sneer at the [...]

Louise Southerden takes us on a trip down the rabbit hole at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Tasmania. Wow, MONA. If Tasmania’s new Museum of Old and New Art was a person, she’d be cool and approachable. Built by art-lover, self-made-gambling-savant and Tasmanian-made-good David Walsh, then filled with his collection of oddities, it’s [...]

Hattie B Staedtler takes us to the home of the original blonde ambition. I’m not one to toot my own horn, but I’ve stared down the barrel of some pretty tough decisions in my time: Mum’s house or dad’s? Veganism or tasty cheeseburger? To platinum blonde or not to platinum blonde*? And, though as obvious [...]

Lisa O’Brien gets high on aerosol in the city of ‘fair winds’. The instructions in the email are simple: ‘Meet in Colegiales at the corner of two roads – Conde and Jorge Newbery.’ Colegiales is a quiet residential barrio of Buenos Aires, so this random intersection at first seems an unlikely starting point for the [...]

What country boasts this rather dashing coat of arms?

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