Who is on your cheer squad? How do you know if you’re rocking or sucking the big ones? Ever since I became a full-time freelancer, I have no idea. I don’t get given payrises, promotions or performance reviews. As a kid, I got gold stars, Scratch ‘n’ Sniff stickers and stamps on the back of [...]

The island of Rhodes belongs to which Mediterranean country? Just so you know, this island has absolutely nothing to do with Rhodes Scholarships which are named after Cecil Rhodes, an Oxford scholar who also happened to be the founder of the De Beers diamond company. Who’s having a nerd burger for lunch? Go on … [...]

The travel industry is full of fun people. Down-to-earth people. Smart people. Above all, adventurous people. Two of my favourite Aussie travel dudes are The Two Tims, the globe trotting filmmakers who frolic around making programs for National Geographic, Travel Oz, tourism boards, touring companies and hotels. They recently visited Darwin and made this video on [...]

No matter how much sleep I get, I am tired. No matter how much work I get done, I still seem to have an avalanche of emails, copywriting jobs and phone calls to make. My bank balance is alarming, my credit card is bleeding and I would happily stay in my pyjamas all day long. [...]

I spent five years living in Newcastle, ostensibly to study Communications, but really going out drinking, recovering at the beach and working at Local Video. Despite my long stint as a resident, I never once attended This Is Not Art Festival , an annual arts festival held in Newcastle City. When one of my besties said [...]

One of my all-time favourite people in the world is Josh Crouthamel.  Why do I love him so? That’s an easy one … joie de vivre!  He is like Tigger. After some red cordial. On a sunny day. And now he is sailing around the world on a boat full of university students and professors doing [...]

Name: Paul Lin Age: 29 Occupation: CEO/Founder of Buuna Favourite travel destination?: Outside of Australia, it would have to be the USA.  Because the US and US culture is often taken for granted by the rest of the world, people often forget what a big country the US is, how much culture and history they’ve developed over the last [...]

To celebrate the Southern Hemisphere spring, today’s Trivia Tuesday comes with open-toed footwear. That’s right kids – if you are one of the first ten people to answer these five questions correctly, you will win a pair of Dupe thongs – huzzah! What are Dupes? They are the super soft Brazilian sister brand to Havaianas. [...]

You know how I told you I have two new contracts? Well one of them is representing Ayers Rock Resort in the Northern Territory. As far as awesome goes, that’s a 10/10. I went out there on a famil (travel industry jargon for ‘familiarisation’) a couple of weeks ago and I was blown away. The [...]

One word: FABULOUS.