Why Have the Same Holiday as Everyone Else?
Marrickville in Sydney’s Inner West has been named No10 in the top 40 coolest neighbourhoods in the world by Time Out – and, despite living a very short train ride away I’m ashamed to say, I haven’t really explored it properly – and so, last weekend, I decided to start to rectify that – and …
Read moreThe Amazing Street Art Spot You Must Find in Marrickville, Sydney
Canberra doesn’t have a reputation as a town for those who like the unusual. It’s home to the Australian government so it naturally has a bit of an authoritarian vibe about it and there’s also a LOT of museums – however, with a little bit of hunting we found heaps of fun and unusual things …
Pink, blue, red, yellow and covered with paintings of giant people playing instruments, you definitely can’t miss this building on the edge of Surry Hills in Sydney, But if you’ve ever ridden the Light Rail between the Surry Hills and Moore Park stops, or walked/driven up South Dowling Street and wondered why there’s a huge …
Read moreWhy is This Amazing Painted House in Surry Hills, Sydney? We Wondered Too
If you’ve ever wanted to stay in a train carriage, cutesy caravan, an old bus, Elsa’s palace – or just some of the most gorgeous glamping resorts in Victoria, then this is the post for you. It started when we fell down an ‘unusual Airbnb’ rabbit hole for a few hours the other day… there …
Things I was expecting to find in Canberra – Parliament, museums, inventive cakes. Things I was not expecting to find in Canberra – a fully intact Futuro House that you could sit in. But, there is one – and it has a really cool back story too. Here’s what you need to know about the …
When we decided to stop at the small town of Marulan on the drive between Sydney and Canberra, it was purely because I had read that it was one of the closest towns to the Hume Highway, the road you drive between the two towns. We weren’t looking for ‘places to see between Canberra and …
Read moreMarulan: The Best Stop on the Sydney to Canberra Drive
‘I feel hot. I can see a young girl, I think she’s dying of fever – I need to go outside.’ Not the words I expected to hear from the man, probably in his early 60s, dressed in beige shorts, a sensible polo shirt and a baseball cap, standing next to me on our Q …
Newcastle, NSW is located about a two-hour drive from Sydney. It’s most famous for attractions like Nobby’s Beach Lighthouse, the Art Deco Ocean Baths and the interactive Newcastle Museum – but there’s also some less well-known fun and unusual things to do in Newcastle – and as ever, we went to find them on our …
Did you know that dolphins are attracted to people singing? Neither did I until I got chatting to my friend and journalist Niki Waldegrave about her experience swimming with dolphins in Nelson Bay about two and a half hours drive from Sydney. Thankfully she was so thrilled with her day out with the pointy-nosed ones …
My pockets are full of sand. My shoes are full of sand. The car is full of sand. Sand is currently prevalent in my life – but compared to the people who live in the amazing Tin City, tucked into the Stockton Sand Dunes between Newcastle and Port Stephens in NSW, Australia – I have …