A Guide to Great Gins and Spirits to buy for Christmas
For that hard to buy for friend or family member, how about a bottle or Christmas pack of a classy Australian gin?
Author Archive for: Helen
Entries by Helen Hayes
12 days of Christmas with Tourism Australia
Tourism Australia has put together the ultimate Christmas Gift Guide to encourage Aussies to give the gift of travel this festive season. In many ways, travel is a priceless gift to give. Travel allows us to step outside of our everyday routines and reconnect with the people and world around us. This year in particular – the gift of travel is not only giving loved […]
A Guide to Great Books to Buy for Christmas
Giving books for Christmas is a wonderful idea, and we have put together a collection of great reads to help you tick off your shopping list. Loving Country By Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou Loving Country is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In […]
Art and garden tours blooming with Renaissance Tours
As COVID continues to stop us from travelling overseas, fulfilling our love of art, music and culture, Renaissance Tours has curated amazing culture filled short trips around Australia, all led by experts. If Tasmania or Victoria are on your list, check out these wonderful tours that will start in late February 2021. Touring Tasmania Gardens […]
Rocky Mountaineer’s new luxury train trip in the USA
Fans of the Rocky Mountaineer, which operates outstanding train journeys in Canada, will be thrilled with this news. The Rocky Mountaineer is going to add a new train route to its family of scenic train journeys. It will be the first route for Rocky Mountaineer in the USA. The new route, The Rockies to the Red […]
Why The Maldives is still a dream destination
With the prospect of international travel on the horizon, now is the perfect time for travellers to dream about The Maldives. And not just the idyllic location of luxurious resorts, but also the incredible experiences you can have in the Maldives. The Maldivian sands are as white as the smiles of the locals. Fish […]
Nine most amazing experiences to have in Gifu, Japan
Gifu is an inland prefecture located roughly in the centre of Japan. It is easily accessible from places like Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka and other main cities along Japan’s Golden Route. It is two hours 10 minutes from Tokyo, one hour 10 minutes from Kyoto or one hour 15 minutes from Osaka – all by […]
Lithuania is a top location for movie and tv makers
What do Stranger Things, Catherine the Great and War and Peace have in common? They were all filmed partially in Lithuania. Whether it is an art museum turned into a Japanese War Tribunal or almost an entire old town transformed into 18th century Russia, Vilnius and Kaunas, the country’s largest cities, have been the background […]
Luxury hotels: What is new and what’s on the horizon
Flynn opens in Cairns Cairns has had a trio of fantastic hotels opening over the last two years, all from the one family. Flynn is the youngest sibling, to Bailey, which opened in November 2019, and Riley, which opened to an instant and adoring public on November 2018. All three are part of the Crystalbrook […]
The artistry of ski resort trail maps
Skiers and snowboarders often rely on a trail map to find their way around a new ski resort. But what many don’t realise is that …
A new way of touring: Arcadia Expeditions
A new player is giving discerning travellers a better way of touring. Meet David Mannix, part of the dynamic duo behind Arcadia Expeditions. How long have you been involved in the travel industry David? I’ve been in the travel industry since 2002. I started off working for a company specialising in the Indochina region, then […]
Take the plunge on spectacular Lord Howe Island
To do a triathlon without even trying, head to Lord Howe Island, writes Helen Hayes. I hear a cry of ‘turtle’ and stop swimming, turning back to have a look. We bob about in the clear, azure water, eyes following his or her languid movements until we hear the call to keep swimming. And like […]