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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Everyone in Australia is looking forward to when the ‘trans-Tasman bubble’ is finally announced and we can once again visit New Zealand. Expedia.com.au’s hotel search data for the July 2020 school holiday period by Australians highlighted this with Queenstown, NZ, as the only international destination to make the top 10 this year. The Rees Hotel […]
Canada’s historic Rideau Canal might be a new player on the canal boating scene, but it is right up there with the best that Europe has to offer. Le Boat has a range of houseboats on the canal with everything you could need on board. Thrusters are my friend. I learn this as I steer […]
Review: Paste, Mittagong, NSW The story Chef Bongkoch ‘Bee’ Satongun met her future husband, Jason Bailey, in Thailand. He was a chef and she worked for the company too, but not in the kitchen. Bee was a secretary! Having always loved food, thanks to her mother taking her around the markets from a very early […]
Walking in Japan In the ‘If I could, I would go…’ series, we are highlighting places we have either been to before and want to go back to, or looking at places/activities we really would like to do once travel opens up across the globe. Number two in the series, has us hankering to go […]
Welcome to the first in our series of “If I could I would go to …” series, helping us dream about where we might travel to when borders open and travel returns to (almost) normal. We might want to go to places we have never been to before, or revisit places we fell in love […]
Have a sip of Colorado with these signature cocktails While it is just so easy to drink the views of this stunningly beautiful state, it is also easy to sip the incredible array of cocktails, as you make your way through the Rocky Mountains from one spectacular place to another. Established for its experimental craft […]