If you’re in Australia’s capital city of Canberra and looking for a great café, then look for the queue stretching down the street. Silo Bakery hits the spot.
Category Archives: Australia
Ben’s four-month adventure in a kayak
Adventurous Englishman Ben Southall is travelling around Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef in a kayak on a four-month, 1600km sea safari.
The Ghost of Waterloo
In Sydney 1828, all is not well. The young British colonial settlement is shaken by a daring bank robbery and a spate of murders. This darkly humorous and spine-tingling thriller covers all the bases of a good read.
Feed body and soul with a Buddhist banquet
Celebrate the holiest time in the Thai calendar, Buddha Day (Visakha Puja), with a seven-course Thai banquet at Spicers Tamarind Retreat in Australia’s Sunshine Coast hinterland.
Luxury Tower Lodge fits the bill
For a taste of ultra luxury, Tower Lodge in NSW’s Hunter Valley fits the bill. Boutique size and grand in scale, it is often a retreat for celebrities – oh crap, I swore I wouldn’t mention that.
Amazing Olives of Beaulieu, northern NSW
Olives of Beaulieu is a family-owned olive grove in northern New South Wales, with cellar door sales of olive products and estate-manufactured spices.
Timeless beauty of the Australian desert
The Australian desert can be an intimidating landscape for first-time visitors and there’s nowhere better to get acquainted than the Alice Springs Desert Park.
