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Today the iconic men at lunch photograph turns 80. A staged shot of Italian and Irish immigrants eating lunch on top of the Rockefeller centre construction site; it’s a picture that prompts me to...
View ArticleThe future looks bright
photo courtesy of www.365thingstodoinbright.com.au My family and I spent a handful of summers in the pretty town of Bright, located on the scenic Great Alpine Road in North East Victoria. I can still...
View ArticleTravel pipe dreams
I love traveling. I love the anticipation. I love the foreign smells that greet you in overseas airports. I even love airline food. When my husband proposed on a Thai beach seven years ago, we vowed...
View ArticleHumility, blogging and the fear of flying
The last time I spent a night away from my family was in 2009. I drove to the Victorian town of Daylesford for a relaxing weekend and managed to chafe two layers of calf skin off during an...
View ArticleDo you have a happy travel place?
Do you have a distant travel memory, a special country or place that soothes your soul when everything else feels desolate? Maybe it’s a Bali retreat, a Greek Island or a deserted West Australian...
View ArticleMana Island, Fiji: Hitting the travel sweet spot
You’ve checked the local weather forecast so often, converting Fahrenheit to Celsius is a cinch and every Trip Advisor review is read and weighted using a fail-proof three-point checklist Whingeing...
View ArticleHow to hold on to holiday epiphanies
Maybe it was the slower pace and the lack of internet connection, but I had a few epiphanies in Fiji. Nothing major, just a couple of little holiday revelations that gradually infiltrated my brain...
View ArticleThinking of a Fiji family holiday? Here’s my tips!
If you’ve ever contemplated Fiji as a family holiday destination, the following tips are for you. I spent an insane amount of time researching our recent Fiji family holiday mainly because I’m a...
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