I’ve lived in Sydney in all my life and I’ve never been to Cockatoo Island until recently. Where is Cockatoo Island? You could say it’s like going overseas without leaving Sydney. As I finished packing my overnight bag, I did a quick Google search to see where I was going. Cockatoo Island is located at the junction…
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Travel Diary :: Cruising To A Foodies Paradise: Celebrity Solstice
Happy New Year! May your 2018 be filled with prosperity, good health and happiness! I’m catching up on all my writing on the awesome things I experienced towards the end of 2017. A sense of experience is driving trends in cruising and dissipating the myth that cruising are only for honeymooners or retirees. Nope. From…
Travel Diary :: Things to See, Taste, and Do in Angsana Laguna Phuket resort
When I look back at Angsana Laguna Phuket each resort, I think a beach resort, pools, fun and family friendly. Whilst the time we went was the beginning of monsoon season, the sun was out some of the days we were there and we enjoyed the 31 degree humid climate which was a welcome warm…
Travel Diary: Camp Food Recipe: Spiced Lamb Cutlets
The good thing about testing camping recipes is that you are making dinner that’s easy to do which is also perfect for weeknights. I really am addicted to the foil wrap cooking method as it is really simple and all the flavours are contained in your little parcel and is absolutely delicious when it is…
Travel Diary :: Things to see, taste and do at the PARKROYAL Parramatta:
Now for something closer to home but not that close as it’s still a 40 minutes drive from home – a weekend escape to the bustling precinct of Parramatta. For those who have followed me on social media and Instastories, you probably would have seen that I’ve been out the Western Suburbs a lot for food tours…
Travel Diary :: Camp Food Recipe: Foil Packed Spicy Singaporean Noodles
When I ask people what they would cook when they go out camping, often I hear “try damper” … but I can’t eat that every day I’m out camp and it’s so bland for someone who has a palate accustomed to a range of Asian flavours. So I tried out making Singaporean noodles without a wok…
Amity Created :: Tea for Tomorrow at The Grounds of Alexandria
Pause for a minute and think about someone you know who has been affected by cancer … I can think of a few people who have been a part of my life but no longer with us because of cancer. I spent my Sunday at The Grounds of Alexandria with Danielle Libri of Amity Created…
Travel Diaries :: NSW Weekend Escape: Unspoilt Shoalhaven Foodies Trail
Foodies will travel anywhere for good food. It’s crazy, I know. Food lovers book flights and troop around the world to indulge on good food. But what if I told you that you don’t need to book an air ticket and as a Sydneysider, a culinary inspired trip is only an hour and half drive…
Travel Diary :: Mayfield Garden in Oberon, NSW Things to see, taste and do Part 2
This is the third time I’ve visited Mayfield Garden. I always have seen it as a place that provides acres, 160 acres to be exact of botanical profusion that promotes an equal amount of introspection. Mayfield Garden is one of the largest privately owned cool climate gardens in the Southern Hemisphere situated in Oberon in…
Travel Diary :: Things to See, Taste and Do at Mt Hay Retreat in Berry, NSW
I think I have decided that some stage in my life when I decide to retire from the hustle and bustle of city life, I would happily live in Berry in the South Coast of New South Wales, about an hour and half drive from Sydney (coming from the south of the Harbour Bridge). There…