Travel App review no.2: SnapShot Postcard
This is part of an occasional series in which I review handy apps for the smartphone wielding traveller. Today I review the SnapShot Postcard …
Pointy end pyjamas
Back in the 1930s, when Australians first started flying overseas on Qantas’s flying boats, they did so in a luxurious style. The …
Travel the world without long-haul flights: Epcot, Orlando
Halfway through our flight from Melbourne to Istanbul in 2013, as we waited in Kuala Lumpur airport for our onward connection, the girls were …
Ask Google about Stonehenge? Ask Fairlie!
This post is part of a series of “Ask Google? Ask Fairlie!” posts. Today I ask Google about Stonehenge in the England. I type the start of …
The unfinished story of Palm Cove Jetty
Palm Cove in Far North Queensland is a tropical paradise. A quiet beach-side village with a white sandy beach fringed with …
How to tackle the museums of the world
So, you’re planning a trip to London or Paris or New York…Washington, Florence or Rome…(insert any city of the world here) and, …
Two great laneway restaurants in Melbourne
There was once a time when a red light glowing over a doorway hidden down a cobbled laneway in Melbourne signified a …
Nothing is more memorable than a smell
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside …
FAQs about The Melbourne Cup
Emirates Melbourne Cup is known as ‘the race that stops the nation’. And growing up in Western Australia, I can certainly remember …
Memorable moment: The blue of the Aegean Sea
Dateline: 29 September 2013 We were spending a few days on a boat cruising along the Turkish Coast. Sitting on the …
