If I read another popular author writing a memoir (or essay or column or even just a paragraph in a newsletter) about the...
04th April 2016 1:04 PM
WHAT do you do when your aging dog can’t make it for his daily walk but yearns to go outside to sniff the air and enjoy...
19th March 2016 5:03 AM
THE most fun I’ve ever had on my travels in one day was the day I met Tom Cruise. And David Beckham. Not to mention Patsy...
14th March 2016 5:03 AM
AS much as I’m tempted, I’m not going to join in with almost every other columnist in the land and urge you to make a fresh...
11th Jan. 2016 7:01 AM
THE world’s longest train tunnel, connecting the north and south of Switzerland, even Germany and Italy, has just...
03rd Jan. 2016 11:01 AM
SINGAPORE is known for its stunning architecture, its botanic gardens, its vibrant ethnic centres, green spaces, myriad...
06th Dec. 2015 6:12 AM
DID you know a crocodile can live until it is 100 and keep growing for all of its long lifetime?
08th Nov. 2015 2:11 PM
IN 1970 there were no messy crowds sitting on the Spanish Steps in Rome. Just a few hippies making little crocheted bits...
24th Oct. 2015 4:10 PM
Should I eat Italian in Canaletto restaurant? Or go for Asian at the Tamarind? A steak would work, and they don’t come any...
11th Oct. 2015 6:10 AM
FAMILIARITY, especially with food, is comforting and reassuring, but foreign food adventures are something not to be...
14th Sept. 2015 8:09 AM
IN recently weeks I’ve made reference in this column to my threats to my husband not to die before me.
24th Aug. 2015 7:08 AM
IT HAS come to light I am not the only financially illiterate person around here.
17th Aug. 2015 9:08 AM
WHILE train travel is simple and restful, getting in the right carriage is not. Unless you know what to do.
08th Aug. 2015 11:08 AM
I’VE just come to the realisation I am financially illiterate.
03rd Aug. 2015 8:08 AM
NOW I’m back in Australia after a month away in France, it’s time for me to settle down, dammit.
20th July 2015 11:07 AM
I’VE just come back from a big trip, although you wouldn’t know it.
13th July 2015 9:07 AM
DO WE all feel better after visiting a shop where someone obviously loves their job very much and seems honoured to have...
24th May 2015 8:05 PM
SAILING serenely along inland waterways flanked by a kaleidoscope of constant changing scenery is completely different to...
24th May 2015 12:05 PM
THERE were very few travel writers in the late 60s, early 70s and even less outlets for their photos and stories.
16th May 2015 8:05 AM
HERE’S a subject to ponder.
11th May 2015 7:05 AM
I BLAME it on Rick Stein. He started my longing for barge travel through the serene waterways of France.
10th May 2015 6:05 AM
HERE is a question for you and don’t worry, I don’t expect an answer.
05th May 2015 6:05 AM
PERSONALLY speaking (is there any other way?) I am not at all happy about the approach of winter.
27th April 2015 12:04 PM
THERE you are sitting in a big chair, being treated like a princess as someone kneels before you attending to your feet –...
06th April 2015 7:04 AM
FOR the past 22 years I’ve lived in a small regional town – a beautiful one, Noosa, – but a small town.
30th March 2015 6:03 AM
