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Written by Raff – Aged 11 This Australian summer has been a bit of a shocker. Mostly because of a horrific fire season that’s been made worse by an ongoing drought and unusually warm conditions that expert research suggests are the result of climate change. While there are fires still burning, I can’t help […] Read more…
Hair blowing in the breeze, my beaming water sprite flits fairylike from rock to rock, her white dress billowing behind her as her gaze is drawn over and again to the foaming ocean lapping at the shore. It calls her, as always, but she manages to resist giving in to her usual trick of leaping […] Read more…
I can’t remember my kids ever being as excited about an adventure as they were when they discovered they were heading to Cape Town, visions of rhinos and lions dancing through their heads. And while Cape Town delivered on its wildlife promise – the kids even getting uncomfortably (for me) friendly with a couple of […] Read more…
We love native Australian ingredients as much as we love Asian food. So combining the two in this chicken and lemon myrtle won ton noodle soup was always going to be a winner for this family. When first stumbled across the idea for these at Sydney’s Blak Market. And so much did Raffles obsess over […] Read more…
Think South Africa and you immediately think wildlife, generally of the large, roaring and mammalian variety. But beyond it’s Big Five – the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo – and their equally hefty friends the giraffe, hippo and zebra, South Africa is home to another adorable critter that will barely reach your knees, […] Read more…
Imagine if you will narrow cobbled streets strung with continuous rows of low-roofed houses, sitting under an imposing mountain backdrop and bright blue skies. Now pop on your imaginary sunnies and paint those houses in varying shades of canary yellow, cobalt blue, perky purple, retina searing pink and acid green: a place so colourful you could […] Read more…
The sleepy town of Joshua Tree is just a short distance east of Palm Springs, but the difference is startling. Modernist architecture is supplanted with huge weather-smoothed boulders and in place of the beautiful people Palm Springs is renowned for, you’ll find … well, a bunch of resident pricks. Of the cacti variety. Of course, […] Read more…
Tokyo is one of the world’s great culinary cities, so be prepared to eat. A lot. And often. Seriously, you need to forget Lost in Translation, because in this city, you’re far more likely to be lost in digestion. Street food is delicious and cheap, while at the other end of the dining spectrum there […] Read more…
As far as family travel destinations go it might not make it to the top of the charts, but Cambodia is the stuff of kids’ Indiana Jones and Lara Croft-infused fantasies and should definitely be on your family holiday hit list. Not only are the people welcoming and the resorts kid-friendly, it’s easy and fun to […] Read more…
Cambodian’s love a little charred protein. But they do things a bit differently to we Aussies when it comes to chucking another shrimp on the barbie. You see, they love stuff on sticks. And not just any old stuff… every old stuff. In the interest of bringing the world to us while we’re in isolation […] Read more…
“Shark!” yells my ever-dramatic daughter as she dips her toes into the warm waters off Fiji’s Tivua Island. I leave our stuff up at one of the beachside bures and run down to the water. Sure enough, a black fin emerges, just metres away from my daughter’s tiny toes. “It’s adorable,” she declares, leaping straight […] Read more…
Pro tip: If you want really good Thai food, go to Fiji! Yes, I said Fiji! You see, Kah Restaurant at Pullman Nadi Bay Resort and Spa Fiji, has some of the best Thai food I have ever had the pleasure of stuffing my face with, even in Thailand. I mean, I went to Fiji […] Read more…
It’s not often that we’re left surprised and delighted by a resort stay. But a visit to Fiji’s Pullman Nadi Bay Resort and Spa with kids leaves us feeling all this and more. What starts as a one-night stopover has become a longer stay thanks to a rather rude cyclone that decided to scupper our […] Read more…
Think Tropical North Queensland and you’ll undoubtedly think lush, waterfall littered rainforest fringed by the world’s most famous reef. Me? I think about food. In fairness, it could be argued that I rarely think about much else, but after my recent sojourn into the pretty Atherton Tablelands, located a little south of Cairns, my stomach […] Read more…
Imagine an airy and bright five-star, family friendly retreat that’s home to a flock of giant (inflatable) galahs and is big on freshness and fun, but boasts a big heart and serious green cred, right on the Cairns’ Esplanade? Let me introduce you to your new favourite Cairns hotel, Riley, a Crystalbrook Collection Resort. The […] Read more…
Written by Raffles – Aged 11 “It’s a turtle”, I excitedly try to tell my Dad. The only catch is we are in snorkels and under the water, so I’m trying to tell him via crazy pointing and interpretive underwater dance. He looks a little shocked. I think he thinks I’m giving him the finger […] Read more…