Australia

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    Guest travel blogger wanted!

    Fancy an all-expenses paid month touring NSW as a travel blogger? Read on…

  2. Perth Fashion thumb

    Australian fashion designers to watch out for

    If you’re a fashionista, always on the hunt for the next big thing and a bit of an early adopter when it comes to ‘who’ you wear, then check out these up and coming Australian fashion designers who just showed at the Perth Fashion Festival…

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    I ate Mel B’s cupcake

    Well there’s a title I didn’t ever imagine writing. But it’s true. I just ate Scary Spice’s cupcake while in Perth and this is how it happened…

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    Tourism Aussie TV series starts in NZ

    A new TV series designed to entice Kiwis into Australia’s deepest, darkest secrets launches this weekend with all manner of A (and B) -List celebrities. Have a look who’s playing..

  5. Melbourne Scene blogger Catherine Sietkiewicz

    King Tut is in Melbourne

    The rarely seen King Tutankhamun exhibition has arrived in Melbourne, direct from Cairo. It’s stunning and dazzling in ancient gold, as our Melbourne Scene blogger discovered…

  6. The Ghan Alice Springs to Darwin

    Snake across Australia on The Ghan

    Our Melbourne Scene blogger, Catherine Sietkiewicz, escaped the big smoke and set off into the outback from Adelaide to Darwin over 3 days… “How’s it Ghan mate?!” Arriving in Darwin my first thought was this, “how do I write a review when  I’m totally speechless?” Lets rewind 56 hours and 2,979 kilometres to my first [...]

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    The Bondi flashmob – in speedos

    I’m having a bit of a flashmob thing at the moment and found this one on You Tube that I thought might brighten your day. Check out the big bellied Aussie in his red speedo cutting it loose on Bondi Beach…

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    Latest on Queensland floods

    If you have friends and family in southern Queensland, or a holiday booked to the Gold Coast, check on Australia Tourism’s website for the latest updates. You’ll be fine if it’s the Gold Coast you’re heading to and are flying direct to GC Airport. You may be a little stuffed if you’re flying into Brisbane [...]

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    Try Perth’s top 5 restaurants

    Rob Broadfield is the author of the West Australia Good Food Guide, and bumping into him in the departure lounge at Johannesburg airport, I cornered him for his top picks in his home town. As it happens, the 2011 West Australia Good Food Guide has just been released, but as its content is not online, [...]

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    5 great breakfast places in Perth

    As recommended by Rob Broadfield, author of the West Australian Good Food Guide – so he should know. I’ve just been away on a travel writing trip to Africa with Rob so picked his brains about the best his home town has to offer the breakfast/bruncher. As it happens the 2011 Good Food Guide has [...]