Category Archive: Getaway

These posts are about any getaways we do from our main destination, from day trips to weekends away.

May 14

Best of Bali – The Things We Love About Indonesia’s Beguiling Island

We’re back in Bangkok, we’ve just spent six months in Vietnam, and we’re still sharing stories from Australia with you, so why on earth are we posting about the best of Bali you’re probably asking. Well, knowing we loved the Bali we experienced when we stayed in a villa for a couple of weeks, our friends …

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Apr 17

A Taste of Orange

Orange FOOD Week is underway in the rural town of Orange in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, a fabulous food and wine destination that we visited last year. The food festival runs until 21 April if you’re in Australia at the moment. We wish we were! FOOD is actually an acronym for the …

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Nov 08

Hitting The Slopes – Our Favourite Snowboard and Ski Escapes

Arriving back to a very sultry Bangkok after six days meandering around a warm Northern Thailand on the Eastern and Oriental Express train, has got me thinking about cooler climates and opportunities in Asia for hitting the slopes. While catching up on her email today, Lara mumbled something about heading to Hokkaido in Japan in …

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Oct 14

Escape to Manly, a Seaside Holiday Town in the City of Sydney

Most visitors to Sydney make a beeline for Bondi Beach, including every backpacker who arrives in the city. There’s no denying that Bondi boasts a beautiful stretch of sand and the Bondi to Bronte coastal walk is one of the world’s most stunning. But Manly has much more charm and a laidback local vibe that’s …

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Jun 29

Chef Dan Hunter and the Royal Mail Hotel at Dunkeld

The food of Chef Dan Hunter and the Royal Mail Hotel at Dunkeld is food worth travelling for and the Grampians region, where it’s located, makes a great escape from Melbourne, and is easily worth a couple of days of your time. We’d been trying to experience the Royal Mail since 2009 when we were …

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