Absorbing Australian Art at Art Gallery of NSW With the Curator

Wayne Tunnicliffe, Australian Art curator for the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Last week the winners of Australia’s most important and most talked-about annual art contest, the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes, were announced and the exhibition of finalists opened at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney’s and Australia’s premiere art museum. During the final days of last year’s exhibition, we met Wayne Tunnicliffe, Head of … Read more

How Much Planning Should You Do Before You Travel?

How Much Planning You Should Do Before You Travel? Hoi An old town, Hanoi, Vietnam. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

While you might love the idea of being spontaneous when you travel, do you really want to spend the time you could be out exploring on a device planning your onward travel? Here’s how much planning you should you do before you travel so you’re not spending your trip in your hotel room. The walls in … Read more

World’s Best Food Tours and Culinary Walks, All Tried and Tested

World's Best Food Tours and Culinary Walks, All Tried and Tested. Floating Markets, Bangkok. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. world's best food tours

The world’s best food tours and culinary walks have provided us with some of our most unforgettable food memories, from inhaling fresh herbs and fragrant spices at local markets to savouring street food treats at smoky roadside stalls and traditional eateries. We may have set some kind of record for the number of culinary experiences – … Read more

My Sydney Detour – Become A Sydney Local In A Day

Richard Graham of My Sydney Detour in his 1964 EH Holden Premier. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

We’re on our last leg of My Sydney Detour – a tour aiming to help visitors become a Sydney local in a day that doesn’t feel like a tour at all, but more like a drive around Sydney with a mate in a very cool old car. By late afternoon we find ourselves on a … Read more

An Update from the Road and Our Accidental Hiatus in Hoi An

Accidental Hiatus in Hoi An for the Lunar New Year. Tet Boat Race, Hoi An old town, Hanoi, Vietnam. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

We’ve been asked by readers whether we’ve taken time out from blogging and we know it looks that way. It’s been something of an accidental hiatus in Hoi An, where we unexpectedly found ourselves settling in for a while to get through some writing, and for Terence a mountain of photography work. As you know, … Read more