Enjoying the Campsie Food Festival, Sydney

Campsie Food Festival, Sydney, Australia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

If further proof than Haymarket’s Chinatown or ‘Little Asia’ was needed to attest to Sydney’s multiculturalism and reign as an ethnic foodie capital, Campsie Food Festival offered it. I hadn’t been to Campsie in many years and when I was last there it was for a long lunch at the family home of a Sicilian friend. … Read more

Vivid Sydney, a Festival of Light, Music and Ideas

Vivid Sydney, a Festival of Light, Music and Ideas. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Vivid Sydney was never a more appropriate name for a festival. A festival of light, music and ideas, Vivid Sydney sees the city’s already dazzling waterfront area spectacularly illuminated by lighting projections and installations while creative events around Sydney light up minds. UPDATE May 2016. Vivid Sydney is on once again, from 27 May to 18 June … Read more

Last Minute Christmas Tips from Australia’s Finest Chefs

Last Minute Christmas Tips from Australia's Finest Chefs. Japanese knives, Tokyo, Japan. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

I don’t know about you, but we haven’t done anything about preparing for Christmas lunch yet. We’re at Lara’s uncle’s house in Bendigo in Victoria, Australia, and if this Christmas is like others, there’ll be friends and neighbours dropping by. We’re in need of some last minute Christmas tips. If we’ve left it so late … Read more