The best Sydney restaurants include everything from chef Peter Gilmore’s Quay, undoubtedly Sydney’s most exciting gastronomic experience, and Bennelong in the iconic Sydney Opera House to Neil Perry’s Rockpool Bar & Grill in one of Sydney’s most dramatic dining spaces, and Ross Lusted’s The Bridge Room, offering some of Sydney’s most inventive cuisine. The best … Read more
Best Australian outdoor activities include swimming Sydney’s glorious beaches and harbour pools, camping in Kakadu National Park, biking and hiking on Lord Howe Island, bushwalking in Southwest Western Australia, and road trips through the Red Centre. Early this year, British newspaper The Telegraph invited me to be an advocate for Australia’s great outdoors for a … Read more
The best sunsets in Australia are easily the best sunsets in the world, thanks to a combination of spectacular beaches, bays and harbours, stupendous landscapes, and stunning spots from which to savour them. These are some of our favourites. I recently shared a shot of sunrise at Angkor Wat on social media, inspiring some Facebook … Read more
The best Perth boutique hotels range from the jaw-droppingly gorgeous QT Perth with its whimsical glamour to the luxurious minimalism of COMO The Treasury, along with a clutch of contemporary design driven hotels that are stylish, yet cosy and welcoming. I had to pinch myself while writing that intro, because it wasn’t all that long … Read more
Most beautiful Blue Mountains accommodation includes grand Art Deco hotels on clifftop escarpments overlooking vast valleys, remote eco-friendly lodges serving Australian cuisine from fresh local produce, and delightful garden cottages on sprawling forested estates. Encompassing a whopping 11,400 km² of native Australian bushland, rocky escarpments, dramatic rock formations, stupendous valleys, pockets of rainforest, spectacular caves, and … Read more