Monthly Archive: March 2012

Coffee for Cows

The narrative of Tasmania’s Huon Valley is beautifully simple. It spans rivers, orchards, forests, towns sans gentrification, friendly locals and, to a lesser extent, homes where smoke from chimneys drifts without purpose when the...

Mobile Roaming Tips

How do you save money when you use your mobile phone overseas?  That’s easy you can save a fortune on your next overseas trip by using a pre-paid Global SIM Card in your phone? Do you know...

Take Away Slow Food

Philippe Mouchel may just be the new take-away king of the Melbourne CBD, but it is far from fast food. The Frenchman who was once head chef for the legend Paul Bocuse in Lyon...

A Great Day to Fly

Arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport, after 24 plus hours travelling from Oz; produces all sorts of emotions and those emotions affect almost everything that happens over the next few days.  Most of us arrive...

Travel TechTip#1 – iPad

As a road warrior, travel writer/photographer and long-time tech reporter, I am a gadget magnet. According to Encarta dictionary, a gadget is either (1) ingenious – a small device that performs or aids a...