Travel Archive

It was a wilting 40-degree day in Mildura, northern Victoria. Nothing for it but a cooling dip at dusk in the Murray, the sagging sun lighting up the red gums and the smell of roast pork beckoning from our barbie. Mark and the kids are still down there, sitting in the sandy river shallows

I know, I know, it’s weeks since we got back from Bali but there have been just so many barbecues to enjoy, cups of tea to catch up over, Just Dance competitions to be battled, and mad fashion parades for the kids to stage… Anyway, while we’ve been doing all that everyone has been

The humble rubber thong divides people, but I’m just going to put it out there: I have a thing for the thong. As far as I’m concerned it goes effortlessly from daywear to nightwear, from jeans to cossies – and it most certainly goes to Bali. We were packing light for this trip, so