In this week’s Guest Traveller, we explore the global travel trend of house swaps. Ally talks about her experiences with ‘Home Exchange’ and the benefits of staying in someone’s house while travelling. I joined Home Exchange because I wanted to do exchanges overseas when I was planning to travel for months at a time which is ...
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On the beers ready for regional travel
Fingers and toes are crossed across Victoria that the rusty Ring Of Steel may be dismantled on Sunday evening. Even if not, please let me fly the flag for my most recent filming location, the Great Alpine Road. Sorry Great Ocean Road, you get too much kudos, this road that runs from approximately Wangaratta (The ...
Preparing for the ‘new normal’
It’s been some time since we’ve spoken and frankly in regards to travel there’s not been a lot to chat about. I tend to view all predictions about the resumption of international travel as just that, predictions. But I do believe that by mid 2021 we will be packing our (big) suitcases once again. Albeit travel ...
Tiles fit for a Queen
Imagine a town so magical, so beautiful, it was part of the dowry of all Portuguese Queens for centuries. Enter Obidos. After initially being given as an extravagant wedding gift in 1282, from King Dinis to his beloved Isabel, every Portuguese monarch for the next 600 years would do the same creating Casa das Rainhas, the House of ...