State Of Design: Melbourne impresses beyond aesthetics
Melbourne may have its unofficial debates with all the other Australian capitals over which is better in the delivery of fashion, food, fine art and…
Pragmatic design and rustic cuisine make visiting St Kilda’s Newmarket a must
St Kilda in Melbourne’s south has for years been tagged as a bohemian haven. It has housed a colourful mixture of down-on-it’s-luck creative (and sometimes ribald)…
Injecting artistic sensibility into convenient accommodation
Anyone needing a chic bolthole in Melbourne for that much needed stopover? If your head is nodding then you may want to consider The Olsen Hotel…
InterContinental Sydney offers a trio of VIP events for the Melbourne Cup
Melbourne might play host to the Melbourne Cup but Sydney simply loves to celebrate as if the golden race is their own. One hotel that insists…
Mauritius: A gem in the Indian Ocean
With a chequered history that hypothetically began with the indigenous peoples of southern Africa to the supposed discovery by the Arabs, through subsequent colonisation by the…
Singing the praises of a refurbished Café Opera
Luxury Sydney hotel, the InterContinental, has long been known as a true destination of elegance, superlative service and understated style. Everyone from world leaders to visiting…
Luxury in motion: on board the Blue Train
I remember watching the classic movie ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ and, despite the homicidal content of its title and plot, I enjoyed seeing the likes…
Riesling’s the wine du jour
If you have a strong hankering for wine, we have a little secret for you: the name Jim Barry. Specialising at this current time in riesling,…
Eat, play, love
Forget playing video games all weekend, mucking about on Facebook, or even playing with yourself… It’s time to ‘Play Melbourne’ – which is the theme Tourism…
Injecting the indie back into St Kilda
Because there’s always so much to do in Melbourne on the cultural front and on the social scene, we find that with every trip there, we’re…
Gifts from above
Mattanu is originally a Hebrew word that means “gift from above” and once you’re swung up into the air in the Kriek family helicopter for…
The grass is greener…
For accommodation on this, my second trip to Johanesburg, I was spoilt for choice: two nights at the opulent Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa. The hotel…
Blood, sweat, tears (and lots of bitching, we’re sure)
L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is on its way in March, and in conjunction with it the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is presenting ‘Fashion…
