Tag: Travel
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Notes from a weekend in Tasmania
Escaped the city for Tasmania’s tranquility, embracing near-tech-free living and nature’s wonders, like the Northern Highlands and Cradle Mountain. The trip—ferry and cozy cabins included—inspired a return to mindful consumption and hope for sustainable futures. In Tara Brach’s words, we often miss living in the present, something this weekend remedied.
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An escape from the city
A couple of weekends ago, Peter and I visited Daylesford, the charming little town popular with Melbournians seeking refuge from the workweek. It was our first overnight escape from the city since we moved to Melbourne in 2022 and something we had been looking forward to doing for a while. And it was so worth…
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Paris revisited
Peter and I joined the rest of Australia in travelling to Europe this summer, first stop Paris. It had been nearly a decade since I last visited Paris, heading there with my partner to spend time with his parents who kindly invited us to join them for a few days their annual retreat to their…
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Sydney, Australia, via everywhere else.
In February 2017, after four years living in Colombo, Delhi, Pune, and Singapore, I moved back to Sydney. This is a post about falling in love with my hometown after several failed attempts over the years. But first, some context Though I was born in Sydney, clocking over thirteen years in Australia in bits and…
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Changi Airport: What to do at the World’s Best Airport in 3 hours
This special edition of Stopover at Singapore’s Changi Airport originally appeared on Nomads Bazaar. Stopover is a travel show I host and produce with my creative partner-in-crime, Adam Moorhead. We usually choose a city to create our 6 and 12 hour Stopover episodes, but Changi Airport deserves its own special 3 hour stopover episode! …
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Stopover Singapore: What to do in Singapore in 6 and 12 Hours
I’m excited to share the first travel show produced by Nomads Bazaar, the media company Adam and I run in Sydney! What started as a way to utilise our days off in between shoots has evolved into a little monster of a project that has been 9 months in the making. ‘Stopover’ gives you…
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Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Hidden Tropical Hub for Digital Nomads
While Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo isn’t the best representative of the tropical paradise most people envision the tear-shaped island to be, a growing number of interesting attractions and the city’s convenient location provide a great hub for travellers and fellow digital nomads. In this post I’ll share my perspectives on Colombo for travellers, nomads,…
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Exploring Hampi: The Indian Mega-City of the 13th Century
The ancient city of Hampi in Karnataka, South India, is home to hundreds of ruins of palaces, temples, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites and belonged to the mighty Vijayanagara Empire (13th to 15th centuries). Geographically it is one of the most interesting places I’ve explored, with giant boulders scattered throughout the city that make it look like a…
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How to meet yourself.
En route to Colombo from Badulla “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas The first post I saw on my Facebook newsfeed this morning was the quote above, from one of my favourite books. Mitchell’s quote means so much to me – if I hadn’t moved from Sydney to Vienna when I…