A Guide to Food, Drinks, Wildlife and Art in Hobart, Tasmania
Honestly, I didn’t know much about Tasmania before I started my travels in 2019. Then I met a couple people who lived in Australia (one American…
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Destinations: Oceania
Staying at Jackalope Hotel in the Mornington Peninsula
When I first started planning my New Zealand and Australia trip with Lindsay and Katz for December 2019-January 2020, I decided to tack on an extra…
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Kicking off 2020 with Three Days of Eating and Drinking in Melbourne
After celebrating New Year’s Eve with a night of fireworks and bubbly in Sydney, Lindsay, Katz and I were only slightly hungover and excited to be…
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My Favorite Things to Do in Sydney
The bad news: my 2019-2020 visit to Australia with Lindsay and Katz coincided with some of the worst wildfires that the country had experienced in…
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A Day in The Blue Mountains During Australia’s Wildfires
Lindsay, Katz and I had planned a day trip to the Blue Mountains during our late December 2019 visit to Sydney months in advance. While the raging…
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New Year’s Eve in Sydney
When I first visited Sydney in March 2017, I returned with an epiphany: I wanted to quit my job. It took me two years to realize that vision, but a…
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Four Days in Queenstown
Finally. After four jam-packed nights in four different places, we were ready to relax in Queenstown for our next four days. We arrived in town on…
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Twenty Four Hours in Wanaka & Mount Aspiring National Park
To recap, since Lindsay and Katz had joined me in New Zealand, we had spent a night in Auckland, a night in Blenheim and a night in Aoraki/Mount Cook…
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The Ultimate Aoraki/Mount Cook Experience
After a couple indulgent days of wine tasting in Waiheke and Marlborough, it was time to shift gears and get our hiking on. First stop? Aoraki/Mount…
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Maximizing One Day in the Marlborough Wine Region
Our first stop on the South Island would be the town of Blenheim, the center of New Zealand’s most famous wine region, Marlborough. Known for its…
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