Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
I have been wanting to eat at the Spirit House for years. It is a Thai restaurant in Yandina, near Noosa on the Queensland Sunshine Coast, and everyone says it is amazing. To reach the dining hall, you take a winding path through a lush rainforest garden and past a pond. There are Buddha statues [...]
Australians were recently shocked by dramatic scenes of animal cruelty in footage shown in ABC’s Four Corners documentary on the cattle live export trade. Cattle are shipped from northern Australia to Indonesia where thousands were dying “slow and hideous deaths”. After the program aired and a public outcry, the federal Government banned live export of [...]
This is a guest post from Robin Locker Lacey, a travel consultant for Italy and France, freelance writer, photographer and foodie. Her blog, My Mélange, features info on her favorite European cities, travel essays, photos, restaurant and hotel recommendations, recipes and budget travel tips. You can follow her on Twitter @MyMelange or join her community on Facebook. One of [...]
Short review: We suffered appalling service and the food was poor value. Not recommended. Full review: The Courtyard Cafe Da Capo has two things going for it. The main benefit is the pretty courtyard setting at the back of the Sydney Hospital on Macquarie St. The spot is a bit of a sun trap until [...]
I’m reading a book called Sweet Poison: Why Sugar is Making Us Fat. It’s about how over consumption of sugar is to blame for the obesity epidemic and a whole host of other health problems including heart disease and cancer. The specific culprit is fructose - one of the components of sucrose or common table sugar [...]
My mother-in-law rang my husband on Saturday to deliver this message: “Tell Caitlin the dress was beautiful but not as nice as hers.” I doubt very much that the new Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton as was, would be bothered by this highly biased declaration, but it made me smile. The royal wedding dress WAS [...]
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