Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
Community. When it comes to travel blogging, what does that even mean? Is it compatible with cutting out the noise and being productive? Can you be connected to community and also appreciate the joy of quiet? When I started as a travel blogger in 2007, I was very keen on the idea of community (how hilarious [...]
Last week I listed a dozen travel blogs I love to read. Today I’m going to share some more blog recommendations, starting off with some more travel blogs and then expanding to other themes. Which blogs rock YOUR world? Have you nominated anyone for the 2012 Bloggies yet? Nominations close on Sunday (Monday Australian time) [...]
I have been doing a spot of digital housekeeping to ring in the new year. I used TwitCleaner to clear out some of the junk that has ended up in my Twitter stream. I’ve locked down the privacy settings for my new Facebook Timeline on my personal account (I invite blog fans to ‘like’ my Facebook [...]
I have decided to merge Roaming Tales with my personal blog. You will notice a new category called The Niltiac Files that contains all my imported personal blog posts dating back to 2004. I’m still sorting out the sub-categories and tags to assist with navigation through the archive and over time I will also work [...]
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 [...]
Roaming Tales has been on a hiatus. These last few months have been extremely busy for me, with an international move from California back to my hometown of Sydney, late pregnancy in a summer heat wave and finally the birth of these two delicious creatures three weeks ago. Of course, now that the twins are [...]
It’s been another super-awesome year for Passports with Purpose! We set ourselves a goal of raising $50,000 for LAFTI to build a village in India for people from the Dalit (“Untouchable”) caste. We’ve raised $52,000 so far! That is thanks to the collective efforts of the founders, participating bloggers, sponsors and everyone who has bought [...]
The historic Fairmont Olympic in Seattle has donated an overnight stay in its executive suite as a prize in this year’s Passports with Purpose. Read all about the hotel and the prize in my previous post – or head directly over to the Passports with Purpose donation page for your chance to win. Raffle tickets [...]
This is a guest post from Livia Gamble (pictured left), who can usually be found on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia but has recently taken some time out to travel the world. She is blogging at Letters to G to share all the great places she visits along the way. This guest post is [...]
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