Top 5 Places to Stopover en route to Australia or New Zealand in 2023
Stopovers en route to Australia: Are you planning to fly from Europe to Australia or New Zealand? This advice will help you no matter where ...
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Best way to fly to Australia from UK or Ireland
What is the best way to fly to Australia from the UK or Ireland? Here’s the short answer: you can fly direct to the West ...
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Flinders St Project, Adelaide: handwoven hipster avocados
Everyone knows I am no hipster, neither in demeanour nor intent, and yet I find myself drawn to cafes and eateries frequented by earnest millenials ...
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Hey Jupiter, Adelaide – no croissants at this French cafe
‘Hey Jupiter’ is not only the name of one of my favourite songs by Tori Amos (click here), but also the name of a French ...
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Osteria Oggi, Adelaide – slow but worth it Italian
While food options in the Outback were pretty limited, I did find a decent lunch in Darwin. With Adelaide, my hopes were set higher: could ...
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Chow!, Darwin – rich and friendly pan-Asian lunch joint
A need for a spicy lunch in Darwin tempted me towards the harbourside area – somewhere I’d not prioritised because of the oft-repeated tour guide ...
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PM Eat & Drink, Darwin – service doesn’t meet the quality food
I think there is only one LGBT bar in Darwin, right opposite the Rydges Darwin Central hotel and there was a large friendly road crossing ...
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Ilkari, Sails in the Desert Hotel, Uluru / Ayers Rock
“Yano”, I thought, “yano, it’ll be difficult to take pictures when the flies are at rest on my face”. Yano? I was wrong. The flies ...
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Kaprica, Melbourne
On my first night in Melbourne, I was zonked by the time difference and had had a pretty good walk around the shops and library ...
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Arc of Iris, Margaret River, Western Australia
Everyone I met in Margaret River recommended Arc of Iris. It is a local restaurant with a great wine selection and is noted for its ...
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A boozy afternoon at Morries, Margaret River, Western Australia
Margaret River in Western Australia is rightly celebrated for its wine production (low volume, high quality, which is why we don’t see enough of it ...
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Dry Pizza at Little Creatures Brewing, Fremantle, Western Australia
After a very educational tour around Fremantle Prison, the hunger came on me. It was 34 degrees (mid 80s) with a stiff breeze as hot ...
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Delicious Barramundi at The Goose, Busselton, Western Australia
Regular readers might know that I enjoy road trips (there are MANY on my travel blog, Planet Patrick). I was driving from New Norcia down ...
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Jaw Sushi in Perth: less sushi, more crunchy!
In the spirit of it being mega-hot (low 30s) in Perth and not feeling super-hungry, I sought out a sushi place near my hotel in ...
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