Mr Romance 
Why is Australia so damn freaky?! We’ve travelled a fair bit around this amazing island continent and it has never failed to impress me with its weird-ass beauty. It’s the Cameron Diaz of countries: sometimes it looks like a class A model, other times it’s so strange, it just looks wrong. Early explorers didn’t have … Read more
I remember seeing something on TV once where a woman had her bag searched at customs. The officer commented on her packing skills, saying it was the neatest, most organized suitcase he’d ever seen. I’m not like that… but I’m not like Huckleberry Fin either. In the same way taking something apart is easier than … Read more
When two people run a blog together, things aren’t always easy. When those two people are married, things can get even more complicated. One thing that we often have trouble with is deciding what to write about. This time, the ‘discussion’ was about Monday and Tuesday’s travel posts. Mrs Romance had the idea of publishing … Read more
Has anyone noticed how microbreweries have become really popular in Australia recently? Is anyone really that happy about it? If someone asked me those questions, the answer would be a very loud ‘YES!’ One of the pubs doing great things with all things beer is the Harts Pub on the outer rim of the Rocks … Read more
Stuck for choices of where to eat? Can’t decide where you want to go? Well, Surry Hills is the worst for that – talk about culinary wood for the trees! This Sydney suburb has more eateries, restaurants and bars per square metre than any other area of Sydney. It was on a blogging friend’s recommendation … Read more
Growing up in England, the only swimming pools I knew of were the municipal ones, full of verrucas and floating Band Aids – and the outdoor one of my preschool. That’s right, my preschool had an outdoor pool. In England. Teachers would make us children learn to swim in this horrible chlorine-rich soup in the … Read more
Tell me you don’t like the idea of a Pacific island holiday and watch me laugh in your face! Everyone does. There’s no theory, reason, or evidence that you could produce that would make me change my mind. I tell you what, let’s do it the other way round. Let me tell you some things … Read more
Here we are again. Monday. But it’s not all bad. Here are some amazing photos of a far-away place that’ll grease the rails to help you through the week. This Monday, Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Click here for our full review on Efate Island and Port Vila – Vanuatu’s capital. If you want to … Read more
A pub crawl is a wonderful thing. You travel from bar to bar, pub to pub, a drink in each one… it’s a night of endurance, a night of attrition against sobriety. I saw something like this while in Tuscany. But as the Italian ‘youths’ (god, I feel old using that word!) bar hop, they … Read more
25 April is marked as Australia’s most important national day. Today is our remembrance day – ANZAC Day. It is our saddest day. The ANZACs – or the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps – began in 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand soldiers joined forces to fight in World War One. On this … Read more