Small Mouth Vodka is the pioneer vodka brand in Australia. A far cry from the flavourless, odourless, throat burning, mass-produced imports we’re used to here. Small Mouth is amazingly smooth – only gently warming your tummy as it goes down. Can anyone explain to me why France is suddenly producing one of the most expensive … Read more
The cinema is one of those places that takes you right back to being a kid every time you go. The Golden Age Cinema and Bar, Surry Hills, takes it one step further; here you feel like you’re going back in time! Going to the cinema as a kid was one of those special treats … Read more
Anzac Day is a very special day for Australians and New Zealanders. It’s the day we take to remember and reflect on the sad losses our armed forces have suffered in conflicts in WWI and since. It’s also a day to remember the old ways and to celebrate our culture. There’s nothing much more Australian … Read more
Brunch is one of those meals some people scoff at (sorry for the pun). They think it’s somewhere between snobby and yuppyish. But really it’s just somewhere between breakfast and lunch. The best thing about brunch is that you get to eat as much as you would for lunch when it’s still almost early enough to … Read more
Last weekend saw Mrs Romance and me zoom off the edge of the digital map and away from all things Net-based. We were visiting friends in a little town in rural New South Wales called Putty. In this oddly named little town of no more than 200 people, there was no 3G, our phones had … Read more
Typical of all good Melbourne finds, the Cosmopolitan Hotel is tucked away down a side street. A block or two back from the St Kilda coastline, The Cosmo peeps round the corner at you and beckons to you like a cheeky Shakespearean sprite. We were happy we followed the sprite’s bidding – the hotel ticks … Read more
If you know anything about Sydney, you’ll know about the Blue Mountains. They are part of the Great Dividing Range that runs north to south perpendicular to the eastern coastline of Australia. And they’re not very blue! Sign up to our free newsletter here for more travel inspiration. You also get your own copy of … Read more
What’s your idea of paradise? If it’s an island in the Pacific Ocean with a luxury resort built by a millionaire, then you’ll love Hayman Island. Hayman is the most northerly of the Whitsunday Islands off the east coast of Australia, overlapping the Great Barrier Reef in Northern Queensland. The resort itself, built by aeronautical … Read more
You know those occasional meals you have that, even as you’re eating them, you know you’ll remember them forever? That’s what happened to us in Pearl Beach recently. Pearl Beach is a little waterside town in the Central Coast of New South Wales, population 400 – give or take. These lucky few have on their … Read more
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