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travel

Jellied eels and the English seaside

October 16, 2010

Ahh …. The English seaside in the late 1960s … fairgrounds and pebbled beaches, long piers that have since burned to ashes, and stalls selling pots of shrimp and jellied eel from tiny cups. This picture is of my mum Suzanne Gibbs, also a food writer (we wrote The Thrifty Kitchen together). I love her [...]

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Freestyle Espresso

September 28, 2010

The laneways, little nooks and spots of urban funkyness that make Sydney totally jealous of Melbourne has been well reported on. So Sydney ups the ante, opening new bars and cafes in the few laneways it does have, and then Melbourne just blows all the effort away with some brand new, uber creative culinary post. [...]

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The Boatshed, Waiheke

August 27, 2010

There is this excellent invention our New Zealand counterparts call The Bach, pronounced The Batch. It’s a small little dinky thing that you traipse to for weekends from Auckland and Wellington and wherever else you live. But then your Bach is your showpiece, as well. City-dwellers take great pride in the Bach, and it’s often [...]

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Boatshed sneakers

August 24, 2010

Am absolutely crashy tired so no energy to give full worth to the discoveries I made over the weekend, but then wouldn’t sleep very well without offering a sneak, at least, of this little boutique hotel on Waiheke Island, on New Zealand’s North Island. The Boatshed, as crisp as a New Zealand sauvignon blanc and [...]

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Lake Garda

July 19, 2010

Where to stay: Hotel Villa Arcadio, on Lake Garda. ShareTweet

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Villa Augustus

July 16, 2010

… A sweet place in the Netherlands with a hotel, kitchen garden, restaurant and market all in one. The hotel rooms are modern and minimalist, while the whole place still has an amazing rustic charm. Check it out here. ShareTweet

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When in Venice

May 25, 2010

Venice has a reputation of being smelly, with bad food and lengthy queues. In 24 hours, visitors don’t have time to waste on such things. Instead, they need to follow a carefully and strategically planned tour of the city, which takes into account the necessary getting-lost-in-the-back-alleys drama. Kate Gibbs sets a 24-hour itinerary When in [...]

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A life less ordinary

May 19, 2010

An extraordinary and funny email came in this morning from a dear friend who has gone to England to work in a castle kitchen in Saltash, 10 minutes drive from Plymouth, in Cornwall. The castle is set on a 200 acre property, and today she took a tour of the grounds, exploring just 55 of [...]

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Mossman ‘gorgeous’

May 7, 2010

As six year old Ava wisely pointed out, maybe the word gorge comes from gorgeous. This is Mossman Gorge, where the rivers in the ancient Daintree forest pour over bolders and where barramundi swim wild. And it’s where we swam on a little morning trip from Port Douglas. You have to drive through Mossman town [...]

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On the inlet

May 5, 2010

Don’t you love it when you can peel prawns on your own, dip them in salt, squeeze them with lemon and eat them all by yourself? Such a satisfying lunch today on the inlet in Port Douglas. Sat by the water with a bottle of beer and a bowl full of ice and prawns. A [...]

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Port Douglas, live

May 5, 2010

In sunny, rainy, humid and tropical Port Douglas, in far north Queensland, with my best buddy. We came here when we were nineteen, and now again with her two girls and the chap Drewy. Days so far by the pool, drinking icey banana soy smoothies as the main staple. Book stores on the main Macrossan [...]

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Love, labels, lost: New York

April 28, 2010

New York. I found my photos from my recent trip there this morning while a friend and I were looking through my pics for some midday amusement. A trip to New York in January this year was invigorating and renewing. Did a culinary course in downtown Manhattan, and in the short hours before and after, [...]

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You are here

April 21, 2010

Blame it on my urge for going. Maps… street maps, globes, how to get there. These various very cool designs have me on the look out for new routes with old maps. All pictures from Etsy. ShareTweet

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Homage to Katoomba

April 20, 2010

I love waking up somewhere new. Spent the weekend with friends in the Blue Mountains, just outside Sydney, in the tiny Art Deco town Katoomba. Arrived in the afternoon, and straight away to a long walk after a long drive, along roads edged with autumny trees. This is the best time of year in Sydney, [...]

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