It’s taken me a long while to decide whether I wanted to publish these photos. I took them while on a lovely weekend away in Shepparton. We stayed in a gorgeous B&B – Australia’s first vegan B&B – which is situated right in the middle of the rolling properties that make up Shepparton’s dairy farms. […]
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It’s been a long six months in the making but Smith & Daughters is finally saying “hola” to Melbourne. Smith & Daughters has been a pondered dream for business partners Shannon Martinez and Mo Wyse. Their roots are well planted in the Melbourne culinary scene, particularly well-known in the city’s vegan circles. So, it’s no
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The bayside suburb of St Kilda hugs Melbourne’s CBD and enticing beach of Port Phillip Bay. St Kilda attracts many visitors, and rightly so. Day-trippers from the urban sprawl of Melbourne, interstate travellers on a short sojourn and international backpackers all come here. Yet, it’s not just the beachside lifestyle that lures them. Cosmopolitan cafés
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It’s 11am on a sunny Saturday morning in Lancefield. This quaint little town, nestled in the rolling surrounds of the Macedon Ranges, is buzzing. Cars are vying for car-parks along the centre plantation in High Street, mothers link hands with their excited toddlers and the dulcet sounds of an acoustic duo lure the foot-traffic closer.
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Varkala is a sleepy beach town, located about an hour from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of India’s southern state Kerala. In the Malayalam language, spoken in this part of India, Kerala is ‘ker’ meaning ‘coconut’ and ‘ala’ meaning ‘land’. It’s where coconut trees hug the jagged cliffs and coastline while shops line a dirt road for
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While walking out into the pitch-black street, there’s a distant chorus to be heard and bright lights line the dusty street. It’s Diwali, Festival of Lights, and candles stand like soldiers in a row, wicks flickering and bringing new life to the street. Coloured powders can be found on the ground at the thresholds of
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Melbourne based artist Nick Selenitsch has arrived in Shepparton and his energising exhibition, simply titled ‘Play’, is bringing out the inner child from those who wander past his installations. It’s a joy to wander any exhibition, but it’s a bonus when the viewer is invited to interact with the artwork adorning the gallery halls. Interacting
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Australia has a reputation for being hot and arid. Yet Melbourne defies this reputation when the autumn and winter months arrive. Sure, it gets hot and steamy during summer but winter in the most liveable city in the world gets bitterly cold and wet. Despite the chills, there’s still fun to be found in this
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For Valentine’s Day, many restaurants in Melbourne opt for set menus and prices. While some places tend to capitalise as much as they can on this day of love, Kumo Izakaya offers its guests a set menu that’s a degustation feast. And, rightly so. In some countries, Valentine’s Day is known as the Feast of
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We take a ride in the back of a truck about 20 minutes out of the main township of Chitwan to our awaiting canoe. It’s a long dug-out and seats as many of us as our captain will squeeze onto it. He pushes his canoe off its mooring and from the instant rocking we know
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