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Travel to Discover Australia’s Lovely Lighthouses

Australian singer-songwriter Josh Pyke was on to a good thing when he sang about moving into a lighthouse in his single The Lighthouse Song. Pyke had identified a traveller’s fantasy and plucked it beautifully from his guitar. It’s a fantasy drenched in wanderlust and sparks curiosity in any traveller’s mind. Who wouldn’t be lured by […]

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Plan a Winter-Warming City Trip to Melbourne

Melbourne is not only renowned for its lush parks and gardens, Victorian-era architecture and tree-lined boulevards; it’s a city that’s just as well-known for its rainy weather. It’s not uncommon that you can experience four seasons in one day. Though, with the onset of a Melbourne winter, those other three seasons seem to disappear. In

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Best 3 Capital Cities in Australia to Travel Vegan and a GPSmyCity giveaway!

One of the problems facing travelling vegans is choosing a suitable destination. The food aspect for vegans will almost always dictate the decision on where to travel. Travelability is crucially important for vegans. When travelling to, or within, Australia, the capital cities are the key focus, and the best capital cities in Australia to travel

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Discovering the Wild Side of Phillip Island’s Wildlife (Part 2)

It all started in the 1920s on a deserted stretch of Summerland Beach. Bern Denham, Bert West and Bert Watchorn, equipped with flashlights, led small groups of curious tourists along a lumpy, sandy shoreline only to perch in the dunes and wait as the sun sank at the horizon. Before long, the waddling would begin

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Discovering the Wild Side of Phillip Island’s Wildlife (Part 1)

Phillip Island on Victoria’s Bass Coast is a weekend destination under a two-hour drive from Melbourne. It’s where a torrent of waves from Bass Strait collide into craggy cliffs stretching the breadth of the island. Phillip Island is naturally staged for a weekend nature adventure, furnished by wild and wondrous bushland and inhabited by unique

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Nourish the Body and Soul with a Vegan Breakfast at Mr Black Juicery

Mr Black Juicery is in the heart of Berwick, an unlikely location for a new foodie establishment that’s serving up an (almost) all-vegan and gluten-free menu. While it’s echoes away from the inner city vegan hubs of Collingwood and Fitzroy, Mr Black Juicery is flying the vegan flag in the outer fringes of urban Melbourne,

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Amen to Vegan Gluten-Free Food at Wholey Day in Collingwood

Travelling to inner city Melbourne to eat vegan gluten-free food at Wholey Day in a not-for-profit arts community setting is a warming way to spend a Sunday morning. Though, getting there early is the key to experiencing this wholefoods, raw, vegan, organic, and gluten-free market.   Schoolhouse Studios, in their words, offers ‘affordable workspaces to

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Sunday Road-Tripping and Eating Peanuts in Warburton

Travel along Maroondah Highway in the outer east of Melbourne and the trail leads road-trippers to the leafy township of Warburton in the Warburton Valley. It’s well under an hour from where I live in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and about an hour’s drive from Melbourne’s city centre. Strip shops line the main street – their

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When a Night of Local Travel Digresses to a Comedy of Errors

So, I entered a competition earlier in the week and I won two tickets to the Melbourne Comedy International Festival. In particular, I won a double pass to Australia’s own – Michael Workman – for last night. A welcomed win, indeed! I’ve been to the festival in years past and a good time always ensues.

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