“Melbourne is busy!” I had been living in Melbourne for only a few months and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. Before I flew into Melbourne as a teenager, I had been living in a small, outback town. The nearest capital city was an eight-hour drive away and that city, Perth, has the reputation as […]
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I enjoy my blog Fire & Tea because it’s my own space where I can write, travel and create. I’ve been writing and travelling in various forms throughout my life and I don’t think I’d feel myself if I wasn’t doing one or the other or both! Though, I must admit that I need to
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This post is brought to you in partnership with Cover-More Travel Insurance, cheap travel insurance for travellers on a budget. Travel is a rewarding way to nourish yourself and there are so many benefits to enjoy. First and foremost, travel gets you away from the stresses of your daily life so you can enjoy some
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Australians love a great festival and there are so many locations throughout this country that hosts at least one festival a year. Festivals in Australia also celebrate the diversity of the arts here in Australia, from music to installations, comedy and more. With so many festivals happening, it’s hard to narrow it down to a
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Recently, Total Travel reported on some interesting results from a recent study conducted by Booking.com. Women rated a surprise trip as more meaningful above material things such as jewellery. This article made me wonder – are we turning more to travel for the benefit of our wellbeing? If we do think about these findings in
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When we travel, we open our minds to new surroundings and a new perspective. Though, being creatures of habit, I suspect we all have a little list of travel rituals to which we stick by. Why do we have our travel rituals? Is it because we still like to maintain a sense of routine before
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eL Seed is a French-Tunisian artist who creates in an Arabic tongue. He describes his style of street art as ‘calligraffiti’ – a seamless blend of graffiti and Arabic calligraphy and script. eL Seed’s distinct style was born on the streets of Paris then later spread around the world. Walls in many cities, from the laneways of
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I’m a left-handed voyager and proud of it. I enjoy the fact that left-handers are far and few between in our world; left-handers are rare and represent about 10% of the human population. Yet, I haven’t always enjoyed being left-handed. As a kid at school, I always struggled using scissors. Everything I cut resulted in
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Over the weekend, I was checking my Twitter feed where I found a tweet for an article from Condé Naste Traveller with the headline: “How to look good when you travel – Amanda Seyfried reveals all”. This headline caught my eye immediately. I was interested to discover what questions this Hollywood actress was asked in
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This post is brought to you in partnership with Albatross Tours who specialise in Europe tours for travellers from Australia and New Zealand You’ve always dreamed of travelling to Europe and romanticised about travelling by road through snow-capped mountain ranges, roaming wine regions or along sunny Mediterranean coastal highways. Though, you want to do it all
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