Christmas memories of years past – for me – involve travelling from house to house to visit family and friends. As I got older, it was expected that I would bring a plate of food or make a meal to help with the Christmas preparations. This expectation ramped up even more when I became vegan, […]
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Plastic Free July is a global movement helping people be a part of the solution to plastic waste around the world, so that we can all benefit from cleaner streets, oceans and communities. A cleaner environment means the animals we share this earth with can also live in safe habitats that are free from plastic.
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Summer time means free time and free time means spending our days filled with travel. With Christmas and New Year celebrations occupying most of our time, we are drawn into travel situations when we’re in the company of family members we don’t see often. Catering for a vegan family member during spurts of travel may
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You know when veganism is reaching new heights when a global publishing house decides to publish an all-vegan travel guide. In 2019, undoubtedly the year of the vegan, Lonely Planet has decided to publish The Vegan Travel Handbook. As a vegan traveller, I’m mindful of the destinations I travel to and I always wonder whether
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There’s been movement in the vegan world of late; movement that is game-changing. Big businesses are developing vegan versions of foods, corporate supermarket chains are selling those foods, airlines are adding vegan menu items to their food service trolleys and big hotel chains are selling vegan food offerings. Celebrities and people of influence are adopting
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It’s a well-known fact in vegan circles that vegans, more often than not, pay more for being vegan. You don’t have to travel far to realise this, and it can sap the joy out of vegan food travel. Something as simple as buying a soy latte from a local café sometimes involves getting slugged with
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I was cleaning up around the house again this weekend, when a bag stuffed with pamphlets was found. The pamphlets were collected from across the U.S and Canada in 2000, my first overseas trip. It was exactly 19 years ago, give or take a week. There were tickets to amusement parks, maps of national parks,
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I’ve spent the greater part of my travel writing life travelling the vegan road. It’s a road that hasn’t always been a straight one. Rather, it’s been a road of mistakes, miscalculations and misinterpretations. Language barriers have been tested and culturally-accepted traditions have been questioned. Even relationships with friends and family members have taken a
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Yesterday, I felt it yet again. It was an energy brooding deep within my belly, gradually rising to my throat and throughout each of my gangly limbs. It’s the same way that bloods pumps around my body; it’s a feeling of lightness and heaviness all at the same time. It warms my body then makes
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Local travel can bring many benefits. Last Friday, I attended my local Maroondah City Council International Women’s Day Breakfast. It is an annual event where local women gather to share a meal, stories and friendship. This year, I was lucky to listen to guest speaker Meredith Gaston. Meredith is an acclaimed artist, best-selling author and
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