Coffs Harbour: Family Road Trip

When I was a kid, Coffs’ most exciting feature was the Big Banana – but these days there’s a whole lot more to the Coffs Coast region.

Lord Howe Island

It is the ideal place to unwind, relax and appreciate the surrounding natural environment, and really, it is what you make of it: a virtual Choose Your Own Adventure destination.

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Gardenl, New York

Karen Moline discovers a splendid old New York hotel where the turtle soup was famous and the men wore moustaches. One freezing cold day a few weeks ago, my son and I were given a ride in uptown New York by a visiting friend. She turned off the FDR Drive along the East River at […]

Perth: Hillarys Boat Harbour

Hillarys Boat Harbour is a thirty-minute drive north of Perth, and is often packed out for one simple reason: it’s full of locals, who always know the best places to go!

Queenstown, New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported that Australians made a record 7.8 million short-stay trips overseas last year. New Zealand was our favourite destination. (1.1 million trips). If it’s luxury you’re after, Holiday Goddess editor Deborah Dickson-Smith thinks Queenstown is the place to head… My flight to New Zealand on Air New Zealand is an […]

Manhattan, New York by tour bus

Karen Moline and her son review their home town of New York on the top of a bus – and think about a hot chocolate Thermos. One of the most wonderful things about New York City is that, even for long-time residents like myself, there is always something new and surprising to discover. So when […]

London Zoo for Children

Betselling novelist Faith Bleasdale takes a picnic, a friend, some small children and a lifelong fear of spiders to the legendary London Zoo. It was February when I took my three-year-old on his very first visit to London Zoo. Despite having mixed feelings about zoos, (ideally, in my opinion, all animals would stay in their […]