Tag Archives: Australia At a distance, it made me choke up with emotion. Close up, it was simply awe-inspiring! Uluru. Ayers Rock. The heart of Australia. It sits almost dead-centre of a very large land mass, a long way from anywhere else. Formally recognised by UNESCO World Heritage for both its natural and cultural values, it has been […]  It is currently winter in Australia. I’m wrapped up in a blanket and wearing my sheep-skin ugg boots. It is so cold in my house that the olive oil has solidified! Given the country’s (warranted) reputation for sunshine and glorious beaches, it might be hard to believe that winter is a real thing. But, even […]  Who could resist? A hatted restaurant set in a vineyard with its own sculpture park! Mornington Peninsula, just an hour south of Central Melbourne in Australia, is a sensory feast. Although the whole government area is technically part of Metropolitan Melbourne, with its charming coastal villages and spectacularly wild coastline, and with its boutique farms […]  We are very lucky here on the Far South Coast of New South Wales in Australia’s east. It is called the Sapphire Coast for the intense blue of the waters and sky against the iron-oxide red of the coastal cliffs and gold of the sandy beaches. Sitting on the windward side Great Dividing Range, the […]  Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula is the very best of boutique backyards! Part of Metropolitan Melbourne, this magical peninsula just over an hour south of the city centre is home to history (see: Point Nepean National Park), wild places, cool-climate vineyards, and countless farm-to-table restaurants. Last winter I managed to squeeze a visit to the region between Covid-19 […] |
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