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01 Sep

My first birthday in Far North Queensland!

My first birthday in Far North Queensland!

Up to Yungaburra for a night at the 100-year-old Lake Eacham Hotel. Spotted my first ever platypus at dusk! Chinese temples, lush lunch, native flowers, …

 
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19 Aug

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2010 kicks off

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2010 kicks off

This weekend in Cairns you can watch dancers from the tip of Cape York, hear the National Indigenous Children’s Choir, and buy artworks made by …

 
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10 Aug

Carlsberg don’t do commutes, but if they did…

Carlsberg don’t do commutes, but if they did…

In London it took me anywhere between 45 minutes and an hour to get to work and the same to get back again. In Cairns I …

 
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26 Jul

Exploring the Daintree and Cape Tribulation

Exploring the Daintree and Cape Tribulation

Where Earth’s oldest rainforest meets the greatest coral reef. The only place on the planet where two World Heritage areas join. Our first visitors (Zoe & …

 
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12 Jul

La Suite, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

La Suite, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cultured owner Francois-Xavier is a former bigwig at the Paris Bourse who regularly holidayed in Rio – France’s relationship with Brazil is almost as old …

 
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11 Jul

La Passion Hotel, Cartagena, Colombia

La Passion Hotel, Cartagena, Colombia

There are hundreds of reasons why you should visit Cartagena – and almost all of them are clustered together within the 16th-century walls of the …

 
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19 Jun

Blowing my own trumpet in Cairns

Blowing my own trumpet in Cairns

One week after it kicked off in Johannesburg’s Soccer City Stadium, the World Cup has been defined by one word above all others. Vuvuzela. Until a …

 
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16 Jun

Home Sweet Home, 385 Draper Street

Home Sweet Home, 385 Draper Street

We’ve moved into my our home! The house is exactly what we’re looking for, a beautiful Federation-era, century old wooden Queenslander on stilts. We have palm …

 
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14 Jun

First few weeks in Cairns, Far North Queensland

First few weeks in Cairns, Far North Queensland

Cairns has palm trees everywhere, a beautiful boardwalk and the widest streets you’ve ever seen. Everyone is happy! Might have something to do with the …

 
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06 Jun

Sri Lankan stilt fisherman Life in the Day from Sunday Times Mag

Sri Lankan stilt fisherman Life in the Day from Sunday Times Mag

Priyanta Rh, 44, is a stilt fisherman off Sri Lanka’s south coast. I talked to him about growing old, the tsunami and a threatened way …

 
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