How many variations of green are even possible? Cycling along a country path surrounded by rice paddies, I am overwhelmed by a landscape filled with every conceivable shade of green and marvel at how green, green can be. The strands … Read more
Sitting here eating fresh from the ocean delicate tuna sashimi it is easy to shut my eyes and imagine I am somewhere fancy in Tokyo, whereas in fact I am here in Niue, the Pacific island only a … Read more
The tomatoes are like nothing I have ever seen before, their colour densely red and full of rich flavoured juice. Maybe this has something to do with a summer of brilliant hot days, no rain at all, yet enough underground … Read more
Now that the kids are back to school and calm is restored, it is the perfect time to consider where you might head to next holidays or even for a long weekend away to break up the school term. … Read more
Kai Niue Food Festival is 19-22 September 2014 This event is designed to showcase our extraordinary local foods to the world and to learn from culinary experts’ new ways to prepare, cook and present our food. Running for 4 days … Read more
Niue offers a holiday menu experience like no other. “You won’t find this on many – or any – menus anyplace else in the world,” smiles Kaiika Restaurant owner, Avi Rubin, as he proudly places a sharing platter of … Read more
South Australia has everything a food lover could ever possibly wish for; incredible wine, fabulous local produce, a plethora of artisan bakers, cheese makers and numerous dairies (the milk/yoghurt product sort not the corner sort), making South Australia arguably the … Read more
We all need something to look forward to and with summer holidays quickly becoming a distant memory, it is time to fill the calendar year with treats to savour. Having visited Noosa Food & Wine Festival in May 2013, … Read more
Some of us are habitual virtual holiday planners. We get excited about airline specials and reading reviews on Trip Advisor, yet never get much further than our chair in front of the computer. Being one of these people, … Read more
The close proximity of Norfolk Island to New Zealand makes it an ideal travel destination, but how much do most of us know about this isle in the Pacific? If I am to be honest, not much, but all this … Read more
Tahiti is the perfect stopover on a long trans-Pacific flight, and a great place for children to garner some foreign language skills, writes Tracey Mehrtens Editor, of on location, Harvey World Travel’s magazine.
Along with location, weather and food, where you stay can make or break a holiday experience. Although I haven’t always been a Resort convert, a recent trip to Club Med Phuket shows me exactly how good a family holiday can be!
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” ― Ernest Hemingway. Drunk is overstating things, but I probably wasn’t completely sober either when I spontaneously suggested we should do a … Read more
Everyone has a different image in their mind’s eye when it comes to the most romantic hideaway on the planet, and an exotic escape to a secluded spot where the climate is warm, the sea tepid and spa treatments are … Read more
