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Winter sunrise at Noosa
Last month, I celebrated my birthday at Noosa and given we were staying just across from the beach at Sheraton Noosa, I couldn’t resist ducking out to catch the sunrise. Although it was the second day of Winter, it was a beautiful morning on the beach and not too cold (although I was layered up). […]
MoreNoosa Food & Wine
On Saturday morning, Brigid (my friend who is the creative genius behind Kokopod) and I set off on a road trip to this year’s Noosa International Food and Wine Festival for a day of eating and food shopping. The festival started back in 2003 as the Celebration of Australian Food & Wine Noosa Style featuring famous foodies including Stephanie Alexander, […]
MoreHere comes the sun
They say it’s always darkest before the dawn, and for the past few weeks, I’ve been waiting for the sun to rise. Both figuratively and literally. Early last Sunday morning, I decided it was time to make my own sunshine. So, with the sky still as black as coal, I jumped into the car armed with a […]
MoreMy night as a fake festival-goer at Future Music
Last night I was surrounded by hundreds of sweaty, shirtless men gyrating to music. Streamers were shot into the sky and fell across my shoulders as people weaved their way through the dancing crowd waving strings of flashing helium balloons. My arms were in the air and there was a smile on my face. But I wasn’t at […]
MoreSmashing fun at Chinchilla Melon Festival
Would you believe I’m feeling somewhat melancholy after my long weekend in the rural town of Queensland at Chinchilla’s Melon Festival? There wasn’t a free motel room to be found for miles (or possibly even in Miles*) as more than 15,000 people converged on Chinchilla last weekend, effectively tripling its population, for the celebration of all […]
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