How to spend a weekend in this coffee-sipping, culture-loving, boundary-pushing city in southern Australia.
Is Travel Safe in the Wake of Disaster?
At the age of twenty I visited Israel. It was one of the first times tourism and the ideas of safety and security merged in my travel journey. Upon returning home, I vividly recall describing my experiences interacting with soldiers on public buses, the idea of mandatory military service, and how I was deeply affected […]
Qantas wants direct flights from Australia’s east coast to London and New York
If the idea of travelling direct from Sydney and Melbourne to London and New York in a single 21-hour flight sounds like a winner to you, Qantas says that its plans to implement these flights by 2022 are advancing. Speaking at the Amazon Web Services Summit Innovation Day in Sydney, the airline’s chief executive, Alan Joyce, said that […]
Celebrate Harry Potter Day with a stay in Hagrid’s Hogwarts hut
High up on England’s North York Moors, a holiday cottage inspired by Hagrid’s home in the Harry Potter movies is now available for fans to rent. The Ground Keeper’s Cottage will welcome its first guests in time for International Harry Potter Day on 2 May, and the location could not be more perfect: on a […]