One of the best things about Tassie is how quickly you can get from the city to the wilderness. A friend and I took a winter day trip from Hobart to south-west Tasmania and visited The Needles, Lake Pedder and Gordon Dam. It was a perfect winter’s day out with great views and lots to…
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My Ten Favourite Places in New York
Start spreading the news…this city lives up to the hype. New York is filled with history, art, architecture, museums and culture and is a town where you will never run out of things to do. As a millenial visiting New York, a lot of the places that appealed to me the most took me back…
The Best Way to Visit Fushimi Inari Taisha
The beautiful and expansive Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, with its over one thousand Torii Gates, is one of Japan’s most iconic sites. With splendour comes popularity, and this spot is known to attract the masses! It’s also quite a hike up a hill, which can definitely leave you exhausted when you just want to…
Ten Christmas Gift Ideas for Bushwalkers for under $100
Tis the season to be jolly and to get your presents wrapped for friends and family! Whether one of your tribe is a seasoned bushwalker or fairly new to hiking, here’s my handpicked list of gifts that’s sure to make them smile. This post includes some paid links. That means if you click on one…
How to Learn to Love Staying in Hostels
So here’s a confession. I originally started this blog in my twenties, but I’m in my thirties now. These days I earn more, I own a pretty nice handbag made of real leather, and sometimes my joints feel stiff in the morning. Based on all of the above, you might think “Mia, surely now that…
Road Trip Through The Dolomites
On a springtime road trip from Croatia to Tuscany, I spent a few days in the Dolomites in north-eastern Italy. The Dolomites are a mountain range known for their jagged peaks and unique formations that are technically part of the European Alps but are considered their own ‘group’. This region is famous for walking and…
How to visit Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
I had dreamed of visiting Plitvice Lakes in Croatia for years and years before I finally got to see it with my own eyes, and it did not disappoint. This beautiful area of cascading waterfalls and turquoise pools is one of Croatia’s top tourist attractions and an absolute must-see if you are in the region….
Visiting Pine Valley Hut and the Labyrinth in Winter
In the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, lies a beautiful area known as the Labyrinth. The Labyrinth is a wild alpine plateau of tarns and lakes, nestled between mountain peaks and deep valleys. I visited the Labyrinth via Pine Valley Hut in the depths of winter. Below is my account of the trip….
Pros and Cons of Carry-On Only Overseas Travel
Increasingly, I have been encountering opinions from others online that if you’re an experienced jetsetter, there is almost an expectation to travel with carry-on luggage only. This expectation seems to exist regardless of the destination or the length of the trip. I’d like to tell you a story. Over years of travelling, I’d learnt a…
My Favourite Places in Paris
Paris is one of those cities that you can come back to time and time again and always find something new to do, see, appreciate or learn. I’ve visited Paris multiple times as a tourist and as a tour guide. I know more about Paris than any other city in Europe and it will always…