Food and luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
Short Scenic Walks Coffs Coast If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know this is my first time back home to Australia for two and a half years. Besides family, one of the things I miss most while living overseas is easy and endless access to pristine natur…
Return to Australia, Shangri-La Sydney Monica Tindall My return to Australia (after two and half years of absence and countless days of pandemic restrictions in Asia) is the thing dreams are made of. Vivid is on, the festival that lights up the city in a dazzling di…
Vivid Menu – Altitude, Sydney Monica Tindall The team at Altitude, Shangra-La Sydney’s modern Australian grill, is featuring a vibrant menu to celebrate the city’s world-renowned light festival, Vivid. With a spectacular outlook over the iconic harbo…
Eltham Valley Pantry Monica Tindall It would be challenging to imagine a more idyllic setting than that of The Eltham Valley Pantry. Set on a plot surrounded by 300 pecan trees, beautiful gardens and a 100-year old farmhouse, this gourmet retreat is worth a detour…
Ground Earth Woolgoolga Monica Tindall Offering a wholesome menu where all dietary needs are respected, Ground Earth furnishes a vibrant list of balanced recipes. Plant-based and gluten-free choices are in abundance, as also are decadent gourmet dishes made …
Day Trip from Coffs Harbour Monica Tindall Regarded as the most liveable climate in Australia, Coffs Harbour is a highly appealing holiday destination. Located on the North Coast of NSW, the seaside city holds much charm with pretty beaches, coastal walks, vibr…
Waves to Wilderness Monica Tindall Coffs Harbour is an excellent stopover on the drive from Sydney to the Gold Coast or vice versa. There’s enough to explore in the region to warrant a good few days’ stay. From a spectacular coastline to lush rainforest, the natura…
Location You can’t beat the location of the Hilton Hotel Sydney. Smack bang in the middle of the city it’s walking distance to many attractions, and only steps away from bars, restaurants, shopping and entertainment. Certainly one of the many benefits is that of e…
When a hotel is inside what once used to be the State Theatre you’d expect a little drama in the setting. QT Sydney’s entrance has me wishing I’d worn higher heels, brighter red lipstick and had donned a feather boa. “The minute you walked in the joint…,” Shirley Bass…
Part of one of Sydney’s hottest boutique hotels, QT Sydney, Gowings Bar & Grill first caught my attention with their breakfast menu. Natural leavened stone baked bread, spelt, organic, flax, pomegranate molasses, raspberry sherbet, choice of milks – almo…
Contemporary and fun, the designer day spa, spaQ, part of the boutique hotel QT Sydney, is certainly a place that provided pep to my afternoon. Of course the relaxation and beauty treatments themselves had something to do with this, but the designer setting and up…
A year ago was my last visit to Shangri-La Hotel Sydney, and still with all of the wonderful accommodation options in the city centre, it is the hotel that speaks most to me when recommending an unforgettable stay in Australia’s Harbour City. All rooms are blessed w…