the journal

Our tendency as humans to under-appreciate the things right below our noses is one that’s well documented. I recently read Happy Money (and haven’t shut up about it, as it provides some particularly convenient justifications to spending money on travel). There’s something I love about self-improvement books – getting semi-obvious information delivered to you with […]

There are some trips that I’ve taken that simply occurred too long ago for me to provide any meaningful advice, and there are some that were too fleeting. This one falls into both category A and category B. While I’ve heard that things have changed a lot in the States since COVID, I’m sure that […]

Cuba, Havana in particular, has been at the top of my bucket list for a long while. I even attempted to book flights to Havana for a few days (as you do) during a particularly waterlogged week on Bocas del Toro, Panama in 2018 before sadly realising that it was Thanksgiving and flying anywhere – […]

Ahhh, Straddie. The feature of countless bumper stickers sitting in traffic on the Gold Coast and Brisbane, with drivers who would undoubtedly rather be sipping a frothy at the Point Lookout Surf Club.  As someone who grew up on the Gold Coast, I had – I am ashamed to admit – only visited South Stradbroke […]