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19
May

Aireys Inlet: The Coastal Caravan Weekend That Just Works (for us)

The unpretentious Great Ocean Road town we keep coming back to — and the BIG4 caravan park that's become our easy default.
5 min read
15
May
Pork, pineapple, and the weekend the weather turned

Pork, pineapple, and the weekend the weather turned

It was the weekend at the cottage when the weather finally turned. Daylesford had been doing its autumn thing — the
1 min read
12
May
Chipotle Pork, Charred Pineapple, and the Recipe That Joined the Rotation

Chipotle Pork, Charred Pineapple, and the Recipe That Joined the Rotation

A shoulder-season cook from the Daylesford cottage that's quietly become a fortnightly fixture.
4 min read
08
May

About that EV I said I was buying...

A few weeks ago I sent you a newsletter titled I'm buying an EV I've never
1 min read
05
May
The MG Story I Didn't Plan to Keep Telling

The MG Story I Didn't Plan to Keep Telling

Six weeks ago I told you I was buying a Zeekr 7X. I'm not. Here's the small white hatch I'm driving instead, and how I got here.
6 min read
01
May
The three words that became our favourite Sicilian dessert

The three words that became our favourite Sicilian dessert

We were sitting in a gelateria on the edge of Trapani's old town, towards one of the points
1 min read
28
Apr
Trapani and the Egadi Islands: The Quietest Week in Sicily

Trapani and the Egadi Islands: The Quietest Week in Sicily

Less polished than Taormina, less famous than Cefalù, but an amazing place that stands on its own and we'd readily go back.
8 min read
24
Apr

The BBQ recipe that's almost impossible to mess up

I own half a dozen barbecue cookbooks. I've smoked duck, cured bacon, and ruined at least one expensive
1 min read
21
Apr

The BBQ Recipe I've Cooked More Than Any Other (And Never Messed Up)

Weber's chipotle chicken quesadillas. Fifteen minutes of prep, thirty minutes on the grill, zero failures in years of making them.
5 min read
17
Apr
The river that mirrors itself

The river that mirrors itself

On Tasmania's west coast, there's a river so still that photographs of it look the same
1 min read