A Modern Wayfarer

Tasmania Travel Guide: See, Do and Stay Part 1

Tasmania is the Madonna State - reinventing itself, one awesome experience at a time! Read on for my Tasmania Travel Guide, written over two parts ('cos there's just SO. MUCH. GOODNESS).~ Ah, Tasmania - once wrapped in sleepy little packaging, the previously forgotten State just south of the Bass Strait is now on every Aussie travellers bucket list! For an economy mostly operating on experiential pursuits, it’s little wonder Tasmania is the weekender of choice for pleasure-seeking travellers ... Read More

What To Do When You Get Sick While Traveling

What To Do When You Get Sick While Traveling... It’s every traveller’s worst nightmare: after spending months on prepping, saving and packing you’re finally on the road, fully immersed in a far off land. Suddenly, on the fifth day you feel a foreign rumble in your tummy and you’ve got a fever that'll launch you to the moon. Or perhaps you’ve come down with a simple holiday flu, which, thanks to Murphy’s Law, often tends to happen on much-needed vacations. Whatever the symptoms, the outcome is ... Read More

How To Find Your Perfect Travel Companion

Aside from skinny-dipping and losing your underwear, travelling with your best mate might just be the most idiotic thing you’ll do on the road. BFFs are forged through rose – or beer – tinted glasses of school, parties, or work but rarely do these friendships survive the unexpected stresses that come with travelling for extended periods. Hopping on a plane with your bestie won’t guarantee a one-way ticket to friendship purgatory, but just because you both dig Moroccan interiors doesn’t mean ... Read More

Top Ten Travel Destinations for 2015: The AMW Hot List

As the year hastily draws to a close it's time to start brainstorming your next overseas trip for 2015. So many of us return to the same place year after year, but why not escape travel ground-hog day and explore somewhere new? There's an entire planet out there. No, really, there's 7 continents, 196 countries and thousands of cities to discover. And trust me, each and every one of them is more interesting than going coastal for the fourth consecutive year. But where in the world should you ... Read More

8 Ways To Stay Fit While Traveling

How to Stay Fit While Traveling? It's that familiar whisper in our heads just before a trip. For someone who’ll find any excuse not to go to the gym, I seem to have the best of intentions for holiday fitness. My running shoes are a regular fixture in my luggage and my skipping rope has a permanent spot in my carry-on zip pocket. Granted, exercising while traveling sounds like a bit of a bore. I get it, I totally do, a vacation doesn’t really seem like a vacation if you’re still slugging it ... Read More

How to Avoid Food Poisoning When Traveling: My Tips and Tricks

How do you avoid food poisoning when traveling? It's a question people often ask me and one that I've had a lot of experience with - both good and bad. Food poisoning doesn't discriminate. It happens to the best of us. It can strike anytime, anywhere. It’s the arch nemesis of the foodie traveler; those of us who seek out unique local cuisine like it’s travel a badge of honour. So what if the “traditional” food safety guidelines don’t work for you? What if avoiding fresh fruits and vegetables, ... Read More