Dani Venn

Before last week I had always associated picking fruit as something English backpackers did to fund their travels around Australia. For some absurd reason it had never occurred to me that I could go and pick my own fruit from farms in my local area. Silly me, for all these years I have been missing [...]

Breakfast is my least favourite meal of the day. I should rephrase that, breakfast in Australia is my least favourite meal of the day. Breakfast in any Asian country is incredible – hot soups, curries, string hoppers, congee – but breakfast in Australia consists of dry cereals, bland toast, and the occasional hard boiled egg. [...]

You can tell it’s the beginning of the year by looking at the embellished headlines about “how to achieve your best body” on the cover of every current women’s magazine! Ah yes it’s new years resolution time so it’s time to cash in on the two – three weeks of the year where people actually try [...]

If I could press a magic button and be transported anywhere in the world, the beaches of Mexico, with an icy cold margarita in one hand and a serving of chicken tostadas in the other, would be high on my wish list. Sadly this technology has not yet been invented so I’m just going to [...]