Best Melbourne Night Festival and Winter Event at Queens Park Melbourne Water Lantern Festival is one of those events where you can slowly spend an entire afternoon in the park until sunset. The park itself is free to enter, but if you want to participate in the lantern release, you need to purchase the lantern […]
Canberra Truffle Farm Experience and Truffle Hunting Guide
The Truffle Farm is about a 15-minute drive from Canberra city centre. It is a very convenient weekend destination. Booking needs to be made in advance. In previous years it is usually booked out several months ahead, but this year due to the situation there were over 600 cancellations, which is how I managed to […]
Where to See Quokkas in Western Australia
Perth Rottnest Island spotted quokkas in Western Australia On Rottnest island, you can buy a hop-on hop-off bus ticket. Buses run about every 15 minutes, and you’ll get a wristband so you can get on and off freely at different stops. Most people usually go to:Stops 5–7: jelly-like turquoise ocean, great for sea photosStop 8: […]
Best Lavender Farms in Victoria You Need to Visit
Best Placed to See Lavender in Victoria Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm (Shepherds Flat) 90 minutes from Melbourne, step into old European times in one second. Hidden in Shepherds Flat, Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm reopened at the end of last month. The lavender is now blooming very brilliantly, and the flowering season will last from January […]
Melbourne Mushroom Picking at Macedon Plantation
We went to Macedon Plantation over the weekend, about an hour drive from Melbourne. Parking is just along the roadside, better to go earlier to find a spot easily. Macedon Plantation As soon as we walked into the pine forest, everything felt quiet. The ground was covered with thick pine needles, soft to walk on, […]
Strawberry Picking Bacchus Marsh – Farm Picking Experience
Originally planned to go to Wandin East to pick cherries but found out the season was already over and picking had ended. But we quickly found a strawberry picking farm online, switched plans, and immediately organised a weekend trip with friends. Naturipe Fruits – Bacchus Marsh Cherry FarmAddress: 638 Bacchus Marsh Rd, Bacchus Marsh VIC […]
The History of the Big Merino in Goulburn: Why a Giant Sheep?
We randomly came across the The Big Merino on a road trip today and it honestly surprised us. It’s a 15-metre-tall sculpture built in 1985, originally created to celebrate the region’s wool industry. Goulburn used to be a major centre for wool trade in Australia, and merino sheep are basically a symbol of the country’s […]
Strawberry picking in Hahndorf: Beerenberg Farm’s best season
Strawberry season November to April you can go now. The Beerenberg Farm is in Hahndorf, about a 30 minute drive from the city. You’ll go through a bit of highway but there’s no difficult mountain roads, the drive is actually very comfortable. If you don’t sleep in on weekends, go early since they open at […]
Best Blueberry Picking near Coffs Harbour
Boss Berries blueberry farm run by Frank and Juanita is one of the best bluberry picking spots near Coffs Harbour. Around 4.5–5h drive from Brisbane, about 1h from Coffs Harbour. A natural organic blueberry farm just 10 mins north of Dorrigo. A friend of mine said if I ever head down NSW for a road […]
Brisbane Exhibition That Makes You Stop and Feel — Olafur Eliasson Presence
We went in the middle of a very hot summer day just to see the latest exhibition at QAGOMA Olafur Eliasson Presence. Before going, we kept thinking what kind of work could actually feel immersive. We couldn’t really picture it. Then we realised the most direct way to experience it was to observe my own […]