Category: Travel From Australia

You’ve read the trip page. You’ve looked at the photos more times than you’d like to admit. You’re 80% convinced. The thing holding you back from that last 20% is rarely the itinerary – it’s the not-knowing. What’s it actually like on a women’s group trip? Who else will be there? What happens if you…

Planning Christmas in Lapland? Read our complete guide. “What do we actually do on Christmas Day?” is one of the questions I get asked most often in the Finnish Lapland From Australia group. Everyone knows they want to meet Santa. Fewer people realise that Santa Claus Village is big enough and full enough of things…

Nobody tells you the questions you really want answered before a big trek are the unglamorous ones. Not “will I see incredible mountains” (you will), but “what happens if I get my period at 3,700 metres with no bin in sight” and “am I fit enough for this, honestly.” I trekked to Annapurna Base Camp…

In November 2005, I flew into Kathmandu with a backpack, a dodgy water-resistant jacket and my best friend Kell, to trek the Annapurna Base Camp route. Back then, hiring a guide was something we chose to do, because it seemed sensible and because Kell’s Aunty Lenore, who’d been living in Kathmandu for years, made it…

“Is India safe for women?” is the first question almost everyone asks me when I mention I’ve been. Not “was the Taj Mahal beautiful” or “what was the food like” – safety. I get it, because it was the first question I asked myself too, each time I went. I’ve actually been to India three…

A complete guide for women travellers – from hidden coves to old city walls Imagine crystal-clear Adriatic waters lapping against rocky shores, medieval walled cities frozen in time, world-class oysters pulled fresh from the sea and a country so safe that a door wedge lock gets flagged at airport security – not because it’s dangerous,…

There is something truly magical about travelling with your favourite women. The shared laughter, the inside jokes that start on day one, the way a hard day on the road somehow becomes a favourite memory when you’re going through it together. A girls trip overseas is one of those experiences that has the power to…

The Science of Why Women Need to Travel More Let me ask you something. When was the last time you booked a trip – just for you? Not a family holiday. Not a work conference. Not a trip you organised around everyone else’s school holidays, leave approvals and dietary requirements. A trip that was purely,…