Cedar Lakes is a family resort located behind Nerang in the Gold Coast Hinterland. This is an open design which affords many opportunities for children and adults (3yrs – 103yrs), there are many local activities ranging from Mini golf, swimming in the pool, paddle boating and horse riding. The resort is located on  100 acres [...]

Well after a big day out at the shops or theme parks the first thing we look for is someone else to cook, so we loaded up the 3 teenagers into the van and headed out to the Currumbin RSL, Currumbin Creek Road Currumbin. First impressions, anywhere I need to book might be expensive, but [...]

Well its a cold rainy morning and I have just spent the last hour or so packed into a train and walking from Parliament Station to the top of Exhibition (towards Victoria Street) and have a need for agood hot coffee and second breakfast when I stumble upon Cafe Exhibition next door to “Cafe Maltitude”. [...]

Well you cannot go to Queensland without looking for a bargain, and you will npot do better than Harbour Town in Biggera. This place is wholesale and clearance specials galore.

Well we have come to the Gold Coast in Queensland to take a look as a family on the options for a family of 5 to visit theme parks. First we gave the world famous Seaworld a try. Firstly you need to get in and the best deal we found for 1 day was the [...]

Yep – the long awaited result of our increasingly fast food (and dare I say it American) life style has caught up with us. We’re now fatter than the Yanks! One of the many reports on this is at The Australian… http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23893350-5013404,00.html Yet we outperform every other country at the Olympics when you count medals [...]

Tuesday lunchtime saw me catch up with an old friend for lunch.  As he now lives out of the Melbourne CBD he wanted to go to one of his favourite old city centre spots that he used to haunt - Florentinos Cellar Bar.  Who am I to refuse a chance to catch up and to review [...]

La Parra De Burriana 17/06/2008 Well this week we find Gordon on the Costa del Sol in sunny Spain, what an amazingly beautiful place, sun, sand and bountiful seas to provide the best food and experience for any foodie. Well that was before we had been introduced to the local fresh prawns with chocolate sauce???? [...]

By request of some friends over in Sydney (hi P & V!), but also just so I can remember the recipe when I go back to Europe for a Winter break, this is my risotto recipe that I usually just call ‘the red one’. I like strongly coloured risottos – even a jet black one [...]

Pacific BBQ 213 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Asian BBQ would suit business lunch, Student or traveller.This is a very busy Asian eatery that seats approximately 120, its table service which for us was very quick and friendly.The atmosphere is quite exiting and faced pace, but the noise level was not overpowering. We found that our table [...]