Chris AshtonDo you ever look at the available memory on your hard drive and think, ‘Where did all that storage go? I swear I had more’. I did that recently and discovered that I actually did have quite a lot saved on there – over 120GB worth of travel...
With the equinox upon us, the days are going to start getting shorter, the nights getting longer. So, it’s time to ‘Marie Kondo’ your living space and create a relaxed, calming retreat that sparks joy just in time for the cooler weather. However...
Growing up in Australia where the average Christmas temperature tends to float around 30 degrees, the idea of a white Christmas has always stirred my imagination. Cosying up by a fireplace with a glass of mulled wine, enjoying snowball fights and...
I love an urban escape as much as the next man, but sometimes it’s nice to leave the big city behind and reconnect with the natural world. While places like Springbrook National Park and the rolling hills of the Byron Shire Hinterland are my...
Driving holidays are one of the greatest ways to get to the heart of a destination, especially when you’re driving a classic car that hums, purrs and roars in all the right places. That’s exactly what featured in The Peninsula Tokyo...
JNTO, the official tourism organisation of Japan, has launched a shiny new app designed to offer travellers up-to-date info on public transport, tourist info, Wi-Fi locations and more. Inspirational articles, on and offline travel guides, travel...
It’s finally happened. Nintendo is at last entering the theme park arena with a newly announced expansion – aptly named Super Nintendo World – coming to Universal Studios Japan. Best of all, it’s expected to open in time for the 2020 Olympic Games...
There’s a lot to love about Japan, but one of the standouts during my recent trip was the onsen experience. I’d visited a bathhouse on a trip to Okinawa several years ago, (read about the experience here) but that was nothing compared to the real...
I’ve done a lot of things in my travelling life, but one of the experiences that baffled me most was the Japanese onsen. Yes, taking a bath confused me. On a trip to Okinawa, I had the chance to give the onsen a try. A spur of the moment...
Did you know that karate, quite possibly the most well known martial art in the world, originated in Okinawa? Me neither. But it turns out the tiny archipelago that sits beneath the Japanese mainland is where it all began. It wasn't until...
