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Category: Travel advice

July 31, 2018August 20, 2018sarahnicho

Secrets to success​ when kids flying solo …

March 18, 2018August 8, 2018sarahnicho

Staying hydrated in the sky …

November 19, 2017March 23, 2018sarahnicho

In position for sleeping on planes …

October 12, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Away from home sleep secrets…

August 17, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Secrets to selecting a suitcase …

August 5, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Getting sick far from home …

March 19, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Temple etiquette for Asia tour …

February 26, 2017October 29, 2017sarahnicho

Here’s how to save on solo travel …

November 6, 2016November 12, 2017sarahnicho

Why hotel beds are so darn good …

August 14, 2016October 30, 2017sarahnicho

Hints on how to defeat jet lag …

January 31, 2016November 22, 2017sarahnicho

How to pack smart …

November 29, 2015November 22, 2017sarahnicho

Hotel loyalty programs …

August 9, 2015January 15, 2017sarahnicho

Being water wise …

October 26, 2014January 17, 2017sarahnicho

Snappy holiday snaps …

About me …

My name is Sarah and I’m a travel journalist writing features and news for a swag of Australian newspapers, magazines and websites.

This is my website, the place I post words and pictures gathered as I gallivant around the globe.

So enjoy the news, reviews, updates, random thinking and regular snapping – photos, that is – assembled here.

And hopefully you will find inspiration for your next trip far, near or here …

© Sarah Nicholson 2018

Recent Posts

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What's new on Instagram ...

... Great Ocean Road sunset. . . . #lovelorne || @lovelorne
... making friends with the locals in Lorne. . . . #lovelorne || @lovelorne
... morning walking on Lorne Pier during lazy days at the beach. . . . #greatoceanroad || @greatoceanroad #lovelorne || @lovelorne
... the calm before - or perhaps after - the storm on Queenscliff beach. . . . #visitgeelongbellarine || @visitgeelongbellarine
... looking south from Queenscliff to Bass Strait, Tasmania and eventually Antarctica. . . . #visitgeelongbellarine || @visitgeelongbellarine
... look at this brilliant plant in the front garden of the Ocean Grove beach house, I’m told it’s a South African protea!?! . . . #visitgeelongbellarine || @visitgeelongbellarine
... night settles on Ocean Grove. . . . #visitgeelongbellarine || @visitgeelongbellarine
... walking on the beach at Queenscliff with my dad, the day after his 73rd birthday. . That his big hoof on the left and my considerably smaller and far more dainty foot on the right. . #visitvictoria || @visitmelbourne #visitgeelongbellarine || @visitgeelongbellarine
... a four-day weekend - thanks to the Melbourne Cup happening on a Tuesday - means a family mini-break by the beach on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula. . . . #visitvictoria || @visitmelbourne #visitgeelongbellarine || @visitgeelongbellarine
... my favourite photo from my brief visit to Milan earlier this month. . A spiritual soul dressed in saffron robes descends a set of stairs deep inside Milano Centrale on a Sunday morning. . I was there to catch a train, waiting for my platform to flash up on the departures board, and this serene spirit separated from the crowd of travellers and headed for the exit. . . . #latergram
... admiring (railway station) architecture at Milano Centrale. . . . #latergram
... another Duomo pic, this time a few moments after the sun disappeared behind the buildings on the other side of the Piazza. . . . #latergram
... and time for a little shopping, but it would be a crime not to spend a little money on something fashionably fabulous in Italy’s capital of style. : : : #latergram
... Galleria Vittorio Emanuele floor. . . . #latergram
... laaaaaaaaaa 🙄 . The ethereal interior of Milano’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, one of this planet’s most breathtaking and beautiful buildings. . Always stuns me into silence when I get to see this glorious structure with my own eyes, reason enough to visit Milano. . . . #latergram

What’s new on Twitter

  • Just saw this great note on Instagram posted by The Vintage Rose, a gorgeous little boutique in #Tasmania ... has i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
  • RT @welovelorne: @Regran_ed from @sarah_nicho - ... morning walking on Lorne Pier during lazy days at the beach. . . . #greatoceanroad || @… 1 day ago
  • On this day 100 years ago the guns fell silent on the Great War after four bloody years of fighting ... but it’s im… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 5 days ago
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