• Queensland, Australia

    Queensland is Australia’s “Sunshine State.”  It’s warm year-round and surrounded by palm trees, rainforests and coral reefs.  It’s a little slice of heaven.  A few days after arriving in Sydney, I flew solo up Australia’s eastern coast to the hippie resort town of Cairns. As with all of my solo trips, I made sure to

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  • Sydney, Australia

    While those around me know I suffer from horrible travel luck (seriously, do NOT fly with me, you WILL be cancelled), I have been blessed with an innate ability to sleep naturally for very long periods of time on airplanes.  My Qantas flight took off from JFK to LAX at 9pm, and I forced myself

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  • Australian Food

    Everyone knows I have an obsession with French toast.  This banana-strawberry dish, served at an Oxford Street cafe in Sydney, was pure deliciousness. Pie Face Cafe, the Starbucks of meat pies in Australia.  Pleased to report they just opened their first U.S. storefront in the fabulous city of New York. Fish Face, renowned seafood restaurant

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  • The Great Barrier Reef

    Setting sail from Port Douglas. On the way to the Great Barrier Reef. Heliport swarming with seagulls. First time in a chopper. Flying over the Great Barrier Reef, the only living structure visible from space. The view from above. Another one! The view from below. The reef! Like what you see? Don’t forget to like City

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