A (not-so-typical) Australian (bushfire) Christmas

I was always going to make a video this year about a “typical” Australian Christmas. The plan was to highlight the carefree nature of an Australian summer in contrast to a white Christmas. Little did I know that this Christmas period would be anything but typical. Read More …

A Guide to Sydney New Year’s Eve Fireworks from the Sydney Opera House Forecourt

Happy New Year! Can you believe the earth has flung another full rotation around our sun and brought us the start of another year, another era and perhaps a new beginning? Time is a mad-made concept to an extent. A convenient shared metric to measure Read More …

Road Less Travelled Episode 23: Sydney Capsule Hotel Experience + Sydney Harbour

In this episode, Ben experiences a Japanese-Style ‘Capsule Hotel’ in the heart of Sydney city… “It’s like a cubby house for adults… I feel as though I’m somewhere in between the space shuttle and business class on a plane but I’m not going anywhere!” After Read More …

Balut challenge: I ate balut and it wasn’t pretty

Like most ridiculous challenges, this one began with me swearing that I’d never do it… “I’ll never eat balut!”. Yet, my resistance just drew more attention to the whole thing with everyone saying I should try it. “It’s masarap! (yummy)” they said. When you travel, Read More …