Sitting amongst the likes of Four Seasons Bangkok and Raffles Singapore, The Calile in Brisbane has managed to make the inaugural World’s 50 Best Hotels list for 2023. The Calile, which featured at number 12 on the list but also wins The Best Hotel in Oceania, opened in October 2018 on the high-end James Street. […]
Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria has announced it will showcase the internationally acclaimed exhibition, Pharaoh exhibition in winter 2024. The exhibition – the biggest collection of its kind in Australia – encompasses around 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian art and history through more than 500 works on loan from the British Museum. Melbourne’s National Gallery […]
Hamilton Island has been in the safe hands of the Oatley family for 20 years. Now, they say, they’re exploring “opportunities for growth and future prosperity”. It has been 20 years since the late billionaire patriarch of the Oatley family, Bob Oatley, infamously took over a then dated Hamilton Island and meticulously breathed new life […]
A fall in demand for French wines, a more competitive market and lingering pandemic problems have hit winemakers in the regions of Bordeaux and Languedoc so hard that the French government will soon pay them US$215 million (AUD$334m) to sell off their surplus—and has set aside other money to help grape-growers shrink their vineyards. Key […]
How Yarra Valley Caviar is scaling fish roe, one egg at a time. Nick Gorman doesn’t know why caviar sales are soaring. “I’m not sure if people have figured that: ‘Life’s short. Just eat some caviar’.” Whatever, his Yarra Valley Caviar has grown from four tonnes of fish eggs a year in 2006 when he first […]
A new trend called “Barbie Botox” has gained popularity in the TikTok cosmetic surgery community as many people are getting the procedure done to elongate the neck and shrink the shoulders, in order to mimic the looks of Barbie, though the procedure also has clinical benefits, like pain and migraine relief. Key Facts Big number […]
Luxury champagne brand Veuve Clicquot will host its exclusive one and only “pop up” Hotel Clicquot on the Sunshine Coast from October. Fans of luxury champagne house, Veuve Clicquot, can enjoy the “solaire” lifestyle in Noosa’s exclusive Sunshine Beach this October. It’s the second year that Hotel Clicquot has set on the beachside of Sunshine […]
When an old coastal highland distillery wanted to relaunch in Australia, it went for a full “immersive” experience. In case you didn’t know, whisky and oysters are a thing. So when an old distillery by the North Sea wanted to relaunch its single malts in Australia, what better way than to get aficionados into waders […]
Gwyneth Paltrow this week announced she’ll open her (guest) home to visitors who wish to stay in the one-bedroom house in Montecito nestled behind her mansion—complete with the offer of a “fantastic, cozy dinner” and a bathroom stocked with products from her lifestyle brand Goop—adding to a roster of famous real estate offerings that come […]
Rarely do you find a tranquil piece of paradise that’s not overrun by tourists and commercialism. A place that has just enough to keep you occupied and your taste buds satisfied, while offering plenty to ensure you’re relaxed and disconnected from the outside world. Especially in the tropical islands of Bali. Yet Nusa Lembongan seems […]