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explore

  • boutique exploring

    June 20, 2014

    I took a spin around #OrangeNSW last week, and was surprised at the amount of boutiques and gourmet providores I uncovered along my happy trail.Continue Reading

  • magical mystery tour

    June 9, 2014

    This wasn’t a mystery tour at all, but it was totally magical. An inner-city friend recently returned from Dubai made the trek over the BlueContinue Reading

  • signs of a faded era

    May 29, 2014

    Emerging from a two week hiatus due to Masters-semester aftershock and a bout of the flu, am regaining my inspiration from a new penchant I’veContinue Reading

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TOP POSTS

  • revel in the altitude: a visit to Printhie Wines
    revel in the altitude: a visit to Printhie Wines
  • almost once: artist Brett Whiteley + sofala + hill end
    almost once: artist Brett Whiteley + sofala + hill end
  • 100km art show: worth making the trek
    100km art show: worth making the trek
  • race you to Racine
    race you to Racine
  • live like a local: Orange Botanic Gardens
    live like a local: Orange Botanic Gardens
  • revving up for a regional PopArt renaissance
    revving up for a regional PopArt renaissance
  • magical mystery tour
    magical mystery tour
  • treechange #OrangeNSW
    treechange #OrangeNSW
  • breathe in the view: Mount Canobolas
    breathe in the view: Mount Canobolas
  • Elvis is in the building, in fact he's all over Parkes
    Elvis is in the building, in fact he's all over Parkes

festivals + events

  • to market, to market

    April 6, 2014

    On a university budget with champagne tastes, to get into the swing of things for the kick-off of Orange F.O.O.D Week (running this year from 4-13 April)Continue Reading

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    slow summer festival, are you kidding? this year is totally fresh

    January 21, 2014

    Just a little more than two weeks to go and festival season in Orange kicks-off for the new year, starting with the salubrious Slow Summer Festival –Continue Reading

anecdotes

  • Abu Dhabi: art + architecture

    August 2, 2014

    A few weeks ago I gave a presentation to the local creative community, talking about ‘Abu Dhabi: art + architecture’. It was an opportunity to introduceContinue Reading

  • PechaKucha – winter arts networking in #OrangeNSW

    July 25, 2014

    To celebrate presenting at the very first #PechaKucha winter arts networking night held by ArtsOutWest in #OrangeNSW,  and also celebrating being able to access myContinue Reading

art + culture

  • art is food for the soul

    April 7, 2014

    There’s a little guerrilla art front sweeping through Orange at the moment, timed perfectly around the fringes of the Orange FOOD Week festival in April.Continue Reading

in the cloud

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wine + food

  • winter in #OrangeNSW = fireside cellar doors

    July 7, 2014

    The sky has turned a silvery-grey, there’s frost on the ground. There’s nothing more for it, it’s time to search out the best local cellarContinue Reading

  • FORAGE: festival of food + wine + wandering

    April 14, 2014

    This is truly a festival of the senses, wandering through the rolling lush green hills of two top-class #OrangeNSW vineyard estates (Philip Shaw and OrangeContinue Reading

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Inside the Fernery at Cook Park
Inside the Fernery at Cook Park
view over Orange from Mount Canobolas
view over Orange from Mount Canobolas
Cook Park Guildry
Cook Park Guildry
Union Bank wine bar
Union Bank wine bar
Racine Restaurant at La Colline Vineyard
Racine Restaurant at La Colline Vineyard
The Rose Garden & Historic Church at Orange Botanic Gardens - a personal favourite feature
The Rose Garden & Historic Church at Orange Botanic Gardens – a personal favourite feature
Cook Park, Orange NSW
Cook Park, Orange NSW
Mayfield Vineyard
Mayfield Vineyard
Bushland scenary on Mount Canobolas
Bushland scenary on Mount Canobolas

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