Greg Hackett

Dear UK travellers, Please visit Australia. We are a friendly bunch, with a continent full of unique wonders, and you get an embarrassingly fabulous exchange...

What it is I do not know. Nor do I want to find out, right now. Wildlife is best left alone, methinks. Vung Tau,...

The lovely ladies here reckon I need something healthier than iced coffee, BBQ scallops and Tiger beer. Hence: rau má, AKA pennywort or Centella asiatica. I...

#TravelSmart: why give that extra money to Qantas if the flight is Jetstar anyway? If needed, buy a Jetstar fare with extra baggage allowance. Always...

Anyone for Bali? Virgin Australia has fares $299 one way and $499 return Melbourne to Bali to mark the launch of the airline’s new route....

Olivier, Gielgud, Jacobi, This Old Duck: the great performances of our time. The weathered, forlorn face and the old, crooked body … irresistible to...

“Who’s idea was it for me to wear ‘hair product’?” A pet monkey would be fun … but I believe they are best left...

Wood smoke, big pot boiling meat, cool sea breeze: stroll down a narrow hem (laneway) off the busy main road, and discover an open...

Does this look good to you? It sure tastes good to me. See the bowl of sweet chilli dipping sauce? It packs a tickle more...

Sometimes the “old ways” are best: a cyclo rider and his passenger stop to buy fresh produce from a street fruit vendor’s hand cart....