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Chocolate every which way at Chokolait

Choc-a-Block Full

Melburnians love chocolate in all its forms. We’ve commented on the coffee-mad culture of Wellington, where you can hardly turn around without bumping into a busy café with patrons spilling onto the street. Melbourne offers…

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Read more about the article The Move from Wellington to Melbourne: Uprooting and Replanting, Part 1
Forested hilltops and valley towns in Wellington

The Move from Wellington to Melbourne: Uprooting and Replanting, Part 1

Tree specialists know that uprooting and replanting a tree can put great stress on it, endangering its viability. We like to think of ourselves as more resilient than that, but the stresses are there when…

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Remains of prison on Sarah Island with freedom in the distance

Devil’s Islands

As a tourist from outside Australia, you can often feel you are skating over the surface of the country even if you take the time to walk curiously through it, explore off the beaten track…

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Read more about the article Learning from Fire and Ice in Tasmania: Hiking the Huon Valley, Hartz Mountain and Mount Field
Banksia marginata, the flower and the dark seed pods awaiting release in fire

Learning from Fire and Ice in Tasmania: Hiking the Huon Valley, Hartz Mountain and Mount Field

Somehow you always end up talking about fire in Australia, especially if you spend a lot of time outdoors like we do. Locals refer to certain years as familiar, but horrific signposts from the past.…

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