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    Are these are the world's most beautiful villages?
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Feb 14
    • 1 min
    Blog

    Are these are the world's most beautiful villages?

    According to a recent analysis of instagram and pinterest* these are the world's most beautiful villages. How many have you been to? Do...
    3 Experiences You Can Only Have in Queensland, Australia
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Feb 8
    • 1 min
    Blog

    3 Experiences You Can Only Have in Queensland, Australia

    Thank you to Shelley Winkel, my recent podcast guest for these three tips on very special experiences you can have in Queensland. They're...
    The Last Manna Makers of Sicily
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Dec 28, 2021
    • 5 min
    Travel

    The Last Manna Makers of Sicily

    We turn our backs on Sicily’s jagged coastline, with its decaying stone towers and pebbled beaches and motor inland, along roads that on...
    How to save money, the environment and stick it to the supermarket.
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Dec 1, 2021
    • 8 min
    Food

    How to save money, the environment and stick it to the supermarket.

    On my kitchen shelf is a bottle filled with red wine darkening to the colour of old blood; three jars of fermenting sauerkraut, a litre...
    Here's what to see and do in The Scenic Rim
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 3 min
    Travel

    Here's what to see and do in The Scenic Rim

    Queensland's Scenic Rim was the only Australian destination to appear in Lonely Planet's recent "top 10 hottest destinations to visit in...
    The World's Friendliest LGBTIQ+ Destinations
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Oct 6, 2021
    • 2 min
    Travel

    The World's Friendliest LGBTIQ+ Destinations

    I've not lived the experience of an LGBTIQ+ traveller and it's inconceivable to me in this day and age that they may be treated...
    Cook Book - Egg of the Universe
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Sep 6, 2021
    • 2 min
    Blog

    Cook Book - Egg of the Universe

    Egg of the Universe (Bryony and Harry Lancaster, photography by Alan Benson. Murdoch Books RRP $49.99) comes from the cafes of the same...
    Where to Find the World's Most Spectacular Sunsets (and Sunrises)
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 2 min
    Blog

    Where to Find the World's Most Spectacular Sunsets (and Sunrises)

    Uluru - Australia Ko Krabey, Cambodia Zambezi, Zimbabwe Ko Samet, Thailand Venice, Italy Longreach, Australia Kruger, South Africa...
    Special Delivery - Norfolk Island
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Jun 21, 2021
    • 2 min
    Life

    Special Delivery - Norfolk Island

    I'm not usually given to hanging around docks, but here I am, part a small crowd gathered on Kingston pier, our gazes focused towards a...
    Pack your bags, Australia! The doors are open at these unique destinations.
    Natascha Mirosch
    • May 21, 2021
    • 3 min
    Life

    Pack your bags, Australia! The doors are open at these unique destinations.

    After a stagnant 2020, Australian travellers are searching for new domestic travel experiences. Here are a couple unique and luxurious...
    Say Don't Slay - Why Diners Need to be Kinder
    Natascha Mirosch
    • May 4, 2021
    • 2 min
    Food

    Say Don't Slay - Why Diners Need to be Kinder

    We all have that friend who, no matter what life throws at her, however tough things get, puts on her lippy, squares her shoulders and...
    Where The Wild Things Roam - An African Adventure
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 5 min
    Travel

    Where The Wild Things Roam - An African Adventure

    A warthog is blocking my way. Of all the animals I could have encountered on the walk from my villa at Sabi Sabi Reserve to the main...
    What it's Like to Fly to Antarctica for The Day
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 3 min
    Travel

    What it's Like to Fly to Antarctica for The Day

    There is great excitement as the continent comes into view - sheer jagged ice cliffs and flat-topped bergs that look like the swimming...
    Restaurant Review - S & K Steak and Oyster Bar
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Jan 23, 2021
    • 3 min
    Blog

    Restaurant Review - S & K Steak and Oyster Bar

    It's Thursday lunch time, at the tail-end of a snap Covid tighten-up. Staff are masked and tables socially-distanced, but the atmosphere...
    Turning Back Time. Staying in a Medieval Mountain Village in Abruzzo
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 7 min
    Food

    Turning Back Time. Staying in a Medieval Mountain Village in Abruzzo

    It’s snowing. Not the kind of little feathery flakes that kiss your face, or tickle the palm of an outstretched hand, but icy crystals...
    Five Tips for Visiting Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 5 min
    Travel

    Five Tips for Visiting Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)

    We at ExtraVirgin have had our own life-changing experiences in the expansive Australian outback so we were thrilled but not surprised to...
    Back to (Gin) School Brisbane Distillery, West End
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Oct 22, 2020
    • 4 min
    Drinks

    Back to (Gin) School Brisbane Distillery, West End

    “Fortunately there is gin, the sole glimmer in this darkness. Do you feel the golden, copper-coloured light it kindles in you?” Albert...
    48 Hours in Queensland's Granite Belt
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 4 min
    Drinks

    48 Hours in Queensland's Granite Belt

    Wild fennel grows at hip height along the roadside. There are orchards where boughs curve under the weight of pink-cheeked apples; olive...
    Catching up with our Covid subjects - Johannesburg resident, Ed Charles.
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Aug 10, 2020
    • 3 min
    Life

    Catching up with our Covid subjects - Johannesburg resident, Ed Charles.

    In April we did a podcast featuring five subjects from around the world and what life in the Covid crisis was like where they're from. In...
    Catching up with our Covid subjects. Stockholm resident Therese Lindström
    Natascha Mirosch
    • Aug 9, 2020
    • 2 min
    CoronaVirus

    Catching up with our Covid subjects. Stockholm resident Therese Lindström

    In April we did a podcast featuring five subjects from around the world and what life in the Covid crisis was like where they're from. In...
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