A Weekend in Woodend :: A Rustic Cottage Review and Mini Travel Guide
Woodend in the Macedon Ranges has a quintessential Australian village feel. I visited for the weekend, staying in a beautiful rustic woodland cottage.
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INTERVIEW :: Eco Travel Search and Booking Engine Eco Companion
I spoke with Eco Companion’s editor-in-chief Taz Bogue and Eco Companion’s founder Max Sinclair to find out more about this new eco travel booking engine, the idea behind it and how they work.
The Lost Lands Festival is Here!
I think I’ve found ‘The One’. Yes, it’s true. Since I’ve been frequenting Australian shores I’ve been waiting and hoping, hoping and waiting for the right one to come along. And now it seems my wait is finally over. The Lost Lands festival is here!
Guest Posts & Sponsored Posts
Hello! Welcome to Verdemode. If you’re looking for EcoTravellerGuide, she is no more. Early in 2019 EcoTraveller morphed into Verdemode. Read more about it here, if you’re interested: Why I’m rebranding my blog. If you’re reading this page you’ve probably requested to guest post on the site. That’s fab. Thanks for wanting to contribute. We do occasionally accept guest posts on Verdemode, but only from other sustainable/design writers and travel bloggers. If that’s you, please have a read of the guidelines below before emailing your ideas. PR peeps, we love to get news of what’s happening around the world, but please make sure your press release is relevant to Verdemode. We’re also open to the odd sponsored post. If your brand aligns with Verdemode’s ethos, then I would love to take this discussion further. See below for information relating to promotions and collaborations. Publishing guidelines Verdemode focuses on sustainable living, green design, ethical business and eco travel. Please make sure your pitch relates to any one of these categories. If it doesn’t it won’t get …
Community Gardens: Your Home-Away-From-Home
Longer-term travel often means being away from friends and family for extended periods of time. Sometimes this can come as a much welcome break, but inevitably some home-sickness pangs will pluck at heart-strings before too long. Many savvy travellers will no doubt opt to travel lightly and avoid packing too many sentimental home trinkets. Whether you are uprooted for work, study, pleasure, or otherwise, there is no way, as yet, to package up your established network and the intangible values of a community that you will be leaving behind – a favourite local organic shops; the barista who knows your coffee order; the park on the corner.
5 Classic Culinary Train Journeys
A relaxing luxury train journey with great food and wine offers my type of Mary Poppins type of experience – practically perfect in every way.
7 Reasons to Visit Noosa
On the surface, Noosa seems like any other seaside town, but there is so much more to this captivating region than sun, sea and sand. Conservation and sustainable tourism ideals are ingrained in the community and business life. Action groups ensure development is restricted, wildlife is cared for and management programmes are in place to help protect this wonderfully diverse environment. Added to that some seriously good places to eat and you can see why people keep coming back for more.
Worse Than the Chance of Drowning
When there are children’s lifeless bodies rolling with the waves on shorelines, choosing another inane travel photograph or writing about my charmed life seems incredibly vacuous. There are a thousand things that matter so much more.
Encounter with a Tasmanian Wombat
Doing a really good job of pretending not to be there, the critter stood stock still and stared straight ahead. It was obviously scared and wishing internally for me to disappear.
Silhouette by the Noosa River
Five years ago this week, this beautiful little person standing in silhouette was born and changed my world and the way I live and travel forever more.