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Box of local produce from Dairy Farm Flat in regional Victoria
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If you love someone, feed them! | Culture of generosity | Lake House turns 40

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Victoria’s awarded Lake House re-writes the hospitality playbook Larissa Wolf-Tasker has had a front row seat at the theatre of food from an early age. As a child, she caught yabbies, picked strawberries, foraged for mushrooms, shook dirt from carrots, cut butter, kneaded dough and made pancakes. As the daughter of legendary restaurateurs Alla Wolf-Tasker…

Myrtha Hollenweger's butterfly-strewn Swiss flag at the Hans Erni Museum in Lucerne, part of the Typically Swiss exhibition showcasing works by the Swiss Papercut Association
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Lucerne for art lovers | Quay of life | Masters and makers

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Surrealists, cubists, pop artists, paper cutters – just a couple of days in Lucerne and you’ve met the best. Susan Skelly plots an art trail…   I’m walking along the quay by Lake Lucerne, not far from the famous wooden Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge). To my right, the postcard-pretty lake with its alpine backdrop; on my…

Preparation is everything for Amber Guinness, author of A House Party in Tuscany, who has mastered the art of hospitality.
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Tuscan temptress | what makes a good host | Celebrating easy Italian food

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For Amber Guinness, Italian hospitality is an art form. In her 18th century farmhouse in Tuscany, where guests come to eat and paint, this passionate home cook shares her template   Before I had even finished browsing through Amber Guinness’s new cookbook, I had made pea and mint soup, an asparagus and ricotta tart, and…

HMAS Canberra, HMAS Brisbane and HMAS Parramatta docked at Woolloomooloo 2020
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Meet Australia’s fleet | Best Sydney views | Parklife

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Find position, panorama, and a parade of shiny navy ships at Sydney’s Embarkation Park One of Sydney’s best views is from Embarkation Park. It’s located at the Potts Point end of the famous Kings Cross thoroughfare, Victoria Street. In one visual sweep you get the works! Look for the naval ships docked at Garden Island,…
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The couturier and the candlemaker | a fragrant collaboration

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Two French powerhouses light a candle to creativity… Balmain’s creative director Olivier Rousteing likes the scent of Cire Trudon’s “Ernesto” candle to be diffused through the maison’s flagship stores (Paris, Milan and, this month, New York). So no surprise the two powerhouses have teamed up to create an exclusive candle called the Cire Trudon x…
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Luxury in the time of coronavirus | Rehab in the Maldives | Make mine rare

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What’s the new centrepiece of luxury travel? Ahead of the re-opening of the Maldives to tourists this week, premium hotelier Sonu Shivdasani has been recalibrating… The new luxury, post Covid-19, mused Sonu Shivdasani towards the end of a lockdown on one of his island paradises in the Maldives, will build on rarity. “The majority of…

Floral artist Saskia Havekes from Grandiflora in Potts Point, Sydney
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Bottling ‘the flower shop accord’ | French alchemy | gardenia glams up

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Drawing on the savoir faire of a flamboyant French “nose”, Saskia Havekes announces a new addition to her Grandiflora family A fine perfume, says Saskia Havekes, has shape, tempo, and beauty. And, if you’re lucky, Christophe Laudamiel. The French chemist and master perfumer came on board to help create the final fragrance in Havekes’s exclusive…

Landscape of the Atacama Desert, in Chile, glassy, glamorous and beguiling
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Books that inspire travel writers | a word before you fly

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* This post may contain affiliate links. Excess All Areas may receive a small commission, at no cost to readers, if a purchase is made The thrill of a new place often starts with a book. Here, travel writers share some surprising inspirations. Even with their wings clipped, travel writers are frequently asked to nominate…

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Luxury cruise trends | the sea suite | animal magic

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From penthouses at sea to safaris by private jet, Australians’ passion for top-end travel knows no bounds In 2019, at least 30 million people embarked on a cruise, up 6% from 2018. According to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), 1.34 millon of them were Australians. The 10 most popular cruise destinations last year were…

art deco vanity case
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The case for vanity | art deco jewels | sister act

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An art deco vanity case collection in memory of Freddie Mercury dazzles at the V&A Museum’s new jewellery gallery   It was what the Italians might call a colpo d’amore – a gust of love, something that takes your breath away. For Kashmira Bulsara, a frosted rock crystal card case depicting a Japanese weeping willow…

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