Exit Row Seat

Restaurant Magazine and S. Pellegrino have announced the World’s Fifty Best Restaurants for 2008, a who’s who of the culinary world but are they the best or just the most famous? Did any Academy voting panel consider the simple joy of a neighbourhood restaurant that produces great local food? Probably not, and that is a [...]

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Exit Row Seat is featured in two blog carnivals today, and both contain a wide variety of interesting travel articles. I have hosted Carnival of Cities in the past and it always produces some great reads. The Carnival of Australia contains a few good travel pieces and broad range of other Australian topics.

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Each year on April 25th, thousands of Australians and New Zealanders head to the World War One battlefields of France, Belgium and most importantly Gallipoli (Turkey) to remember the sacrifice of our young soldiers during that horrific conflict. ANZAC Day is a poignant day of remembrance for all Aussies and Kiwis, the one day we [...]

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TravelHacker released their latest Travel Guide blog carnival highlighting a wide variety of travel topics from across the world. Heather shared her tips on travelling with teens, a simple recipe for success not unlike my own experience with our teens. Protraveller shows us the 10 Of The Coolest Hotel Suites In The World, most are [...]

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Probably the most controversial art purchase by any Australian Federal Government occurred in 1974 when the Whitlam Government bought Jackson Pollock’s Number 11, 1952. Known to Australians as Blue Poles, the painting is an abstract masterpiece to the art world but as one wag said, ‘It looks like the painters drop cloth.’ Originally hung in [...]

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