In all my travels over the years I have never been (knowingly) been ripped off or robbed. I have certainly left vital travel essentials like passports and the like in cabs, bars and buses. But this was always my own …
The Rex Hotel
Travelling overseas with kids is challenging. I was never one to be particularly impacted by jet lag. However, my kids have absolutely been shellacked by it. Means we have to dive in and out of Saigon in bite size chucks. …
Back in SE Asia
Your correspondent is back in the steamy tropics. This time it’s to follow the Ho Chi Minh trail thru Vietnam. One of the highlights of these Asian countries in their explosive, unregulated and anything goes phase of capitalism is that …
Tenterfield – Peter Allen country
The late George Woolnough, worked on High Street, lived on Manners. 52 years he sat on his veranda, making his saddles. So sang Peter Allen in his ode to the place of his birth. Peter Allen wrote some great songs …
A drink with ToT in the Yarraman Hotel
This corredpondent’s been rather quiet of late. Maybe even a case of writer’s block. There’s been no shortage of beers drunk in no dearth of odd locations with no paucity of beer p0rn to accompany a missive or two – …
Induction – Michael B #61
Favourite beverage: Southern Hemisphere Harvest by Sierra Nevada Favourite sport to spectate: NRL Area of trivial expertise: 90’s TV shows Michael has looked on from afar for a long time great to have him on board. Induction ceremony witnessed by …
Handmade Beer Carriage
If things are a little tight this Christmas then this might be an option for the IPA lover in your family. Available on Etsy, this very handy salver would also be a doddle to knock together following a visit to …
Zai Jian Zhongguo
After five years in Beijing and approximately three and a half years as BotF’s North Asia correspondent this will be my final blog in such a capacity. The responsibility the BotF Executive has bestowed upon me is one I have …
Leg 3 @ the Cantina
The botf boys have settled in. Four glorious years.
back of the ferry 