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Mountains behind the skyline, ocean in front, and a seawall that wraps around the whole city: Vancouver is one of the most beautiful places we have ever lived. We moved …

Turquoise lakes, glaciers, elk on the road and peaks in every direction: Banff and the Canadian Rockies are ridiculously photogenic. We drove from Vancouver through the Okanagan and Revelstoke to …

Harbour ferries, the Opera House sails at sunset, the Bondi to Coogee walk and a swim before work: Sydney is one of the most photogenic cities in the world. It …

We lived in Melbourne on our working holiday visas, and it quickly became home: laneway coffee, trams, footy on a Saturday and four seasons in one day. We finished our …

Crater lakes, steaming hot springs, tea plantations and whales off the coast: the Azores feel like nowhere else in Europe. We spent our time on São Miguel, the biggest island, …

Golden cliffs, sea caves, turquoise coves and more sunshine than almost anywhere else in Europe: the Algarve is where we spend most of our beach days. From Praia do Beliche …

Lisbon is made for Instagram: yellow trams squeezing up impossible hills, tiled façades in every colour, miradouros at sunset and a pastel de nata on every corner. Portugal is home …

Steve is Irish, so rain is less a weather event and more a way of life. If you only post on sunny days in Ireland (or London, or Vancouver, or …

Our honeymoon was supposed to be four weeks in the Cook Islands. We landed in Rarotonga in February 2020, the pandemic closed the borders, and we ended up stranded in …

Cobbled streets, sunset aperitivos, overnight trains and a new language every few hours: Europe is one of the easiest places in the world to fill a camera roll. Sabina is …

Volcanoes you can hike (and even surf down), colonial towns painted every colour, chicken buses, pupusas and some of the best surf breaks in the world: Central America is made …

Travelling solo is one of the best ways to see the world on your own terms: your plans, your pace, and a lot of new friends in hostels and on …

Some of the best views on any trip are the ones you have to walk to. Volcano trails in Central America, crater lakes in the Azores, gorges in Crete and …

From the Philippines and Bali to the Azores, the Greek islands and the Cook Islands (where we ended up stranded on our honeymoon), islands have given us some of our …

There is something about the sound of a waterfall that makes everyone stop and reach for their phone. We have chased them from Torc Waterfall in Killarney and Powerscourt in …