The Weekly Review

Diary of two skiing kids.

Breathtaking. It’s an overused word in travel writing, but please indulge me because it’s so valid here.

It was the adventure trip that became the holiday from hell, writes Tom Noble.

The Dandenongs, with their towering native forests and cool fern glades, are a good midwinter venue, augmented by the fogs that descend on the chain of quaint little villages.

If you grew up singing “it’s a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll”, or feel safe in the knowledge that “dirty deeds can indeed be done dirt cheap”, then a trip to Perth is definitely on the cards.