Hello and welcome to the very first recipe on my blog! I made it up as I went, and it turned out pretty good. That’s how most of my ‘recipes’…

Five years ago, I fell in love. My partner, Scott, took me to a place I’d never heard of. A place he’d already been twice before. The moment I stepped…

Dear 16-year-old Court, First things first – you WILL lose those glasses one day. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday. This is your first reminder that it is…

My heart skipped a beat every time I noticed a new little red notification on the Mail app on my iPhone. We’d been keeping close tabs on the weather forecast…

As a born & bred Australian, I’ve always loved living by the ocean. In fact, I’ve never lived more than five minutes from the coast in my entire life. As…

Cover image via Scott Ruzzene Photo www.scottruzzene.com   As you may have noticed, I’ve decided to change things up a bit this year with regard to the content I’m creating for…

It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for a good tropical island. When your favourite things in life are sunshine, sand and salt water, it’s not difficult to find bliss…

“I could be a vegetarian… if it wasn’t for bacon!” I used to say that all the time, usually during a hungover brunch between mouthfuls of crispy bacon from my…

“We just have to drive to the end of the road,” replied Scott, after I’d asked him if he knew how to get to Teahupo’o, the first stop on our…

It started at 5:30am on Friday, 11th August 2017, with the soft sound of ‘Dela’ by the Beautiful Girls playing from my phone. I opened my eyes to complete darkness…