Lee Tulloch
Travel columnist
Lee is a best-selling novelist, columnist, editor and writer. Her distinguished career stretches back more than three decades, and includes 12 years based between New York and Paris. Lee specialises in sustainable and thoughtful travel.
Opinion
Culture holidays
Snooping in famous dead people’s homes is one of my favourite things to do
I’d much rather visit a place that was a real home, one that has its living history preserved. That’s why snooping in famous dead people’s homes is one of my favourite things to do.
- by Lee Tulloch
Your favourite costly perfumes will make sense after a visit to this farm
After a tour of Jurlique’s gorgeous sustainable farm in the Adelaide Hills, it isn’t difficult to appreciate why natural fragrances are so expensive.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Culture holidays
It might be a crock, but this is one of the most fun things I do on holiday
Fortune-telling is a worldwide pastime, and it has also been used by scammers over thousands of years to separate people from their wallets.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Family holidays
When I was a child, we never dreamed of an overseas holiday
Even motels were too expensive, except on very hot days when Dad didn’t want to drive in the heat.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Tips & advice
Women are increasingly travelling without men, and who can blame them?
For some women, it’s a relief to travel without a man harrumphing in the background while they shop or complaining when they disappear to the spa.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Adventure holidays
Space tourism? The Earth should be enough
The race to space tourism has been led by a trio of testosterone-fuelled billionaires trying to outdo each other.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Tips & advice
There’s one word travellers are going to hear a lot this year
How many times recently have we read about people “living their authentic lives”?
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Road trips
Compared with Europe, the food at Australian roadside stops is terrible
I recently stopped at a petrol station on a trip up the Hume. The food offering was dismal. There was nothing I wanted to eat.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Tips & advice
Watching that in-flight safety video (again) could save your life
In the Japan Airlines collision aftermath, its onboard safety video went viral. It went a long way to explaining how all 379 escaped in such an orderly manner.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Tips & advice
No lining up early, bigger tips: My travel resolutions for 2024
I need to pack lighter, be a more generous tipper and stop lining up early at the boarding gate for flights.
- by Lee Tulloch