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From Melbourne to the Middle East, Belinda Jackson is drawn to curious alleyways, street-eat carts and places of wild emptiness. She searches the globe for the weekly Expert Expats column.

How solo women are travelling the world’s most challenging destinations, safely

How solo women are travelling the world’s most challenging destinations, safely

If your idea of women-only travel is a group of 20-somethings on a girls’ spa tour, it’s time for a rethink.

  • by Belinda Jackson
High Country’s hottest new stays linked by tasty cycling trail

High Country’s hottest new stays linked by tasty cycling trail

An old gold-rush pub and a former asylum are two buzzy accommodations, best connected via a two-wheeled picnic.

  • by Belinda Jackson
What does a foreigner recommend doing in Sydney? Tips from an expert expat

What does a foreigner recommend doing in Sydney? Tips from an expert expat

Thought you knew everything about the harbour city? Here’s how a tech entrepreneur who moved here from Germany sees it...

  • by Belinda Jackson
Aussie expats reveal why you should visit their adopted homes in 2024

Aussie expats reveal why you should visit their adopted homes in 2024

Living overseas lets you really get under the skin of a destination.

  • by Belinda Jackson
An expert expat’s tips for Rome’s San Saba district

An expert expat’s tips for Rome’s San Saba district

Imagine living just down the street from the Baths of Caracalla, which were opened as a place of leisure and social activity in AD 216.

  • by Belinda Jackson
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10 incredible new (or newly restored) buildings opening in 2024

10 incredible new (or newly restored) buildings opening in 2024

From modern buildings straight out of science fiction to the restoration of ancient castles and cathedrals, 2024 has plenty to offer architecture buffs.

  • by Belinda Jackson
An expert expat’s tips for Tangier, Morocco

An expert expat’s tips for Tangier, Morocco

It took just two weeks for political satirist and digital artist Bryan Dawe to fall in love with the Moroccan port city of Tangier.

  • by Belinda Jackson
New luxury stay immerses you in this national park’s sublime scenery

New luxury stay immerses you in this national park’s sublime scenery

This dreamscape of sacred art, Indigenous food and raw wilderness is only three hours from Darwin.

  • by Belinda Jackson
An expert expat’s tips for Mammoth Lakes, California

An expert expat’s tips for Mammoth Lakes, California

Stu Brown spent 36 straight winters chasing the alpine lifestyle before settling in Mammoth Lakes and is now the mountain town’s parks and recreation director.

  • by Belinda Jackson
An expert expat’s tips for Luang Prabang, Laos

An expert expat’s tips for Luang Prabang, Laos

Heading to a party in Laos? There is one dish that will definitely be on the table.

  • by Belinda Jackson