If there is one city in the world that offers so much more than just fancy hotels and sprawling boulevards, it has to be Cape Town. Tourists continue to flock to one of South Africa’s largest...Read More

Many thanks for reading Get in the Hot Spot this year. Every visit, tweet, comment, Facebook share and email has motivated me to keep sharing blogging tips here. Thank you also ...Read More

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to the poorest countries in the world according to a new measure developed by Oxford University with support from the United Nations (UN). For 13 years...Read More

When I was a wee girl growing up in Bonnie Scotland, beaches were all about seaweed and stones. There are sandy beaches in Scotland, but we spent most of our time at the more typically...Read More

Travel bloggers are a unique bunch. You can't put them in boxes and parcel them off neatly and nor would I want to so these travel blogs are not all strictly Australian bloggers nor blogs...Read More

The eagerly awaited free Personal Writing Magic ebooklet is finally up for grabs. Based on the popular Personal Writing Magic series it will give you tips on how to incorporate personal...Read More

Lolita stood six foot tall, had white blonde hair and she played the bagpipes. Her height wasn't that unusual for a Scandinavian woman but her musical preferences are rare for anyone. ...Read More

After packing in one conference, 300 bloggers and a private city tour I was ready to spend my last day in Melbourne just hanging out. Rather than wander round like a lemon missing everything...Read More