Category: Сountry

Kuranda Koala Gardens sits inside the Heritage Markets, a short walk from either the Skyrail terminal or the railway station, and it’s easy to underestimate from the outside. It’s small. But small, in this case, means something closer to a working wildlife sanctuary than a sprawling zoo, and that shapes the whole visit. It’s well …

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There’s a particular kind of decision fatigue that hits the moment you start researching Kuranda from Cairns. Cable car or train? Which one first? Do you need a car? I went through all of it before landing on the combination that turned out to be exactly right: Skyrail up, a wander through Kuranda village in …

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Nagoya doesn’t have a single obvious neighbourhood to base yourself in the way Kyoto or Osaka does — it comes down to what you’re prioritising. Nagoya Station (Meieki): the default choice, and the right one if you’re passing through on the Shinkansen the way I did. Everything — trains, department stores, an entire underground food …

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Nagoya’s food culture has a name: Nagoya meshi. It’s bold, built on rich red hatcho miso, and it doesn’t apologise for any of it — this is a city that serves pork cutlets under miso sauce instead of the usual tonkatsu sauce, and treats deep-fried chicken wings as a food group. If you’re wondering where …

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