Lifestyle

I didnt plan to run 5 marathons this year. But while grounded by a pandemic, long distance running became my social outlet and before I knew it I’d run 5 marathons in 7 weeks

Training for a marathon is all-consuming. It’s also kind of crazy. A program that demands I run five days a week, potentially…

Adele Hadfield, shot dead by her feisty second husband William Knowles, was a headstrong independent woman. Of fine breeding, landed gentry of…

My phone alarm goes off at 5.15am and immediately snaps me out of a blissfully dreamy state. Eeek! I immediately start to…

Fiona Harper travel writer laces up her hiking shoes on the wukalina walk, a four day walk on country with Tasmania’s Indigenous palawa people for a fascinating hike laced with history

The Northern Territory’s Larapinta Trail is rated as one of the best hiking trails in Australia. Winding it’s way westwards from Alice…

After protracted delays, Rottnest Island has finally unzipped its modern canvas screens, brushed the beach sand from its decks and welcomed its…

There was once a time when travel was a luxury available to the well-heeled or the retired. Thankfully things have changed and…

Solomon Islands is this years’ HOTTEST holiday destination. Trust us. Don’t say you weren’t told! Scuba divers, snorkellers and surfers have been…

Revenge porn, or image-based abuse (IBA) is the sharing of intimate, nude or sexual material without consent. It wasn’t something I anticipated getting caught up in. Though we never really anticipate such betrayal from our relationships do we?

We wrote an article earlier this year about Storylines at Sea which is developing a concept for a residential cruise ship. Travellers…

Cruising Indonesia beyond Bali on a traditional phinisi sailing ship we see Komodo Dragons, swim with manta rays at Manta Alley and…

Travel writer and photographer Fiona Harper, developer, creative and Managing Editor of  Travel Boating Lifestyle, is very excited to announce she is…

Review of the book Bewildered by Laura Waters: I’m a big fan of gutsy women. Amelia Earhart, Kay Cottee, Robyn Davidson, Jessica…

DJI are the undisputed leaders for consumer, semi-pro and professional drones for photographer and videographers. So when DJI offered the opportunity to…

I’ll admit I didn’t have hugely high expectations when given the chance to try out a shampoo bar for washing my hair.…

Back in 2009 when I launched Travel Boating Lifestyle (TBL), travel blogs were in their infancy. I’d come up with the name…

Cairns IRONMAN and Cairns 70.3 is an annual triathlon event held in Cairns each June. Fiona Harper travel writer camped out on…

Departing from Cairns on a Great Barrier Reef cruise expedition, Coral Expeditions II ventures into some of Queensland’s best scuba diving and…

Shopping for love onling, the Australian Financial Review estimates that online sales exceeded $20 billion in 2016, leaving no doubt that online…

What’s a Plus One you might ask? It’s a good question. We hope you’ve got plenty more where that came from. As…

I’m the first to admit to being a card-carrying gadget geek. If the truth be known I’m also pathetically partial to luggage.…