Food, travel and farm life from the Great Ocean Road

A lifestyle journal since 2010

Good food, slow travel and life on the farm.

Restaurant reviews, family getaways, home recipes and the odd honest chat about digital marketing, written from a farmhouse near the Great Ocean Road.

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What are you in the mood for?

Table spread with grilled fish, satay skewers, salads and Asian dishes

Eats

Reviews & food events

Homemade roast duck

Recipes

Cooking at home

Resort lagoon pool with palm trees and Gold Coast high rises

Travel

Trips near & far

Family at the entrance to the Leviathan ride at Sea World on the Gold Coast

Family

Farm life & parenting

Music corner with a keyboard, electric guitar and acoustic guitars

Music

Singing & songwriting

Sunset at Gibson Steps

Photography

Through my lens

Laptop and devices showing a website build

Digital Marketing

Web, content & AI

Sun setting behind a limestone stack at Gibson Steps beach

Travel

Where the road has taken us lately

From our own stretch of the Great Ocean Road to houseboats on the Murray and beach days in Queensland.

Eats

Pull up a chair

Honest restaurant reviews and food events from Melbourne, Daylesford and beyond.

Recipes

From my kitchen

Asian favourites, family dinners and weekend bakes, all cooked and tested at home.

From Kim’s bookshelf

Keepsakes made to be filled in

Baby's First Year: A Month by Month Memory Book

Paperback & hardcover

Baby’s First Year

A month by month memory book for milestones, photos and all the little firsts.

The Getaway Planner: A Trip Planner for the Mindful Traveler

Travel planner · Now on Amazon

The Getaway Planner

Plan every trip in one place, from daily itineraries and packing lists to budgets and photo memories.

Rolling green hills and farmland under a big blue sky

About

Hi, I’m Kim.

I’m a digital marketer, content creator and long-time lifestyle blogger, living near the Great Ocean Road with my husband and our two kids.

This is where I share the places we eat, the trips we take and everyday life at home, alongside the marketing and web design work I love.