Julie Miller
Travel writer
Julie Miller scrapes a living writing about the things she loves: travel, riding horses and drinking cocktails on tropical beaches. Between airports, she lives in a rural retreat just beyond Sydney.
The 12 best places to stay in the Blue Mountains (whatever your budget)
With spectacular scenery, excellent restaurants, quaint shops and both romantic and family-friendly getaways, there’s something for everyone.
- Julie Miller
The Blue Mountains’ best places to eat and drink
After so long stuck in that dismal ‘small town’ vortex, the Blue Mountains dining scene is burgeoning with choice for weekend visitors.
- Julie Miller
- Opinion
- Culture holidays
It’s OK to have a tearful goodbye, but there’s a limit to my patience
It was the longest, most overwrought farewell I’ve ever witnessed, played out through a bus window like a scene from a telenovela.
- Julie Miller
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- Hotel reviews
Spectacular Arizona adults-only escape
With its exquisite design and some of the best views in Sedona, this adults-only gem does come at a hefty price – it’s definitely in the “special occasion” category.
- Julie Miller
The stunning Italian lake islands trapped in a Renaissance time warp
The influential House of Borromeo purchased four rocky islets on glorious Lake Maggiore in the 16th century and transformed them into showpieces.
- Julie Miller
This airline seat offers great legroom, but miserly food offerings
Upgrading to the extra legroom seats is well worth the price, but nine hours of fasting may leave you famished.
- Julie Miller
Australia’s great new hike is just 90 minutes from Sydney
The beauty of the Grand Cliff Top Walk is that it can be done in bite-size chunks, so hikers can join the walk for as long as they choose.
- Julie Miller
Like a fairytale: Beautiful country still flies under the tourist radar
Tucked between northern Italy and Croatia is sleepy Slovenia, where overcrowding is not an issue despite its outstanding natural beauty and rich cultural traditions.
- Julie Miller
The ass end of the US, where donkeys rule the Wild West
In the Wild West town of Oatman, Arizona, donkeys are so beloved that one was elected honorary mayor.
- Julie Miller
Visit showstopping grand gardens on this joyous botanical odyssey
This tour of the Italian Lakes, Slovenia and the Croatian Islands explores formal gardens and arboretums, as well as places of incomparable natural beauty.
- Julie Miller
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