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Elizabeth MerymentLIfestyle Content Director -The Weekend Australian Magazine

Elizabeth Meryment is a senior travel, food and lifestyle writer and journalist. Based in Sydney, she has been a writer, editor, and contributor to The Australian since 2003, and has worked across titles including The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, Qantas Magazine, delicious and more. Since 2022, she has edited lifestyle content for The Weekend Australian Magazine.

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Where art thou?Travel

Aerial View of Verona city at Sunset with Adige river. Veneto. Italy

The best kept secret in Verona

It may be known as the setting for Romeo and Juliet, but this Italian town has a hidden treasure trove of art.

Elizabeth Meryment

Billionaire bayWeekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 30 MAR 2024. FEE MAY APPLY. Wharekauhau Country Estate, Palliser, NZ. Photo: Supplied

The place where billionaires prepare for the apocalypse

Maori men were packed off alone to the black sand beach to become at one with the Earth. These days the world’s billionaires are doing the same thing.

Elizabeth Meryment

JourneysWeekend Australian Magazine

Wintjiri Wiru The RocksImage portal: https://voyages.mediavalet.com/portals/wintjiri-wiru-media CREDIT: Photo by Getty Images for Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. Acknowledgement - Anangu share the Mala story, from Kaltukatjara to Uluru, through a drone, sound and light show designed and produced by RAMUS.ESCAPE 23 July 2023DESTINATION ULURU DRONE SHOWESCAPE USE ONLYPRINT USE ONLY

There’s more to Uluru than a rock climb

Buses deposit walkers and hikers at this rock formation every morning, where they can, totally unsupervised, amble through these intriguing rocky structures.

Elizabeth Meryment

JourneysWeekend Australian Magazine

Aurora Borealis, Lofoten islands, Norway. Mountains and frozen ocean. Winter landscape in the night time. Northen light - image

Book in here now for a Northern (Lights) winter

This forest-dwelling property exists in this Nordic wonderland like a piece of the landscape.

Elizabeth Meryment

JourneysWeekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 20 JAN 2024. FEE MAY APPLY.Hotel Grand Powers, Paris. Source: Supplied

The tiny Paris hotel that’s 2024’s perfect destination

How many times I have visited Paris with the hope of an Eiffel Tower glimpse from my room, only to be disappointed. Not this time.

Elizabeth Meryment

COMMENTARYFood & Drink

****EXCLUSIVE NEWS 360 LOCKED CONTENT - AUS OUT, NEWS.COM.AU OUT**** Australian Chef Bill Granger at one of his restaurants Granger & Co in Chelsea, London. Picture: Ella Pellegrini

Radical who put scrambled eggs and avo into our souls

Australian cafe culture is so ingrained in the souls of most Australians that it’s easy to forget that back when Bill Granger introduced us to bills in 1993, what he was doing was radical.

Elizabeth Meryment

’king of breakfast’The Weekend Australian Magazine

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The cruel irony of the death of a humble genius

Bill Granger, the chef with the youthful good looks and perennially sunny disposition, was cut down aged 54 with so much still to give.

Elizabeth Meryment

Subscriber competitionWeekend Australian Magazine

The Australian Plus subscribers can enter the competition to attend an intimate cooking class with David Herbert.

Win an intimate cooking class with David Herbert

David Herbert, the much-loved cooking columnist for The Weekend Australian for two decades, is making a special return appearance for one day only.

Elizabeth Meryment

HOT LISTWeekend Australian Magazine

Wintjiri Wiru Image portal: https://voyages.mediavalet.com/portals/wintjiri-wiru-media CREDIT: Photo by Getty Images for Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. Acknowledgement - Anangu share the Mala story, from Kaltukatjara to Uluru, through a drone, sound and light show designed and produced by RAMUS.ESCAPE 23 July 2023DESTINATION ULURU DRONE SHOWESCAPE USE ONLYPRINT USE ONLY

The best travel inspiration for the holiday season

If you’re in the mood for adventure it’s not too late to book a local stay or use the break to plan your travel schedules for the year ahead. Let this be your guide.

Elizabeth Meryment

‘I STILL COOK EVERY DAY’The Weekend Australian Magazine

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 09 DEC 2023. FEE MAY APPLY. , David Herbert at his home in the UK. , MUST CREDIT: India Hobson/FT HTSI

Guess who’s coming to Christmas dinner?

Beloved food writer David Herbert spent 20 years guiding readers through the best of breakfast, lunch and dinner. Join him for a festive feast – and discover details of his surprising new career.

Elizabeth Meryment

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