Hello dear friends,

Hope you have had a relaxing and delicious summer so far and we look forward to seeing you soon.

2009 on Safari

Sydney safaris are booking through the roof at the moment - which is teriific and for those of you who have tried to contact us during the summer break, we ask that you be patient as we are working through the huge backlog of email and phone messages. Its great that you are booking for our lovely range of events.

Join us for indulgent lunches 

As the world gets gloomier - there's only one solution - lunch!! Grab a friend or two and come and have a personalised tour with cooking demonstrations of the new Spice I Am restaurant featured in this morning's Good Living...also Chilli Crab matched with some great wines..and our ever popular slice of all good things Spanish - Paella lunch featruring cooking demonstrationa nd the secrets of sangria...see you there!

Vietnam

We still have spaces on our March Gourmet and Gorgeous Safaris to Vietnam so if you're thinking of travelling there, this timeof year is magic - not too hot or cold, we book the best hotels and have loads of delicious food events organised for the Vietnam Gourmet including a night on a luxury boat on the World Heritage listed wonder of Halong Bay. There is nothing like the feeling of standing up on deck watching the shapes of the 3000 islands that rise up out of the water and its a beautiful scene to wake up to. We have a DVD of our Vietnam safari which we are happy to send you if you are thinking of joining us. Send us an email now.

Our Gorgeous escape to Vietnam is a week of sheer unadulterated bliss...which every woman deserves...so click here, have a read of whats in store and let us know if you'd like to join us.

Margaret River

Our spectacular safari to Margaret River has won many converts including a journalist from the glossy Arrivals and Departures magazine. Click here to read the story which gives you a good idea of whats in store on this glorious 6 day safari in the West....and after all aren't we being encouraged to holiday at home by our Prime Minister? So, do your bit for Australia and come and join us on this exquisite tour, staying on the shores of beautiful Bunker Bay and heading out to wineries and food adventures up and down the coast - we still have a few spots left.

Click here for the itinerary.

Travel and Tourism Awards

Thank you for supporting us in the Australian newspaper's Travel and Tourism Awards which were announced last weekend. We won the coveted Best Tour Operator last year against some really big companies - this year we were a finalist but beaten by Abercrombie and Kent. Still, its great to be in the final five!

Selector Magazine

Have you picked up a copy of Selector magazine - I'm writing for it and think its one of the best unpretentious food and wine magazines around...My editor Mark has been gracious enough to let us use my story from this latest issue complete with some glorious summer seafood recipes - just to let you have a sample of whats inside. Click here to read.

Food Safari

Two glorious episodes in our current series of Food Safari - you will love the USA episode featuring my great friend Victor Pisapia and his finger lickin' ribs on the barbie on Jan 28 ...and the wonderful world of Jewish food on Feb 4...all recipes are on the website - click through from Gourmet Safaris site and or try www.sbs.com.au/foodsafari

Hope all good things happen for you all this year,

All the best from Maeve and Suzy, Jinan and Georgie