Travelling through Australia's rural regions - this year along our eastern shores from Byron Bay to the NSW Southern Highlands - always renews my respect for our vast country. I love being at ground level, experiencing the landscape, the colours and the beauty. There's hidden gems, waiting to be found, along the way.
I enjoy the experience of visiting family, meeting friends and discovering new places. Hopping along the coast, through some of our most iconic towns and beaches, even this year with smokey skies and blackened bushland, has inspired me, it's an experience that always stands me in good stead for the year ahead.