Ben Groundwater
Travel columnist at Sun Herald
Columnist at Traveller
Writer, traveller, https://t.co/BeMiSXntPj columnist, host of the "Flight of Fancy" podcast, author of “Neon Wonderland”, out soon
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1 week ago |
smh.com.au | Ben Groundwater
Travel writer April 16, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Say it ain’t so. Tell me the dream isn’t over. Someone please reassure me that Japan is still a cheap destination. But that’s not going to happen, because I’ve had three coffees today and Google is still telling me that the mighty Australian dollar is suddenly buying barely 90 Japanese yen. It used to be over 100, almost 110 last year.
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watoday.com.au | Ben Groundwater
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smh.com.au | Ben Groundwater
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Lahmajun, Middle EastThere’s awkwardness here, which we should acknowledge. Food is a wonderful thing, tied so indelibly to history, culture and identity. That also means, however, that food can be a source of conflict. Welcome to the world of lahmajun. We’ll get into the fraught origins but first, let’s describe the dish.
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stuff.co.nz | Ben Groundwater
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2 weeks ago |
watoday.com.au | Ben Groundwater
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I once interviewed @benleemusic at a fancy hotel in Brisbane and he jumped on the grand piano and played “Kickstart My Heart” by Mötley Crüe. Proper legend.
I once interviewed Ben Lee face to face for street press and we ended up in the Courier Mail gossip pages as burgeoning gay lovers as he threw his leg over the bench to face me. 🤷🏻♂️
Played futsal last night and saw multiple groups of men standing around talking about women’s football, some even crowded around mobile phones watching the game. There’s a monumental shift taking place before our eyes right now #Matildas
This is a great point I hadn’t even considered. How much does a modern fine-dining restaurant actually say about a destination? Have a look at the 50 Best entrants from around the world, and the plates all look the same
100% feeling this piece from @bengroundwater. Fine-dining was once synonymous with travel, but it's starting to become antithetical to it, as the focus of fine dining restaurants becomes more about the chef and less about the place. https://t.co/gJL2rxsCOb
