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BLOG: Girls’ Guide to Honolulu

Hawaii is the perfect destination for a girls’ trip. No long-haul flight, minimal time difference and all the things an island paradise should offer, with a sprinkling of city glamour over the top.

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BLOG: Paula’s North Shore Must Do’s

Oahu is not all about Honolulu. One of the things that makes this island so fabulous is just how little time it takes to go from the glamour of Waikiki to the chilled out surf vibe of its spectacular North Shore.

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Q&A: Paula Joye, founder of The Joye

Boasting a formidable career spanning twenty years in newspapers, magazines and television, Paula Joye is one of Australia’s most well-regarded journalists turned digital publisher of TheJoye.com.au.

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BLOG: 5 reasons to visit Maui

If you’ve been reading my Fat Mum Slim blog for a while, you know that I love Hawaii and have fallen deeply, and madly in love with it. I think it’s the perfect location for anyone to visit, and even as soon as I’ve landed back in Australia I’m eagerly hatching a plan on how […]

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Q&A: Chantelle Ellem, blogger

For this mother of two and creator of the popular blog, Fat Mum Slim, the pull of Hawaii is simply too strong to resist. On her fourth visit to Hawaii with her family, Chantelle was captivated by Maui – the perfect destination for variety, choice and spontaneous adventures. 

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BLOG: Life with a Maui local

Whenever I told anyone that I was heading to Maui they were all like, “AWWWWW, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST TIME! You will LOVE it!” ‘Will I?’ I thought cheekily, ‘How do you know?’ The way they spoke about Maui was quite madly passionate, as if to prove it was better than anywhere […]

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BLOG: Highlights from a week in paradise on Kauai

I recently returned from a week on the beautiful Hawaiian Island of Kauai. My husband, Matt, and I were fortunate enough to visit the three other main islands for our honeymoon back in 2014 (Oahu, the Island of Hawaii & Maui). It was an amazing trip but while we were there many people told us […]

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Q&A: Matt & Renee Hahnel, photographers

Professional photographers, storytellers and wanderers. Husband and wife duo, Matthew and Renee Hahnel are living the dream. Splitting their time between Australia and America, the couple have made a living traversing the globe, snapping envy-inducing photographs. So what is it about Hawaii that keeps luring them back – and why does Hawaii evoke such fond […]

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Q&A: Craig Parry, nature photographer

Australian photographer and filmmaker Craig Parry recently visited the Island of Hawaii. We asked him to spill the beans on what keeps drawing him back to Hawaii year after year, along with his must-visit spots and expert tips for snapping Instagram-worthy holiday pics.

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BLOG: The Island of Hawaii through a photographer’s lens

Hawaii is a destination that calls to me each year, tempting me back time and time again. Its diverse landscape, surf breaks and marine life are consistently awesome to photograph and the ‘Aloha Spirit’ makes it the perfect place to unwind.

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