Travel

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    Nights out in Glasgow

    First published in The Saturday Paper, February 2017

    Pavement and pub fuse in a way that supports the Scotia’s claim to be Glasgow’s oldest. It is close to the River Clyde. The ceiling is low and the wood is ruddy – it’s like drinking in an overturned boat. The pub’s regulars are huddled around a guitar, singing. No sooner does one slip out for a fag, another returns, breathing mist as the door swings ...

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    Dark Mofo, 2016

    First published in The Wire magazine, August 2016

    A mirror hangs from a tree reflecting the clean Tasmanian sky. I’m in the exercise yard of New Norfolk Hospital For The Insane, taking a break from what’s inside. The asylum – originally built for sick convicts – sprawls over both sides of the River Derwent in this small town 40 minutes from Hobart. Many locals worked here; others were family of inmates. The asylum ...

  • The Lalu, Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan.
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    Taiwan’s light nights

    First published in CEO Magazine, August 2016

    Taiwan has incredible food, eager-to-please locals, extravagant festivals and stunning scenery. So why do we know so little about it? Exotic greenery sprouts from people’s plates. They dip dumplings in sauce, slurp milky-looking soup and line-up for ladlefuls of rice congee. A waiter approaches to offer me coffee and an omelette, which I gratefully accept. I’ll try any food once – but not for breakfast. ...

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    Taiwan: in photos

    Photographs from my time in Taiwan. Including Taipei, Taoyuan, Sun Moon Lake, Nantou County, Shifen, Yilan County All images: Kate Hennessy ...

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    6 Fun Things To Do In Fremantle

    First published in AWOL, June 2016

    Twenty-five minutes from Perth by train, the Western Australian town of Fremantle – known as Walyallup to the local Noongar people – is small enough to bike around but has enough bars, restaurants, art, markets and beaches to entertain you for days. ...

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    What We Learnt When We Visited An Urban Beehive

    First published in AWOL, June 2016

    By the end of my visit, Doug Purdie’s face is transformed. He’s been stung and has puffed up but given the Urban Beehives co-founder has been bicep-deep in a bee colony I suppose that’s not surprising. ...

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    Cooking and conversation

    First published in Jetstar Magazine, May 2016

    Ivy of Ivy’s Kitchen is no rookie at teaching strangers to cook. Her modest Taipei apartment has hosted curious foreign gastronomes for 17 years. Over a delicate Oolong tea served in doll-sized cups Ivy tells me about all the families leaving the cities to start organic farms in the island’s pristine east. Where possible, Ivy buys organic. “I cook a lot, so I’m interested in ...

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    Tufi, Papua New Guinea: in photos

    Photographs from my time in Tufi, Papua New Guinea. All images: Kate Hennessy       ...

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    No roads out of Tufi

    First published in CEO Magazine, April 2016

    Virgil and The Craybobs are Tufi’s local family band. By ‘family’ I mean Virgil, Frank Jnr, Elvis, Priscilla, Jane, Marckzin, Freda and Mukawa are the many children of Tufi policeman, Frank. ...

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    Land of grand trees

    First published in Wellbeing Magazine, April 2016

    The volcanic soil of Far North Queensland’s Atherton tablelands is home to a growing movement of farms lead by organic, seasonal and local principles. ...