EDITOR’S LETTER

When we started putting this issue together we planned for it to be the ‘Summer of Celebration’ edition but as we progressed closer and closer to the deadline it became obvious that in Australia at least, celebration was something we were only just dipping our toe back into.

With Covid-19 lockdowns being reintroduced in some countries and most of the world only just taking a tentative step out into the unknown, we wanted this issue to be all about our summer of dreams, to get excited and inspired about the hope of a fresh start, of far-flung destinations and dreamy summer days.

In this issue we are nostalgic for classic Australian summer destinations (pg 52) that remind us of the simpler summer holidays of our childhood.

We share delicious dessert recipes from MasterChef alumni, Reynold Poernomo’s new cookbook ‘The Dessert

Game’ (pg 37) and get a sweet honey fix from beekeeper Doug Purdie’s Backyard

Bees (pg 20).

We seek out a day trip destination that is a little left of centre when we visit a cactus farm in Victoria (pg 66), and we wrap up some of the best that is on offer in South Australia’s McLaren Vale (pg 64).

Whatever your plans are this summer we dare you to dream big, to make memories and to re-enter the brave new world.