Having spent a bit of time in Australia – I really did enjoy the strength of the pound (sterling) over the aussie dollar – it made everything wonderfully cheap. No where else have I enjoyed it more than going out for a steak. If you have ever been out for a steak in Britain you will know you pay over the odds for a shaving of meat – Australia is blissfully the opposite of that.

For about the equivilant of 3 Mochas at Starbucks in Britain you can get a wonderful steak at Hogs Breath (www.hogsbreath.com.au). These steaks are slow cooked for 18 hours – and are incredably tender, I have not had a better steak anywhere on earth – I am a sucker for the hickory smoked rib! The service is great and the atmosphere is friendly, and the prices are not unreasonable.

There are locations all over Australia – Townsville, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth (one of my aims is to eat at all of them!), so wherever you are visiting in Australia there should be a restaurant (assuming you are not going too out of the way- like Broome!).
Well all this talk of steak has made me hungry – and unfortunately there are no hogs breath restaurants on our island – so I will have to make do with Outback Steak House (the closest thing to an Aussie restaurant that the Americans could manage!)