The “Ask Brett” post details Brett Hayhoe’s World Traveller Series episode, highlighting a trip to Indianapolis that blends Pride, friendship, and unexpected adventures. It illustrates how shared convictions foster deep connections and memorable hospitality, exemplified by hosts Chris and Michael. The narrative invites reflection on diverse experiences within the global Pride movement.
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A friendship that defies easy category. Alan — met in Vancouver, shared in Astoria — and the decade of visits that made his city feel like home. His mother Estelle, with her southern charm and impeccable comedic timing. A sister best experienced unprepared. A neighbourhood bar, a deli, the el, and the sound of the world going about its business.
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Accor is enhancing its commitment to LGBTIQ+ inclusion across Australia through the Welcome With Pride training program. Research shows many LGBTIQ+ travellers feel unsafe expressing themselves while travelling. The initiative aims to foster genuine inclusive environments in hospitality, with Accor enrolling 32 hotels, improving staff confidence and guest safety.
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Tokyo’s pollution. A mirror-lined basement club. An ancient gate in the middle of Osaka traffic. A Yakuza warning in a dark alley. The saddest museum in the world. And a host brother whose position on vending machine publications was more complicated than he let on. Japan, unfinished — and unforgettable.
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Two visits. Two completely different Japans. A seventeen-year-old boy hosted by extraordinary wealth in Nara and tradition in Kyoto. A twenty-five-year-old president riding the bullet train first class, courtesy of a host best left nameless. The country that gave Brett Hayhoe the travel bug — and never quite gave it back.
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A road trip to the tip of Cape Cod. A town that does Bear Week like nowhere else on earth. Seafood that warranted the drive. A karaoke bar that discovered something about its newest patron. And a cold so bitterly personal it left a flu as a souvenir. Worth every degree of it.
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A hurricane that grounded every airline but one. A former airline employee who fixed it in two minutes. A building fifteen floors up, swaying. A flooded Manhattan and a drive through darkness without traffic lights. Hurricane Sandy — the storm that turned a New York visit into something considerably more than a visit.
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Falls Creek’s vibrant art scene has evolved with significant additions, including the Flower of the Alpine Sun sculpture, designed by Gio Veronesi. Standing over ten metres tall, it enhances public engagement with the alpine environment. Supported by Community Recovery Funding, local artist murals and the Artist in Residence Program foster cultural enrichment, offering unique visitor experiences.
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A site inspection that became something far more personal. A guest room decorated with Royal portraits by friends who remembered what mattered. Indianapolis drag royalty, Midwestern Republican territory hosting a global Pride conference, and a late-night rescue from a Jackson Heights gutter by a stranger with enormous arms and impeccable timing.
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Multiple visits, one city that keeps earning them. Linda and Anna’s quiet kindness over a nerve-settling scotch. Alan at the wheel and a question nobody on the Pride committee could answer. A food hall that answered it anyway. Boston — historically magnificent, people first, and entirely worth the walk.
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