The Sydney Morning Herald logo
Advertisement
Matt Teffer

Matt Teffer

Editor

Matt Teffer is a journalist and production editor with The Australian Financial Review, and reviews live music for The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via email.

Flat, flat, flat … Melbourne is a cyclist’s paradise.

A cancelled flight led me to an unlikely new Melbourne highlight

Stranded, with a day to kill, I set off on a bicycle mission into Melbourne’s heart of brownness – the Yarra River.

  • Matt Teffer
Kappa Bridge in Kamikochi.

Japan’s version of Yosemite is the perfect escape from its bustling cities

Find relief from the city crowds and the wilting heat of a Japanese summer in the Hida Mountains and the spectacular Kamikochi valley.

  • Matt Teffer
Autumn leaves and snow on Japan’s Mount Yakedake above the Azusa River.

This thrilling hike in Japan is pure exhilaration

Yakedake – literally “burning mountain” – is a volcano west of Tokyo, in Honshu’s Hida mountain range.

  • Matt Teffer