Travel
Join me on a travel writer’s journey through Algeria
Algeria is calling - did you hear it? Between the powerhouses of Morocco and Egypt, North Africa's largest country remains off the…
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Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Travel News
Asia-Pacific Rescued from the jungle: aviation stories from Papua New Guinea
Asia-Pacific Boat safety in Bali; media appearance on ABC TV News Channel
Podcast Travel greats of G Adventures & Lonely Planet on The World Awaits podcast
Australia Glamping in Saudi Arabia wins TravMedia’s Travel Writer of the Year award
Travel
Podcast
Vale rock brain Glenn A Baker, and his musical roadtrip through southern USA
Take a musical roadtrip through southern USA with Glenn A Baker, rock historian, eminent music journalist and travel writer. This week, I’m…
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Airlines
Airline
Flight review: Melbourne-Jakarta-Tokyo with Garuda Indonesia | Sydney Morning Herald
If you’ve ever tried to find a last-minute ticket to Japan from Australia in sakura (cherry blossom) season, read on. You’ll know…
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Airline
Flight review: would you pay $900 to fly Perth to Melbourne? Canberra Times
In times of hardship and war, do airlines price gouge? That was the question top of mind as I flew from Perth to…
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Airline
Navigating the unknown – travel during the Middle East crisis & Australia’s best runway rooms
Travel has taken a huge hit with the Middle East crisis now entering its fifth week, and it can be challenging to…
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Middle East
Hotels
Haunted hotels, gold toothbrushes; the best and worst hotels: ABC Radio Adelaide
Gold toothbrushes? Someone else’s hair on the soap? What makes or breaks you for the best and worst hotels you’ve ever stayed…
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Middle East
New hotels, cruises and a Qantas tie-in: why you should holiday in Oman, Australian Financial Review
I first visited Oman way back at the beginning of my crush on the Middle East – at the time, the country…
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Middle East
Shuwa & chai: the best food in Oman
It’s sunset, and I’m in a taxi, getting a masterclass in how to order tea in Oman. “You don’t even get out…
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Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific
Visiting Vietnam’s underrated regions: travel tips, budget airlines and hot hotels: Canberra Times
This trip to Vietnam, I’ve turned my back on the big cities – Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang; even…
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Asia-Pacific
Best new architecture openings in 2024
From Paris to Seoul, Notre-Dame cathedral to a robot-built museum about robots, architecture perves are in for a treat this year. In…
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Hotels
Hotels
Haunted hotels, gold toothbrushes; the best and worst hotels: ABC Radio Adelaide
Gold toothbrushes? Someone else’s hair on the soap? What makes or breaks you for the best and worst hotels you’ve ever stayed…
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Airline
Navigating the unknown – travel during the Middle East crisis & Australia’s best runway rooms
Travel has taken a huge hit with the Middle East crisis now entering its fifth week, and it can be challenging to…
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Europe
Europe
Is the EuroSummer dead? The coolcation cruises you need right now | Financial Review
Forty degrees in Paris? It’s fair to say the world is not right – in fact, The European Environment Agency says Europe…
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Europe
Hotel Review: Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino, Greece, Dream by Luxury Escapes magazine
The dream assignment: go to Greece, stay at the new Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino, on the Peloponnese coast. Reader, I acquiesced. The…
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Europe
Strauss has Vienna in a spin, again; 200 years of the waltz in Vienna Austria: Australian Financial Review
Erotic, rebellious, scandalous. A dance to induce ecstasy, an exuberant resistance to state oppression. Yes, it’s that saucy dance with the devil,…
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