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Waiheke Island Guide

27/09/2016 by .
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When Anna Smith arrives at Waiheke Island it is raining, but the weather doesn’t deter her as she reveals her exclusive Waiheke Island guide.

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Top End Northern Territory

12/04/2016 by .
Top End Northern Territory

Isabel Conway enters Crocodile Dundee terrain as she explores Australia’s Top End Northern Territory.

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The Great Barrier Reef

30/09/2015 by .
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Dipping my head under the water and experiencing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef for the first time, I feel I’ve stepped uninvited into  a colourful underwater world where sea life is busily going about its business just like it has for thousands of years. I have to admit I feel a bit of a voyeur, just staring at all the busyness going on around me and then I realise no one down here is remotely interested, even the giant clams seem to look at me in a disdainful sort of way. It’s a busy life and everyone’s got somewhere to go.

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Disability friendly access in Melbourne attractions

02/02/2015 by .
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Melbourne welcomes millions of visitors each year; it is a city that offers something for everyone, and that includes visitors with special mobility needs and other accessibility requirements. The state boasts more than 1000 accessible venues and services and is the first in Australia to provide world-first motorised all-terrain wheelchairs at key destinations. When it comes to disability friendly access in Melbourne attractions here are 12 recommended experiences that are welcoming for visitors requiring wheelchair friendly access 

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Guide to the Cook Islands. No two awesome sunsets the same.

29/01/2015 by .

Melbourne’s Laneways. Expect the Unexpected.

05/02/2014 by .
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In the real world we all abide by certain rules. Take me for example, I am what you might call the classic non conformist. Tell me to stand over there and I will rejoice in simply standing over here instead; a door marked EXIT ONLY is simply too irresistible for words. Yet, even I have boundaries; some form of moral and social framework I feel compelled to follow now and then. Well, I’ve experienced Melbourne’s laneways for the first time and frankly all that is now out of the window.

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The New Zealand festival scene is gearing up for Summer

01/11/2013This entry was posted in Australasia, New Zealand, Travel News and tagged on by .
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Following in the wake of 16 year old Kiwi singing sensation Lorde, it seems New Zealand festival scene music has caught the world’s eye just in time for Summer down under.

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Sydney to Brisbane along Pacific Highway 1. Sensational Coastal drive.

28/06/2013This entry was posted in Australasia, Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Sydney and tagged , on by .
Sydney to Brisbane along Pacific Highway 1

Andy Mossack drives the iconic Sydney to Brisbane along Pacific Highway 1 route along Australia’s eastern coast.

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