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ABC Victorian Statewide & ABC Darwin

February 12, 2026February 12, 2026Posted in #abc, #abcvictoria, ABC Darwin, abcperth, adventure tourism, Chris Parry travel, family travel, tourism innovation, travel, travel bucket lists, travel essentials, travel fun, travel list, travel news, travel nostalgiaLeave a comment

As a regular on ABC Victorian Statewide, I make sure my travel discussions with Prue include a Victorian flavour, not just favouring my Western Australian travel destinations. We also talk about travel news and issues, including the tragic deaths of Australians skiing in Japan.

On ABC Darwin, Lara and I have discussed the New York Times rating of the Northern Territory as one of the worlds top destinations.

ABC around Australia is a great platform for travel discussions. Listen live, contribute live, or listen later through the ABC Listen app.

ABC Statewide WA with Andrew Collins

February 12, 2026February 12, 2026Posted in #abc, abcperthLeave a comment

Each week on Friday afternoons I present a travel show that likes to focus on Western Australian regions and some international issues and experiences as well.

If you’d like to listen on your radio and you’re not in regional Western Australia you can download the ABC Listen app and listen live from 3:40 each Friday or listen back at any time as the show is downloaded to the app and ABC website.

Some of the issues we’ve talked about so far are animal encounters on our travels and aerial adventures that can transform our travel experience.

If you listen in live, call in and contribute, I’d love to hear from you.

The Little Airline That Can: The Story of TransNusa Airlines (as published in Airline Ratings & discussed on 6PR Perth)

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026Posted in #abc, 6pr, 6PR Perth, ABC, abcperth, Bali, TransNusa, travel fun, travel newsLeave a comment

I recently had the opportunity to fly with TransNusa Airlines. My TransNusa Airlines experience has been published by the best aviation industry media platform in the world, Airline Ratings. I also discussed my experience on 6PR Perth, our cities best commercial talkback radio station.

https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/why-i-would-fly-transnusa-to-bali

ABC Victoria: Travel compensation schemes

September 13, 2025Posted in #abc, #abcvictoria, ABC, abcperth, Chris Parry travel, travel, travel essentials, travel newsTagged #abcperth, travelLeave a comment

On ABC Victoria Statewide, Prue asked me about the Federal Government’s plans to introduce a compensation scheme for travellers.

Unlike schemes in Europe, it’s not likely to be financial. It will start out offering food, accommodation and support to refund or reschedule flights.

It will be a bit like making it onto the air bridge but not quite the aircraft.

We often talk about the need to be good tourists when we travel. We should expect the same of our airlines as well. We expect good service in the air and we should get good service on the ground when there’s a problem

On TV on The Couch: Sports Tourism

August 17, 2025August 17, 2025Posted in #abc, #abcvictoria, 6pr, 6PR Perth, 6prnews, abcperth, Chris Parry travel, luxurytravel, quirky travel, sports tourism, sports toursTagged #Perthnow, #westernaustraliaLeave a comment

Talking with Fred on The Couch about sports tourism was fascinating to explore the global size and rise of sports tourism and consider how often people travel for sport, where to see a favourite sport or tour an iconic ground.

South Fremantle Bulldogs in the change rooms after a big win

ABC Victoria: When your destination becomes a war zone

July 30, 2025August 1, 2025Posted in #abc, #abcvictoria, ABC, abcperth, travel, travel essentials, travel newsTagged #abcperth, travelLeave a comment

On ABC Victoria Statewide on the Drive program with Prue Bentley, I discussed the decisions that need to be made if you’re travelling into a war zone or if you’re already there.

Enjoy listening to audio file below.

Always remember to find multiple sources of truth when making complex travel decisions. Get advice and be informed from government sites, news sites as well as building a travel picture from social media, your booked accommodation and tours.

Chris Parry Cambodia Travel ABC – DUB Download

Surprising Selangor in Have a Go News

July 8, 2025July 8, 2025Posted in #abc, 6pr, abcperth, Chris Parry travel, Malay culture, Malaysia, SelangorTagged Selangor, travelLeave a comment

Enjoy reading the link below to my experience in Selangor, one of Malaysia’s most intriguing regions.

https://www.haveagonews.com.au/travel/surprising-selangor/

ABC Statewide across Western Australia heads down our favourite roads

February 17, 2025February 26, 2025Posted in #abc, ABC, abcperth, roadtrips, Western Australian TravelTagged #abcperth, #perth, #roadtrips, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustralia, travel, WA travelLeave a comment

On ABC Statewide we took a drive down our favourite roads. From Broome to Cape Leveque in the far north, to the roads of the Midwest during wildflower season, the big loop from Perth to Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Albany and back to Perth and how about the Zig Zag Scenic Drive up on Gooseberry Hill?

Personally, I still think an unsealed road in the Wheatbelt is hard to beat but the Broome to Cape Leveque road (back in the day) was a great experience.

Broome to Cape Leveque – couldn’t be redder, couldn’t be bluer, couldn’t be happier.

ABC Weekend Explorer … how murals are changing the world around us

February 25, 2023Posted in #abc, abcperth, abcperthsaturdaybreakfast, perth, Perth tourism, quirky travel, Western Australian TravelTagged #abcperth, #perth, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustraliaLeave a comment

On ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we found mural trails in Kuching and Milan and in ever increasing numbers here in Perth and our regional communities. Where’s your favourite mural? Where’s your worst?

Enjoy listening to our discussion below and then find a way to find a mural next weekend, and then walk to another one, and another one. You get the idea.

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This mural in Kuching is one of my favourites and recently found its way onto a list of the Top 100 Murals of the World.

ABC Weekend Explorer … time to get some red dust on your boots

February 25, 2023Posted in #abc, abcperth, abcperthsaturdaybreakfast, Kalgoorlie, travel, Western Australian TravelTagged #abcperth, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustraliaLeave a comment

For ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we thought we’d head over the escarpment, through the Wheatbelt and head up the wide open road to Kalgoorlie.

We had callers with tales of brothels and gold in the gutters and the culture of a community that sometimes gets mistaken for being only about the colour of your high viz shirt.

Enjoy listening to our show in the file below and learn about rotundas with Afghan architecture, big holes in the ground, wide streets and where to play Two-Up!

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