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ABC Victoria: Park benches on our travels

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With Pru on ABC Victoria Statewide we had a wonderful discussion about park benches with lots of listeners calling in to tell us why they love park benches on our travels.

I love picking apart my travels and finding within my travel experiences the things I do at home and away. Exploring a General Store, a market, catching public transport and in this case, sitting on a park bench to admire the view, have a rest, eat a pie or strike up a conversation.

I loved sitting with my son Tom on a bench by the Thames as much as I love the bench at the end of Boundary Road, overlooking Shoalwater Bay where my school holidays were spent. Where is your favourite park bench?



ABC Victoria: Travel compensation schemes

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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

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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

As published in Just Urbane, victory rolls in a Spitfire will make you weep and whoop

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Every time I write about my aviation experiences I am drawn very emotionally to the poem, High Flight, by a young Canadian RAF Spitfire pilot, John Magee. The lines he wrote fill your heart and soul when you’re in a jet, glider, skydive, hot air balloon and particularly in a Spitfire, roaring through the blue skies above Kent in England.

I’m fortunate to have variations of this story published by Have a Go News newspaper and by Airline Ratings and Australian Aviation. Being published by Just Urbane is always exciting but this story means so much to me and I really hope it drives readers to embark on an action packed adventure of their own that is exciting and emotionally charged as well.

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As published in Just Urbane, the E&O is almost too much luxury, almost.

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Just Urbane is one of my favourite magazines to work with. My experience with E&O Penang is just what they’re looking in a luxury experience with a good measure of heritage thrown in as well. I hope you enjoy reading my story about E&O Penang.

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ABC Victoria: When your destination becomes a war zone

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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.

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