adventure tourism
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When we started Hidden Treasures on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast in 2021, it was intended that I would speak every couple of weeks. After a few months of fortnightly discussions, I was asked to come in every week. Well, we’ve reached a milestone. This is our 50th episode of Hidden Treasures. To mark this achievement…
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The Romans knew the value of a good stadium didn’t they? Can you imagine doing a tour of the Colosseum when it was at its peak? Game day at the Colosseum may have had more on the line for most of the participants but just to have walked through the service tunnels and holding cells…
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Enjoy the link below to my story in Just Urbane about climbing Mount Agung in Bali. About six hours up and let’s say about seven hours coming down. This active volcano is visible from anywhere on the island of Bali. While it may be a while before we can get back to this amazing island…
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Enjoy the link above to read my story in Just Urbane about Dark Tourism. Dark Tourism has become a buzzword in the modern era, that takes explorers to places associated with tragedy, death and suffering. Here’s where you can find thrills in the dark side … Interestingly, dark tourism has a long history and can…
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For ABC Saturday Breakfast Hidden Treasures, Ro and I went somewhere we haven’t been before … beyond Perth! Up and over the escarpment and east to the Avon Valley. There’s a reason that songs are written about being in the air. ‘Come Fly With Me’, ‘99 Red Balloon’s, ‘Up, Up and Away’ and ‘Danger Zone’…
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A special story in Just Urbane about my dolphin experience in Rockingham makes the adventure available on both sides of the Indian Ocean in hard copy; Just Urbane magazine in India and Have A Go News Newspaper in Western Australia. Add to this the websites for both of these publications and I’m really excited to…
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There’s a little island off the coast that for quite some time now has attracted Western Australians, other Australians and increasingly the international traveller seeking a genuine sand-in-your-toes destination or maybe just an insta-worthy-pic with the worlds cutest animal. Wadjemup (Rottnest) has just taken a couple of Red Bulls and is revved up for a…
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On the ABC Perth Radio Breakfast Show we recently discussed the continued popularity of dark tourism. It doesn’t have to be morbid but it does have to involve death in wars, disasters, murders, terrorism or assassinations. The darker side of history has meat on the bone and the gristle as well. We try to put ourselves…
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Spend some time on a Sunday afternoon listening to Chrissy and ‘The Gentleman Traveller’ on 6PR 882, Perth’s only commercial talkback radio station. Recently, we spoke about my week long adventure to Malaysia, spending some time in one of my favourite cities, Kuala Lumpur, before heading to the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of…
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Have A Go News newspaper recently published my list of the Top Ten No Tech Travel Accessories that you should have on every trip. They’re also all lightweight and easy to store. Aquatabs are as close as I get to panic prep packing but because they are easy to tuck in your toiletries bag with other medications they’re…
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