Chris Parry travel

  • 6PR with Burgo: From Dams and Jetties to Lighthouses – let’s visit our WA man- made things

    Talking Travel on 6PR with Burgo (audio at the end) spends a fair share of time overseas but came home this week to visit the things we’ve made that we can travel to. Man-made attractions play a really important part in tourism, they represent heritage, engineering and sometimes are just there for fun. We had…

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  • In Have a Go News I’m asking ‘Blue or Grey?’ Actually it really doesn’t matter

    The weather doesn’t matter when you stay at Pullman Bunker Bay. Enjoy the story below, published in Western Australia’s best newspaper, Have a Go News, available in print all over Western Australia an online all over the world.

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  • 6PR Talking Travel: Sarawak from vipers to murals

    Travel talk with Burgo was a lot of fun describing adventures to be found in Sarawak and in Sabah as well. Enjoy listening to the audio file below. In between the laughter there’s hopefully some good descriptions of the land beneath the wind. Sarawak is an extraordinary experience whether you’re in the city of Kuching,…

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  • 6PR with Fred: First Travels

    On 6PR with Fred we listed a few of our favourite travel firsts. First flights. First time overseas. First family holiday. Enjoy the discussion in the audio file below. Let me know what your favourite travel first is. I was in South Australia recently and my son Tom, who has travelled the world, was amazed…

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  • The West Australian newspaper: Bibbulmun walks with our kids

    The story attached below was published by the West Australian in 2016. For some reason I never put in this website. Matilda and I were a lot younger than the pic I’ve used for the cover image of this post. The cover pic is actually of Matilda and I in the Dryandra Woodlands when we…

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  • ABC Victoria Statewide: KL has everything but food comes first

    On ABC Victoria Statewide the timing was perfect for Prue to want to know more about Kuala Lumpur. I’d returned from Kuala Lumpur only a few hours before our discussion. We wandered through Kampung Baru and found a streetside stall selling Nasi Lemak. I explored the streets around my hotel, Hotel Stripes, and found a…

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  • 6PR with Burgo: We’re heading down south … with a blanket

    In the 1990’s my brother sang in The Neptunes and one of their best songs was, ‘Down South’. It was about surfing, heading down south once you’ve finished the exams and having a good time before having to come back to Perth. Just saying ‘down south’ is enough. If you’re from Western Australia you know…

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  • 6PR with Burgo: Chin! Chin! Drinks on our travels

    On 6PR with Burgo we made our way through the drinks menu of our travels. One of our callers described his experience of drinking Shochu in Japan which is a very spirited drink and left a lasting memory of his visit to Japan. A favourite roadhouse for a cold milkshake, a hidden bar for a…

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  • 6PR with Burgo: Kuala Lumpur? Absolutely!

    For my second show with Burgo we decided that the new Air Asia flights from Darwin to KL were a great opportunity to talk about why KL makes a wonderful holiday destination. Enjoy the audio below and maybe just a few of my favourite KL pics.

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  • ABC Victoria Statewide: Theatre tourism can be far away and close to home

    With Prue on ABC Victoria Statewide we discussed the strategy required for that short interval break during a theatre show. Do you run for the bar or the bathroom? Do you try both? We explored London’s West End, New York’s Broadway, The Loop in Chicago and even closer to home in Perth with opportunities to…

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