family travel

  • 6PR Radio: Chrissy and ‘The Gentleman Traveller’ discuss Borneo and Footy Final Travel

    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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  • ABC Breakfast Show with Nadia and Russ: Staycations.  You don’t have to stay at home to have one.

    A whirlwind opportunity to talk about and redefine the staycation.  You don’t need to stay at home and find yourself visiting Bunnings.  A staycation can be about getting out and about in your state.  Not very far from home but still out and about.

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  • As Published in Have A Go News:  Top Ten No Tech Travel Accessories

    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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  • As Published in ‘Airline Ratings’, Tom Loves Cathay!

    My story about Tom’s experience with Cathay Pacific was recently published by Airline Ratings. Enjoy reading all about Tom’s experience with Cathay Pacific here. With inflight entertainment, a good selection of food options and plenty of attention from the staff, Tom’s experience meant a great flight experience for me.

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  • Top 10 Aboriginal Tours & Experiences in Western Australia

    Are you a tourist?  Are you a local?  Are you interested, curious, amazed or attracted to learning more about the oldest living culture on Earth? Here are my Top 10 Aboriginal Tours and Experiences in Western Australia, a state that stretches across a land that is over 2.5 million square kilometres with the worlds most…

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  • Radio Melayu:  Lets begin the winter fightback! Get packing!

    I recently spent a brilliant evening on Radio Melayu chatting about my recent adventures and how we all need to find a way to get packing and escape winter by getting overseas or embracing winter and snuggling into a gorgeous resort down south. The link below features descriptions for a few of my new favourite…

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  • Top 10 Travel Essentials for Back in the Day … and Today.

    Some of those golden rules about travel are still gold standard today.  The featured image for this story comes courtesy of my son Tom who took the photo while I was trying antigravity yoga at Four Seasons Jimbaran, a very safe and very luxurious resort in Bali. Travel should increase your sense of daring but…

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  • Travel that throws you back

    In the 1984 comedy movie, Top Secret, the French resistance group has a member whose name is De Ja Vu.  There is a scene in the movie where he is introduced to another character and he looks at him suspiciously and says, “Haven’t I met you somewhere before?” Like deja vu, the sense of nostalgia…

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  • Hong Kong with Typhoon Tom

    What’s just as important as the destination?  The journey of course!  How could I resist using the image of Tom and his Cathay Pacific entourage as the featured image for this post? Tom and I have just returned from Hong Kong where we travelled with Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong Disneyland, stayed at the Disneyland…

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  • Apurva Kempinski delivers a new experience on the greatest island in the world.

    My son Tom and I recently travelled with Batik Air to our favourite island in the world, Bali, to experience a new resort, Apurva Kempinski.  It was promised to us as a ‘new era of first class hospitality’ and without doubt the level of luxury is absorbing from the moment you arrive. The soaring spaces…

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