karryon travel

  • Wadjemup Rites of Passage and New Opportunities for Adventure

    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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  • With Russ and Nadia on ABC Breakfast Radio: What have you taken from a hotel room?  Be honest now.

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HhYe64zC_Q_JH8k4Kl8eo6PdBLqfiOnC/view?ts=5df04623     Wonderful discussion on the ABC Breakfast Show with some very funny talkback callers confessing to all sorts of things that have just ended up in their bags. Do we leave our values and compliance with rules at home when we check in to a hotel?  As the hotel card is pushed down…

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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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  • 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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  • Karry On travel industry website: Ticking all the boxes in amazing South Africa

    As published by travel industry website, KarryOn: Romantic comedy, Blended, starring Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, was partially filmed in South Africa and my daughter Matilda’s love for this movie and her desire to travel to the locations from the movie have led us to The Palace of the Lost City at Sun City in…

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  • Karry On travel industry website: We’re On Safari To Stay

    The following story, as published by Karryon (www.karryon.com.au), shares with you the exploits of my daughter and I in a remarkable part of South Africa: As my daughter Matilda and I touch down on a little airstrip in the Madikwe Reserve in South Africa for a safari with Sanctuary Makanyane Luxury Safari Lodge, the next…

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