travel bucket lists

  • ABC Victoria Statewide & ABC Darwin

    As a regular on ABC Victoria Statewide, I make sure my travel discussions with Prue include a Victorian flavour, not just favouring my Western Australian travel destinations. We also talk about travel news and issues, including the tragic deaths of Australians skiing in Japan. On ABC Darwin with Lara, we have discussed the New York…

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  • 6PR as Mr Music and Mr Travel

    6PR as Mr Music and Mr Travel

    6PR Perth is a commercial talkback radio station and I’m regularly invited to share my domestic and international travel experiences, including recent reviews of TransNusa Airlines and European entry requirements and descriptions of weekend escapes to remote towns across Western Australia. Also, I’ve been presenting a music show, theming discussions from songs about animals, songs…

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  • 6PR Perth: Regional shows make great roadtrips

    As we find ourselves feeling the warmth of Spring and looking up at bright blue skies, it’s time to think of getting out for a regional roadtrip. I love going to Narrogin each year for the Narrogin Agricultural Show, full of exhibitions and stalls, animals and of course sideshow alley. Through October and November is…

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  • 6PR: WA Natural Attractions

    Burgo and I discovered beaches, caves, rocks, beaches, ancient life forms, valleys of giants and a lot more as we explored the natural attractions of Western Australia. Enjoy our discussion in the audio below and a few examples in pics.

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  • TV show The Couch: Dark Tourism can be respectful and a rite of passage

    I loved my recent opportunity to appear on The Couch, a television lifestyle program broadcast across Australia and filmed here in WA. Fred, Steve and I looked into the world of dark tourism. While you might be thinking of shaky footage of people sneaking into Chernobyl it is so much more. Battlefields like Gallipoli, the…

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  • The West Australian newspaper: Falling with a smile on my face

    From the archives comes this story about the second time I jumped out of a perfectly good aeroplane. Two jumps is enough for me but it’s an experience I’d recommend. It was more than adrenaline and excitement, it was being that high and falling fast but knowing it was ok. Enjoy my story in the…

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  • 6PR Perth: Getting lost in hidden lands in well discovered countries

    Three of my favourite places are in well discovered countries. Enjoy the audio below where Burgo and I explore Puglia, Kerala and Madikwe. If you enjoyed listening, here’s just a few pics of these amazing destinations …

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  • 6PR with Burgo! Sports Tourism is all about saying, ‘I was there!’

    On 6PR Weekend Wrap Up, I found myself sharing the airwaves with John Burgess, an icon of Australian television and radio. A tv game show host legend and a radio dj when dj’s were gods of the airwaves. It was very cool to laugh our way through stories about sports tourism. From callers with tales…

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  • 6PR “Up, up the long delirious burning blue”

    On 6PR on a recent summers weekend on the airwaves, we took to the skies to discover how getting into the air can inspire your travel or be an exciting part of it. It was also an opportunity to reflect on my air moments. I used to love accompanying dad out to the Narrogin airstrip…

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  • 6PR Weekend Wrap: Battlefield Tourism

    From rites of passage and pilgrimage experiences like Gallipoli, Kokoda and the Western Front. From lesser known but no less important sites at Parit Sulong, Sandakan and Roebuck Bay; we visit these sites for understanding, respect and perspective.

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