travel news

  • 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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  • The Little Airline That Can: The Story of TransNusa Airlines (as published in Airline Ratings & discussed on 6PR Perth)

    I recently had the opportunity to fly with TransNusa Airlines. My TransNusa Airlines experience has been published by the best aviation industry media platform in the world, Airline Ratings. I also discussed my experience on 6PR Perth, our cities best commercial talkback radio station. https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/why-i-would-fly-transnusa-to-bali

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  • ABC Victoria: Travel compensation schemes

    On ABC Victoria Statewide, Prue asked me about the Federal Government’s plans to introduce a compensation scheme for travellers. Unlike schemes in Europe, it’s not likely to be financial. It will start out offering food, accommodation and support to refund or reschedule flights. It will be a bit like making it onto the air bridge…

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  • ABC Victoria: When your destination becomes a war zone

    On ABC Victoria Statewide on the Drive program with Prue Bentley, I discussed the decisions that need to be made if you’re travelling into a war zone or if you’re already there. Enjoy listening to audio file below. Always remember to find multiple sources of truth when making complex travel decisions. Get advice and be…

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  • Hotel Stripes: As published in Have a Go News

    Enjoy reading my story that is about a hotel making its mark by supporting the community it lives in. This story also discovers quiet temples and peaceful green spaces in a busy city that never seems to sleep.

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  • 6PR with Burgo: A list of what we don’t like about travel … without being grumpy

    No matter how much you enjoy travelling, there are bound to be things you don’t enjoy. From people standing in the aisle of the plane when it stops to putting croissants on conveyor toasters, our discussion won’t solve the problems of the world but it might make you feel better just knowing these things annoy…

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  • 6PR with Burgo: Why we stay where we stay

    Enjoy the discussion in the audio below. I use some of my favourite places where I’ve stayed to work out why we stay where we stay. It might be because you want a warm B&B feeling, like Alda who runs L’arco Antico in Polignano Mare. It might be because you want a luxury resort experience…

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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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  • ABC Alice Springs & ABC Darwin: Air Asia Flights to KL

    It was a battle that was broadcast across the ABC airwaves of the Northern Territory with Andrew Murdoch and he graciously gave me the win. He wasn’t convinced that the new Air Asia flights from Darwin to Kuala Lumpur would fill many seats but after my descriptions of a city full of vibrant culture –…

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