travel
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As a guest of Quest Apartments and Rockingham tourism operators, my family enjoyed a very busy weekender out of Perth. Great weekenders, and the much savoured long weekend, often mean we try to travel as far as we can to somehow ensure the best time possible because we’re as far as we can be from…
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Taking the opportunity of a summer holiday day trip to Mandurah, I’ve hired a Bowrider Runabout from Mandurah Boat and Bike Hire. The drive from Perth to Mandurah takes less than an hour on the Kwinana Freeway and exiting at Mandjoogoordap Drive will lead you directly into Mandurah. Driving a boat around the Mandurah canals…
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Beginning a weekend escape in Fremantle is tough. Markets? Museums? Fish and chips? Coffee? Ice Cream? Suddenly, with a burble and then a roar, a new contender emerges to kick off our weekend like a cork leaving a bottle; jet boat. West Coast Jet Boat met my brief for some fast speed action by cranking…
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I featured Labuan Island in a recent interview on 6PR radio. This article was written for Grand Dorsett Labuan. I’m standing in the lobby of the Grand Dorsett Labuan amidst a crew of Dorsett Grand Labuan staff. They are about to perform their welcome song for my crew, an assortment of trekkers from various parts…
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Looking at the adventures I have had and who they have been with I am torn between solo jungle treks and family resorts as what I have enjoyed the most. That’s really what defines the joy of travel for me; no matter what I do, it’s always better than sitting at home. When I am…
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Written for and published by Pan Pacific Nirwana. Agung…again. In 2013 I wrote an article about climbing Mount Agung, an active volcano in Bali. I began that account by making a statement about my style of family holiday to Bali, “It has to be more than just waterslides and sitting at a swim up bar.”…
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Originally published by the West Australian newspaper Before driving to Geraldton to meet a charter flight to the Abrolhos Islands I did a quick internet search on the drive from Perth. Just checking the distance and potential stops along the way to have a stretch. In 1629, a good sailor had the remarkable ability to…
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Originally published by the West Australian newspaper and the writer was a guest of Skydive the Beach. Disappointment. Now there’s a strange emotion to have in the middle of a skydive from 14,000 feet. The parachute opened, ending my freefall. I felt disappointment. It was a mixed emotion to be sure. I would have been…
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A jungle so hot and humid I couldn’t wear my wraparound sunglasses because the heat and humidity were so high that the glasses had formed their own terrarium in front of my eyes, constantly fogged and dripping. A jungle so dense that the overhead canopy blocks light from reaching the jungle floor. A jungle…
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