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On 22 Setember, I was invited to speak with Jules Schiller on ABC Adelaide’s Drive Program to discuss the issue of travel agents in light of the ABC story about Flight Centre, which described the issue of ‘marking up’ fees and a culture of underpaying staff. My contribution to the discussion was focused on why…
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On Saturday evening, 18 September, I spoke on 95.3fm about my regular Malaysian travels, Malaysian food and Malaysian tourism strategies. We also spoke about Rajah Brooke butterflies, the JDT Tigers, the benefits and consequences of spicy food and how much I enjoy using the rail network (particularly the monorail) in Kuala Lumpur to travel the city. Have a…
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http://www.abc.net.au/radio/perth/programs/saturdaybreakfast/saturday-breakfast/9903082 To listen to my chat about Mount Agung on the attached link, scroll the timer forward to about the 40 minute mark.Saturday mornings on the ABC are always a great way to start my weekend. This chat was about my amazing old friend who can’t seem to stay out of the news;…
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She is an old girl. She is the Old Girl. She is over 3000m high. That’s nearly a kilometre higher than Australia’s biggest mountain, Mt Kosciuszko, and about two kilometres than Western Australia’s biggest peak, Bluff Knoll. In my discussion on 6PR’s Perth Tonight with Chris Ilsley, we discussed my fears in climbing this…
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Enjoy my chat with Gareth Parker on the 6PR Morning Show about the Emirates decision to revolutionise air travel with windowless planes.
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“I found out long ago, it’s a long way down the holiday road” That line, from Lindsay Buckingham’s, ‘Holiday Road’, theme tune for the movie, ‘Vacation’, is so evocative of those road trips from the past and the present. Peeling mandarins, playing travel games based on the colour of oncoming vehicles, the stench of…
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The file above is from a conversation on ABC radio, The Breakfast Show with Charlotte and Jamie, about virtual reality tourism. I hope you enjoy listening to it. Virtual Reality Tourism has the potential to shake up the travel industry in a lot of good ways. I had the opportunity last year with my son…
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I wish I could claim the line, “A very vroomy experience,” but I can’t. The honour for that line belongs to my son, eight year old Tom Parry and the first kid in the world to experience the shock and awe of the new Legoland Malaysia Virtual Reality Roller Coaster. This ride is a real…
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When I established, Chris Parry Writes For Us, I would tell clients that the inspiration for my business name came from seeing my first article published with the descriptor … Chris Parry writes for us about his experiences … It was so cool. I had written 1500 words that an editor thought was worth paying…
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As published in the newspaper, Have A Go News, October 2017. When I was a kid growing up in the country there was a time of year when I wasn’t allowed to spend the weekend with my mates, playing cricket or football or lazily riding our bikes around town looking for sources of adventure, like…
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