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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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Written for the Malaysian Consulate-General December 2016 With Christmas upon us, it is often a difficult time for diplomatic staff around the world. Their loved ones may still be living in their home country of origin and missing the customs and traditions of home, sometimes the weather and most certainly the food. Whether Christmas is…
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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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Published by Escape travel supplement for Australian Sunday newspapers. https://www.escape.com.au/destinations/asia/malaysia/best-way-to-enjoy-legoland-malaysia/news-story/cdfcfefbc9c6721ef0797c279c5f2902 The writer and his family were guests of Tourism Malaysia, Tourism Johor and Tiger Air. In life, when we have a straightforward decision to make we often use the expression that the decision is black and white. This means it’s an easy decision to make. There…
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Written for the Rottnest Island Authority and Rottnest Fast Ferries. “But the band plays Waltzing Matilda, and the old men still answer the call, but as year follows year, more old men disappear, someday no one will march there at all.” The line above is taken from the Eric Bogle song, ‘And The Band Played…
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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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First published by the West Australian newspaper. When my wife and I lived in Kalgoorlie more than 10 years ago, we were good friends with a local television journalist. We all used to laugh at how often she could continue to get away with introducing her stories with “Out here in the Goldfields, things are…
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