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I’ve always loved a lake. From Dad’s stories of the Bluebird on Lake Dumbleyung, to watching my kids leap into the sunset at the not so pink lake in Esperance, they are a great reason to travel close to home or further afield. Enjoy reading the story above or even better, grab your own hardcopy…
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For Hidden Treasures on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we made the big decision to travel further than we have ever done before. If ever there was a short four word sentence dominating water cooler conversations more than any other, it has to be, ‘Our borders are opening.’ While the anxieties are obvious, so too are…
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We’re all from somewhere. Some of us are from towns and suburbs, some of us might be from remote pastoral properties or communities. Wherever you’re from do you still live there? If you’ve moved away from where you grew up do you ever go back? Why do you go back? Why do you think people…
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When Hidden Treasures started over a year ago, the idea was to explore suburbs and find ways to do more than just drive past them or through them. This year we’ve enjoyed expanding the program to explore topics like our lakes, movie location sites and rites of passage. Now we’re getting back to our roots. …
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As we grow up and find our way in our street, in our town and our state, there are experiences we have that aren’t connected to bucket lists or wish lists. They might be things that our parents have done and now think we’re old enough for, or places they took you to that you…
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Whether they’ve got water in them or are just a salty plain, lakes are opportunities not just for our wildlife but for all of us. They’ve been used for land and water speed records and they’ve been used for sculptures. You’ll find lakes where you can sit and watch birdlife, you’ll find lakes you can…
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It’s normally around now that we remember the New Years Resolution’s that we made nearly a month ago. It’s normally around now that reality kicks in as you realise that work outfits seem just a bit tighter than the singlets and bathers you might have been getting around in all summer. It’s time to combine…
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Have you ever sat in the cinema, watching the latest blockbuster with your favourite stars and with glee realised that the action is happening somewhere you have been? Have you travelled the backroads of Bali like Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love? Have you done your best James Bond pose in Thailand at James Bond…
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Hidden Treasure has found a lot for us to do over the past year and a bit. There have been quirky museums, good places to eat, main streets to shop in and lots of urban art. Our next Hidden Treasure is for someone in the family who loves us unconditionally even when we sometimes can’t…
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One of the best things about Christmas and summer is the opportunity to try out those summer Christmas presents to get you to the beach. From scoop nets to wet suits, boogies boards to sandcastle buckets and masks and snorkels. In 2021 Hidden Treasures went to a few beaches but didn’t seem to go in…
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