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  • ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast finds that serenity and Bonnie Doon is all around us

    How’s the serenity?  That question has a special place in Australian culture as a great line from the movie, The Castle.  The Kerrigan’s serenity was getting away to Bonnie Doon. It’s more than a great line though.  It’s an important part of life. We all need to seek out opportunities to experience the serenity and…

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  • ABC Saturday Breakfast: Markets here at home and further away

    For ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we’re talking about markets.  From craft markets, organic markets, wet markets and community markets, we’re sure we’ll find something for you to seek out this whenever your next weekend drive is planned.   What’s more of a sensory overload wherever you are in the world than a good market?  We’re going…

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  • What’s your worst travel experience? Come on, can you beat a few of mine?

    On ABC Saturday Breakfast we like to keep things inspiring and exciting but sometimes to do that we have to remember those moments that were less than perfect. There’s certainly been a lot of excitement about being able to travel again.  It might be time to reunite with loved ones, use that voucher for travel…

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  • Picnic Spots for Mother’s Day, or any day really

    For ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we saw the need to take mum, or the aunties, out for Mother’s Day, or any day. While we could go to some of her favourite picnic spots, like Kings Park, Whiteman Park, Heathcote or the Cottesloe foreshore, we thought we’d keep her guessing and take her somewhere else. We’ve…

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  • ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast:  Have you met someone famous on your travels?

    One of the wonderful things about any travel is the discovery.  From a little café in your neighbouring suburb to being in the right place at the right time for an event while you’re overseas.  All travel presents opportunities for excitement, it may even be on the pool lounge or restaurant table right next to…

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  • ANZAC Day and the ANZAC Day long weekend:  It can be about memorials, and maybe a bit more.

    There’s a lot to think about on ANZAC Day and the ANZAC Day long weekend.  We thought for Hidden Treasures on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we would look at some of the sites around Perth and Western Australia that you can visit to remind you of the ANZAC story. If you’re going to an ANZAC…

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  • Spooky Spaces & Places on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast

    Perth isn’t that old is it?  And our regional communities aren’t any older? While our Aboriginal culture is tens of thousands of years old, our oldest buildings are less than two hundred years old. But that doesn’t stop many of them from sending a shiver up or down our spine and feeling that spirits from…

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  • And I Took The Road Less Travelled.  What About You?

    Perth! What’s your favourite street and how do you like to travel? Enjoy listening to the audio from ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast that included a very special guest, Perth’s famous traffic reporter, Bernie D! One of the ways we really get on a roll is when we talk about a topic that includes a roadtrip. …

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  • Travelling for Sport

    Travelling for Sport

    When we started Hidden Treasures on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast in 2021, it was intended that I would speak every couple of weeks.  After a few months of fortnightly discussions, I was asked to come in every week. Well, we’ve reached a milestone.  This is our 50th episode of Hidden Treasures.  To mark this achievement…

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  • Have You Travelled for a Special Milestone or Occasion?

    It was Ro’s idea that we do a Hidden Treasure show about travelling for a special occasion or milestone. She had just returned from yet another trip to the Kimberley, this time for the birthday of a favourite aunty. On Hidden Treasures we often find ourselves focused, or more accurately – distracted – by the…

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