family 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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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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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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The writer was a guest of the Mandarin Oriental, Singapore Flyer and Tiger Air. For a recent trip to Singapore, travelling from Bali, my family elects the Singapore headquartered Tiger Air to carry us. Tiger Air is now part of the Value Alliance, the world’s largest partnership of leading low cost airlines. Our flight meets…
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