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  • Labuan: A very surprising and welcoming island

    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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  • The Sunday Times newspaper: Legoland – The building blocks for an amazing family adventure

    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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  • The West Australian newspaper: Treasure Hunting for a New Generation on Rottnest Island

    Originally published by the West Australian Newspaper and on the Rottnest Island Authority website http://www.ria.wa.gov.au. Do you remember as a kid going to a classmate’s birthday party and as an outdoor activity, because they were all outdoor activities, being given a treasure map? Was it tea stained, burnt around the edges and perhaps missing an

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  • Singapore in a Beautiful Hurry

    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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  • The West Australian newspaper: Slipping the Surly Bonds of Earth

    Originally published by the West Australian newspaper and the writer was a guest of Skydive the Beach. Disappointment. Now there’s a strange emotion to have in the middle of a skydive from 14,000 feet. The parachute opened, ending my freefall. I felt disappointment. It was a mixed emotion to be sure. I would have been

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  • Borneo – Go for the past, stay for the present

      A jungle so hot and humid I couldn’t wear my wraparound sunglasses because the heat and humidity were so high that the glasses had formed their own terrarium in front of my eyes, constantly fogged and dripping. A jungle so dense that the overhead canopy blocks light from reaching the jungle floor. A jungle

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  • Chris Parry Writes For Us

    Chris Parry Writes For Us

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  • The West Australian newspaper: Wildlife Interests Put At Risk …By Us

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