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6PR with Burgo: We’re heading down south … with a blanket

April 6, 2025Posted in 6pr, 6PR Perth, 6prnews, Chris Parry travel, roadtrips, Western Australian TravelTagged #Perthnow, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustraliaLeave a comment

In the 1990’s my brother sang in The Neptunes and one of their best songs was, ‘Down South’. It was about surfing, heading down south once you’ve finished the exams and having a good time before having to come back to Perth. Just saying ‘down south’ is enough. If you’re from Western Australia you know it means Margaret River, wineries, beaches, forests and lots of small towns along the way.

It also means camping grounds, farmstays, old pubs with a few rooms upstairs, forest cottages and beachside resorts. Enjoy the link below to my chat with Burgo.

When you head down south maybe our travel talk will remind you to pack an extra blanket and remember to stop at those roadside stalls for chutneys, jams and pickles. And remember to stay somewhere nice which for me is always the Pullman Bunker Bay. It has everything and is close to everything!

Pullman Bunker Bay just west of Dunsborough

My legs and feet always look good at Bunker Bay

Always make time to stop for local produce

6PR with Burgo: Chin! Chin! Drinks on our travels

March 29, 2025March 29, 2025Posted in 6pr, 6PR Perth, Chris Parry travel, dryandra woodland village, hidden bars, secret bars, UncategorizedTagged #westernaustraliaLeave a comment

On 6PR with Burgo we made our way through the drinks menu of our travels.

One of our callers described his experience of drinking Shochu in Japan which is a very spirited drink and left a lasting memory of his visit to Japan.

A favourite roadhouse for a cold milkshake, a hidden bar for a dark and stormy cocktail, a cold Peroni in Rome or a hot coffee in Istanbul. Drinks are an important part of our travels to exotic destinations and roadtrips and wherever we choose to travel.

6PR with Burgo! Sports Tourism is all about saying, ‘I was there!’

March 8, 2025March 8, 2025Posted in 6pr, 6PR Perth, quirky travel, sports tourism, sports tours, travel, travel bucket lists, travel fun, travel news, Western Australian TravelTagged #perth, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustralia, travel, WA travelLeave a comment

On 6PR Weekend Wrap Up, I found myself sharing the airwaves with John Burgess, an icon of Australian television and radio. A tv game show host legend and a radio dj when dj’s were gods of the airwaves. It was very cool to laugh our way through stories about sports tourism.

From callers with tales about naked West Indian cricketers to iconic events and venues around the world and close to home, with a lot of laughter we covered more ground than the MCG.

Enjoy listening to the first half of the show in the file below. Just like a Grand Prix driver, we go off track from time to time but we got to the finish line in style!

6PR – Where are the best bakeries in Western Australia?

March 1, 2025March 1, 2025Posted in 6pr, 6PR Perth, roadtrips, rottnest island, travel fun, Western Australian TravelTagged #perth, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustralia, WA travelLeave a comment

It was lots of fun to learn where our best bakeries are. Heats in Cockburn was a surprise that many callers say have the best donuts. Rottnest Bakery wasn’t a surprise nomination and it’s a great example of what we like about our favourite bakeries when we travel. They’re part of that rite of passage moment that defines your arrival. You haven’t really arrived on Rottnest until you’ve been to the bakery.

Williams Woolshed has a sausage roll that will get you through the day and Mount Barker with its range of gourmet pies was a popular choice.

A good bakery can be a reason to travel or it might just be the traditional break on your way to somewhere down the road.

The cream bun at Rottnest Bakery will give you the sugar rush you need to cycle around the island

Williams Woolshed sausage rolls have become a reason to stop in Williams for my family (pic Williams Woolshed)

Many bakeries are on the main streets of country towns. The Toodyay Bakery has a balcony veranda overlooking the Main Street, perfect for watching the world go by as you wait for your cottage pie to cool down.

6PR … Mr Travel becomes Mr Music

February 18, 2025Posted in 6PR Perth, 6prnews, Christina Morrissy, Christina MorrissyTagged #6prperth, #Perthnow, #westernaustralia, @6prperth, perthLeave a comment

This summer, I accepted a challenge by Christina Morrissy to present a daily segment on 6PR that explored themes and genres of music while attempting to sound like I knew what I was talking about. Listen below to our episode on movie themes. How did I go?

ABC Statewide across Western Australia heads down our favourite roads

February 17, 2025February 26, 2025Posted in #abc, ABC, abcperth, roadtrips, Western Australian TravelTagged #abcperth, #perth, #roadtrips, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustralia, travel, WA travelLeave a comment

On ABC Statewide we took a drive down our favourite roads. From Broome to Cape Leveque in the far north, to the roads of the Midwest during wildflower season, the big loop from Perth to Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Albany and back to Perth and how about the Zig Zag Scenic Drive up on Gooseberry Hill?

Personally, I still think an unsealed road in the Wheatbelt is hard to beat but the Broome to Cape Leveque road (back in the day) was a great experience.

Broome to Cape Leveque – couldn’t be redder, couldn’t be bluer, couldn’t be happier.

ABC Weekend Explorer … how murals are changing the world around us

February 25, 2023Posted in #abc, abcperth, abcperthsaturdaybreakfast, perth, Perth tourism, quirky travel, Western Australian TravelTagged #abcperth, #perth, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustraliaLeave a comment

On ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we found mural trails in Kuching and Milan and in ever increasing numbers here in Perth and our regional communities. Where’s your favourite mural? Where’s your worst?

Enjoy listening to our discussion below and then find a way to find a mural next weekend, and then walk to another one, and another one. You get the idea.

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This mural in Kuching is one of my favourites and recently found its way onto a list of the Top 100 Murals of the World.

ABC Weekend Explorer … time to get some red dust on your boots

February 25, 2023Posted in #abc, abcperth, abcperthsaturdaybreakfast, Kalgoorlie, travel, Western Australian TravelTagged #abcperth, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustraliaLeave a comment

For ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we thought we’d head over the escarpment, through the Wheatbelt and head up the wide open road to Kalgoorlie.

We had callers with tales of brothels and gold in the gutters and the culture of a community that sometimes gets mistaken for being only about the colour of your high viz shirt.

Enjoy listening to our show in the file below and learn about rotundas with Afghan architecture, big holes in the ground, wide streets and where to play Two-Up!

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Astrotourism … a new frontier

February 18, 2023Posted in #abc, abcperth, perth, Perth tourism, quirky travel, Uncategorized, Western Australian TravelTagged #abcperth, #perth, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustraliaLeave a comment

On the Weekend Explorer for ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast, I recently explored space and rediscovered my memories of Skylab and discovered observatories, big dishes, astrotourism towns, astronauts in Carnarvon, emus in the sky and starlapse wonder by local photographer, Dan Paris.

Listen to the link below to learn more about Astrotourism and some really good music but really bad space jokes:

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And for a mesmerising starlapse above Mount Augustus and other great Western Australian sites, go to @danparisphotography

For Hidden Treasures on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast: Western Australian books and their locations … and a Special Guest

December 12, 2022Posted in #abc, abcadelaide, abcperth, abcperthsaturdaybreakfast, perth, Perth tourism, quirky travel, travel, travel fun, Western Australian TravelTagged #abcperth, #perth, #wanderoutyonder, #westernaustralia, WA travel1 Comment

One of our best ever Hidden Treasures stories of all time! With special guest star, global writing superstar Molly Schmidt, we explored local books and the use of local locations and how they inspire our travels.

Listen to our chat below and learn not just what our favourite Western Australian books are but how important those local locations can be:

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