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Tasmanian ancestral home beckons
It was a dark and stormy night. How often do you get to say that and it’s true? And it was a dark and stormy night as Hobart, the Tasmanian capital was lashed by one of the worst storms in decades. We drove from Freycinet into Hobart as the weather picked up momentum – rain and…
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Uluru – for light and love
About 20 years ago I caught a bus from Alice Springs, a town in the heart of Australia to see what was then called Ayers Rock, the grand monolith that sits in the centre of Australia like an anchor – tied to the ground holding the continent in place. For some reason the area was…
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Where the art is – try a country town
Hopefully Victoria will rally and the restrictions put on its inhabitants because of this mongel COVID-19 will lift and people will be abe to travel intrastate and interstate again. And where better to go than the rural towns. Following, check out Benalla . . What was guerilla art is now great art. Walls become artworks…
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Sydney: gets its glamp on!
Time to get back into the great outdoors in Sydney, and maybe make an early booking for the best view of the New Year’s Eve firewaorks display over Sydney Harbour Mmmm, damn traffic first thing in the morning. It’s only 7am. I open my eyes, crawl out of bed and check what is outside my…
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The Other Side of Everest
Originally posted on The Global Goddess: “Human trafficking is the second-most prolific organised crime on the planet after the weapons and the drug trade. But unlike drugs, a woman can be sold more than once and often many times in one day,” Sisterhood of Survivors, Kathmandu, Nepal IN a pastel pink court building, the colour…
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How to get lost
OR – the road less travelled or driving miss crazy . . .or ‘are we there yet?’ At a pinch I could probably perform emergency surgery, whip up and decorate a four-tiered wedding cake, put out a bush fire, sail single-handed from Sydney to Auckland and hand tool a pair of leather boots. BUT I…
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Who put the PORT into PORTUGAL?
Portugal’s robust and vibrant small city of the north, Porto, is more than the sum of its many and varied bridges. I was coming to the end of a cruise along the silky Douro River in Portugal through an old part of the world that is thus far unspoilt, mellow and innocent of mass tourism…
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Oh Vienna!
Forever young, Vienna knows how to enjoy herself and share the love. (Mercer’s 20th annual Quality of Living survey recently announced that Vienna topped the world’s most liveable city list for the ninth consecutive year. See link at bottom of article.) Landlocked and lovely, that’s Austria. A country of modest proportions that is neatly wrapped…
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USA: get your kicks on Route 66
A pilgrimage is what a drive along Route 66 is today. The fabled road lives in songs and literature and just won’t fade away. This is America’s Main Street. In the earliest days of television in Australia, the black and white screen flickered with many (mostly) American series to entertain the young minds of the…
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How to explore Umbria, Italy
If it wasn’t for the Etruscans, there might not be olive oil or wine in this region of Italy. Let’s head to the hilltop fortress towns of Umbria and enjoy the legacy of the ancient invaders. It had been a carb-overload lunch hosted by chef and pastamaking teacher Lorenzo Polegri, a showman and a man…
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