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How Not to Abseil: Kalbarri National Park Western Australia

I’ve been having a dabble with IMovie lately. Even a twit like me can use it, so I thought I’d make a series of short vloggy clips about some of my escapades past, present and future. Join me on this amazing Z-movie journey and watch me morph into Stephen Spielberg before your very eyes ; [...]

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Deeper Travel: The Enchantment of Carnarvon Gorge

A lot of water, wind and 27 million years has carved out the dramatic monument of Carnarvon Gorge. Hundreds of metres below the tableland of its protective basalt cap, I’m in my element getting survival tips from local elder, Fred Conway. I could feel the previous day’s 23 kilometre hike pull in my thighs as I bent [...]

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The Best Job in the World is Back

Just in case any of you outside the mining boom bubble of Oz are fed up with the triple dip recession and your generation “whys” are all grown up but still living at home draining the life savings out of you, I thought I’d cheer you up with some big news over here in Oz. [...]

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Making Round-the-World Travel Plans

This was our first holiday together. It’s a classic “look at us we’re somewhere exotic” cocktail shot of an era when Tom Cruise was nominated worst actor at the Golden Raspberry Awards for shaking his piña coladas across our screens and Yazz – along with her Plastic Population – told us “The Only Way is Up………… Baby”. [...]

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Warning: Your Travel Blog Could be Under Serious Scrutiny

One of the most popular stories of 2012 was an article about words that will set off the rat-smellers and send alarm bells ringing at Homeland Security. After being forced to reveal a list of the ‘offending’ words under a freedom of information request, travel bloggers should be aware that the super sleuths could be [...]

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Scary Storms and Super Cell Freaks: Never a Dull Day in Queensland

  We must’ve really settled into the land of the laid back. “It’ll be alright, “we said setting off on our weekend bike ride. “It won’t hit for a few hours”. What? A few years back, we would’ve been battoning down the hatches and sitting on the sofa with cushions taped to our heads. As [...]

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