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    Bondi's little-known Indigenous carvings

    Photo feature

    Bondi's little-known Indigenous carvings

    Indigenous heritage sites in Australia continue to face the threat of destruction and vandalism.... enlarge

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    Temples of Angkor Cambodia - first international travels since the pandemic

    Siem Reap Blog

    Temples of Angkor Cambodia - first international travels since the pandemic

    My first International travels after the pandemic took me to Cambodia and the temples of Angkor. After two years grounded in Australia, I was delighted when a job in Cambodia... more

    Travel lessons from two pandemic years in Sydney

    Sydney Blog

    Travel lessons from two pandemic years in Sydney

    Two pandemic years have wiped out international travel for much of the world. Those of us who have lived a life of travel for decades have... more

    Sydney opens up - a post lockdown travel guide to COVID in Sydney

    Sydney Blog

    Sydney opens up - a post lockdown travel guide to COVID in Sydney

    Sydney has emerged from its four month lockdown and is hoping to reopen to international travellers soon. Australia’s borders are still... more

    Southern Laos - Along the Mekong - 4000 Islands, Champasak

    Si Phan Don Video

    Southern Laos - Along the Mekong - 4000 Islands, Champasak

    More from the travel vault - this time travels to southern Laos in 2016. We visit 4000 Islands, Champasak and explore the Mekong. Southern... more

    Camperdown Cemetery - a wander in Sydney's atmospheric old burial ground

    Sydney Video

    Camperdown Cemetery - a wander in Sydney's atmospheric old burial ground

    When it opened in the 1840s, Camperdown Cemetery was Sydney's most important burial ground and the resting place of many prominent and... more

    In lockdown Sydney, heritage destruction gets an exemption - the end of Willow Grove

    Sydney Blog

    In lockdown Sydney, heritage destruction gets an exemption - the end of Willow Grove

    As the wrecking ball moved in on Willow Grove in Parramatta last week, I was struck by the the similarities between heritage battles in... more

    Vietnam's COVID crisis deepens

    Ho Chi Minh City Blog

    Vietnam's COVID crisis deepens

    Some thoughts from Sydney in lockdown on travel, missing Vietnam, and the worsening COVID crisis in South East Asia. As I write this... more

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    Sydney see and do

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    Sydney see and do

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    Sydney see and do

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    Sydney see and do

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    Southern Laos

    Southern Laos Introduction

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