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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...
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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...
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Cemeteries and tombs - a travel guide

Cemeteries and tombs have been a big part of my travelling life. From my first international...
Introduction

Tasmania

Tasmania. It took me more than 50 years to visit. Make sure you don't leave it that long. When I...
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Choosing Fremantle Western Australia as a place to live and visit

A few years ago I was in search of a place to base myself in Australia. I was looking for a...

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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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Hoi An Blog

Hoi An Postcard 2022 - Vietnam is open

How is Hoi An, Vietnam's most loved World Heritage travel destination, faring after the reopening of borders in March 2022? Check out the blog and video for a look. The gentle... more

Hoi An Video

Hoi An Postcard 2022

I've recently visited World Heritage listed Hoi in central Vietnam. It was my first visit back to one of Vietnam's most popular travel... more

Hanoi Blog

Postcard from Hanoi - Vietnam is open

Finally I was walking the streets of Hanoi again. There were times during the two years of border closures when I wondered whether I'd... more

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... more

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 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

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

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Vietnam Introduction

Vietnam

I've had the privilege of exploring Vietnam for thirty years. I've lived many of those years in the country too - I have to pinch myself when I... more

Sydney see and do

The Rocks, Sydney

The Rocks was the first British convict settlement in Australia and the place where the long dispossession of Australia’s First Peoples began. When... more

Sydney Introduction

Sydney

Sydney is one of the world's most recognisable and best-loved cities. Its dazzling harbour setting and natural beauty are matched by a thriving... more

Hoi An eating

This listing has been provisionally updated in April 2022. Sadly, Hoi An's international restaurants are mostly closed. The upside is that you will... more

Hoi An eating

An Bang Beach eating guide - Hoi An

Our independent guide to the restaurants and local eateries of An Bang Beach, around 6kms from Hoi An. An Bang Beach is now Hoi An’s most popular... more

Hoi An Introduction

Hoi An

Most travellers will rate Hoi An close to the top of their list of places to visit in Vietnam. It’s a perfect combination of history, architecture,... more

Travel lessons from two pandemic years in Sydney

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

Cemeteries and tombs - a travel guide

Tasmania

Choosing Fremantle Western Australia as a place to live and visit

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