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Wear Appropriate Wet Weather Clothing When Travelling Outdoors

When traveling to places with unpredictable rainfall like New Zealand or Australia’s Snowy Mountains the difference between a happy trip and a miserable experience often comes down to the quality and appropriateness of your wet weather clothing.

Great Fun During Wairaurahiri Jetboat Trip photo credit: Jules Lund

A few years ago I joined a UTS Outdoor Adventure [...]

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JVC Picsio GC-FM1 Handheld Video Recorder Competition

JVC has sent me 2 of their Picsio GC-FM1 Handheld Video Recorders to giveaway in a competition.

The winners will be 2 people who write a comment on this blogpost with a photo taken by them (Picasa or Flickr link preferred) in a remote location they’ve visited during travels in Australia and 200 words describing their [...]

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Use Skype to Call and Communicate with Friends/Family For Free

GUEST ARTICLE: Skype has gone from being a novelty when it launched 6 years ago to being really essential for me.
I’m now half-way round the planet from friends in the UK and want to catch up. I also need a visual connection with family and people who have questions about work.
And the things I [...]

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2009 End Of Year Giveaways For Guest Writers

It’s the season for giving and being thankful for what others have done for you so thanks to Sandisk and Skype Shop I’m giving away some nice stuff to upcoming guest writers on this Road Less Travelled Blog

Guest Articles about Photography

If you write 4 guest articles about photography for Road Less Travelled you get 8 [...]

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Joby Gorillapod SLR Flexible Tripod Review

I recently had the opportunity to try out the Joby “Gorillapod SLR” flexible tripod while on holidays in Australia’s Snowy Mountains and found it to be very useful and surprisingly popular with other people in my ski lodge who were fascinated by it’s ultra flexible bendy leg joints.

I had chatted with a representative from [...]

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Travel Towel For Backpacking: Light, Small, Fast Drying

When I went on my first backpacking trip to Europe I made a big mistake – I took my ordinary bath towel that I used everyday at home to dry off after having a shower. My bath towel took up lots of space, got heavy when wet and dried slowly so was really annoying.
Now when [...]

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Ear Plugs: Vital for Backpacking Travel or Camping Holiday

The $1 spent on foam ear plugs during my recent backpacking trip from Adelaide to Darwin was definitely the best value for money investment I could have made to make sure my trip was enjoyable.
Several times I was in a youth hostel where other people in the same dorm room were:

Snoring loudly
Talking to each other [...]

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Tokai 7 inch LCMDX-2227MUC Portable DVD DIVX Player Review

I recently bought the Tokai 7″ inch LCMDX-2227MUC Portable DVD & DIVX Player to use with my new Plane Quiet NC-7 Noise Cancelling Headphones to watch DVD’s and MPEG4/DIVX files while travelling to and from work in Sydney on the train.

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Review – Planequiet NC-7 Noise Cancelling Headphones

I just purchased the Plane Quiet NC-7 Noise Cancelling Headphones from their US manufacturers Pro Travel Gear to wear while commuting to work on trains and buses. That way I could listen to music or watch my Tokai 7″ inch portable DVD/DIVX player in relative peace and quiet without having to turn up the volume [...]

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