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What Lies Beneath Ocean Surface: New Submersibles Explore Hidden Depths

The Earth is 70% water, yet mankind has never traveled to the planet’s deepest point, and has encountered only around 10% of what lives down there. New submersible technology is about to change that.

‘‘I’d like to be, under the sea, in an octopus’s garden, in the shade…” Child-orientated Ringo song this may have been, but [...]

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Floating in Dead Sea, Jordan – Dont Get Salt In Eyes or Nose!

GUEST ARTICLE: We landed in Queen Alia International Airport located in Jordan’s capital city Amman and were met by our car hire rep. After signing some papers and agreeing to pay for some extra insurance ‘just in case’, we were on our way to our hotel the Movenpick Resort located on the North Shore of [...]

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Robert Falcon Scott’s Last Expedition – Australian National Maritime Museum special exhibition (Review)

I just visited an excellent special exhibition about Robert Falcon Scott’s Last Expedition at the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM). This free exhibition is open from 17 June – 16 October 2011 and it’s well worth making a trip to the ANMM located in Darling Harbour, Sydney and taking an hour or two to explore [...]

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Australia Land of Parrots documentary (Bluray/DVD Review)

Australia is a land of parrots. They live across the country in a variety of climates and over 2 dozen of them by my count are shown in this excellent Australia Land of Parrots documentary narrated by famous actor Colin Friels, co-produced by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and PBS TV in the USA.

The aerial [...]

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Dahab, Egypt – Chilling out Snorkeling in the Red Sea

GUEST ARTICLE: The view of the landscape as we were flying into Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport was amazing! Golden desert sands flanked some of the bluest pristine waters we have ever seen – the magnificent Red Sea. After landing we were met by our hotel pickup and then began our short one-hour journey [...]

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Cairo Egypt – Wondrous Sights and Life after the Revolution

GUEST ARTICLE:Visiting Cairo has always been a dream for us. We had initially booked last year and were eagerly anticipating our trip at the end of May 2011. Then the Egyptian Revolution happened in January. As the revolution carried on into February we thought we were going to have to re-book, especially since our Australian [...]

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Panoramic Photos: Kimberley region, Western Australia

I took a lot of great photos in the Kimberley region of Western Australia during my roadtrip but it’s hard to convey the size of the place and what the landscape all around you looks like with one photo. That’s why I also took several panoramic photos during the trip to show you a wider [...]

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Photo Slideshow: Kimberleys Western Australia Roadtrip

I was asked by Adventure Wild – Kimberleys, Western Australia outback tour operators and Tourism WA to take photos and videos for them of the Northern remote Kimberleys area.
I will upload my initial selection of photos to my Flickr Photo Sharing account when I have the chance every few days (mobile internet access is not [...]

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Kimberleys Western Australia Roadtrip Map: Spot 2 Satellite Messenger and Tracker

I was asked by Tourism WA and Adventure Wild outback tour operators to take photos and videos for them of the Northern remote Kimberleys area. I will write related articles about the trip for ABC Technology Online, this Road Less Traveled website and several travel technology reviews for GEARE magazine including a Spot Satellite Messenger [...]

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Banff Mountain Film Festival Australian Tour (Review) Real Raw Outdoor Adventuring

I just got home from seeing the Banff Mountain Film Festival screening at Sydney’s Seymour Centre during its tour of Australia. At a time when there are many “travel/outdoor adventure” shows on TV (several of which are “less than honest”), this is one of those rare film experiences that really can be called marvelous because [...]

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Tasmania Photo Roadtrip: Hobart, Freycinet, Bicheno, Bay of Fires, Cradle Mountain

During the Christmas holidays I did a Tasmanian Photography Roadtrip: from Hobart to Wineglass Bay in Freycinet Peninsula, the fiery red lichen-covered granite boulders of Bicheno and the Bay of Fires to Cradle Mountain’s Dove Lake, Wombats and Wallabies and back to Hobart just in time to see the Aurora Australis Icebreaker ship before it [...]

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Photo Video Highlights: 2011 NZ South Island Roadtrip

Last week I was on a road trip through the Canterbury and Wanaka regions of New Zealand’s South Island as a guest of Tourism NZ and Air NZ, along with other journalists from Fairfax, Yahoo7! and News Ltd. The aim of the trip was to report on progress for plans to rebuild and repair Christchurch [...]

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Tourism Best Way To Support NZ After Christchurch Earthquake

Visiting New Zealand’s South Island for a holiday is one of the best ways you can help the kiwi people and their economy recover from the series of disastrous Christchurch Earthquakes in late 2010/early 2011.
According to Statistics NZ Tourism plays a significant role in the New Zealand economy in terms of the production of goods [...]

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Rimini, Italy – Off the Beaten Path For Non Italians

GUEST ARTICLE: Rimini is certainly a place less traveled to if you don’t live in Italy or some of the surrounding European countries. It’s a summer hotspot that has loads to offer if you’re looking for some summertime fun and a real Italian experience. The best months to go to Rimini are from [...]

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Affordable Lisbon – Grilled Sardines, Portugese Custurd Tarts and Great Architecture

GUEST ARTICLE: It was a beautiful late sunny June afternoon when we arrived in the very picturesque city of Lisbon (Lisboa), Portugal. From the plane the stark contrast of red ochre roofs against the brilliant blue of the Atlantic Ocean looked incredible. We took a cab from the airport to our hotel [...]

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