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Nestled in the hills which abut the Swan Valley, close to Perth, Western Australia, is the Novotel Vines Resort, a combination of champion golf course and luxury resort accommodation.

With two 18-hole golf courses, and even an 18-hole mini golf course, the Novotel Vines Resort has been a popular place for Perthites to have a pleasant break for many years.

Near neighbours include mobs of kangaroos who call The Vines home. They are impossible to miss, especially in late afternoon. You can normally see dozens of the roos, and they are so used to humans they do tend to ignore us.

The Novotel Vines Resort is a very special and unique place to visit. It’s ideal for simply relaxing, golfing or indulging in other sporting pursuits. There’s fine dining at the resort, and in the Swan Valley. There are some beautiful drives through the hills and the Chittering Valley nearby.

Australia is a huge country, and one of the best ways to go from south to north through the centre is to take the luxury train called The Ghan. 

The train runs from Adelaide in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory (and vice versa), and is a journey that will both impress and surprise you. It is not just a train trip, but a wonderful experience that takes place both onboard the train and during excursions off the train in places such as Coober Pedy, Alice Springs and Katherine.

Travelling on The Ghan is a true adventure that is completed without any hardship whatsoever.

Measuring 80 km north to south and 60 km east to west, El Questro is big enough to be the world’s 29th smallest country. Scenically, it is far more impressive than most of those countries it dwarfs.

The reasons for that is that it is home to many very impressive gorges, rivers, creeks, waterfalls, thermal springs and an abundance of Australian tropical flora and fauna, much of which can’t be seen elsewhere.

Game of Thrones is, arguably, one of the finest and most popular television shows ever produced. Now, the Game of Thrones Studio Tour has opened in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Located at one of the acclaimed series’ original filming locations at Linen Mill Studios in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, Game of Thrones Studio Tour takes fans closer to the Seven Kingdoms than ever before. Guests can step inside the iconic Great Hall at Winterfell where Jon Snow was proclaimed the “King in the North,” see Daenerys Targaryen’s imposing Dragonstone throne, delve into the incredible props, weaponry and visual effects of Game of Thrones and learn more about the skills and craftmanship that helped bring the show from script to screen. The immersive experience brings Westeros to life and will evoke the show’s epic scale -- from King’s Landing, Winterfell, Dragonstone, The Wall and the lands beyond.

Kimberley Quest explores the bays and rivers of the remote Kimberley in Western Australia’s Northwest, and it’s a most unique and wonderful experience.

Kimberley Quest is a small cruise ship of nine cabins, catering for a maximum of 18 guests. The vessel has a shallow draft, which allows it to navigate shallow waters to get up very close to the stunning waterfalls that drop from towering cliffs into the pristine waters of those remote waterways.

The First Americans Museum opened recently in Oklahoma City to great fanfare in way of a celebration of the cultures of the First Nations people.

Oklahoma City was chosen as the location for the museum as 39 distinct tribal nations currently reside in Oklahoma today. That wasn’t always the case, as many of the groups where forcibly moved to Oklahoma many decades ago.

The First Americans Museum celebrates the shared American history of those nations through the collective stories of their people.

The capital, and largest city, of Austria, Vienna is the former headquarters of the Hapsburg Court and is defined an as imperial city imbued with grand buildings that are startling ornate in style and massively grand.

There’s no doubt that Vienna will both charm an enchant you.  It is, indeed, one of the most glorious of Europe’s cities.

Nestled on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River in Tennessee, Memphis has always attracted people from afar, and due to that mix, Memphis has become one of America’s most important and influential music cities.

Those many historic blues clubs on Beale Street heralded the unique Memphis blues sound in the early 20th century. The city's music has continued to be shaped by a multicultural mix of influences: the blues, country, rock and roll, soul, and hip-hop.

The beautiful city of Salzburg is known for its music and culture and is one of the most visited places in Austria.

Salzburg is a magical, and quite beautiful, baroque city that is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Embedded between two mountains, it is a city of gardens, public squares, magnificent buildings, palaces, churches and bustling city life whose cafes, shops and avenues are always buzzing. High on a hill overlooking the city the Fortress Hohensalzburg is its sentinel.

With 12,500 km of coastline Western Australia has some spectacular scenery. Sea West takes you to some of the most gorgeous places whilst you done on fresh local seafood, produce and wine. Board luxury vessels for sensational sailing and superb cuisine that really does showcase the region you are visiting.

Locations include Geographe Bay in the South West, the canals and inland waterways of Mandurah, stunning Rottnest Island which is a short cruise from Perth and Broome, the pearl capital of Australia where you will cruise the magnificent waters whilst enjoying the freshest local produce.

In 2007, he started his YouTube channel and became well-known. Some of his videos gathered an excess of 60 million views. Sam has travelled to over 100 countries and flown over 2000 flights. He normally travels more than 300,000 air miles every year to test out flights and share his reviews.

Sam has written four books and has won many awards for his aviation photos. There are 2.6 million subscribers to his YouTube channel.

In Sweden they keep their traditions alive whilst embracing modernity.

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The Faroe Islandsare a far flung autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, located in the North Atlantic Ocean about halfway before Norway and Iceland. There are 18 inhabited islands in the chain, and Mykines if the furthest west of these. This remote island is simply stunning! It is surrounded by precipitous cliffs which plunge straight down to the wild North Atlantic seas. A breeze on Mykines would be considered as a gale anywhere else. In fact, the winds can roar with such ferocity the local lighthouse is actually tied down with cables.

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There is so much to love about Virginia, the birthplace of the United States of America. Virginia is the birthplace of the United States of America, a state endowed with history and astounding scenery that will entice you to visit.

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Featuring: Steve Collins and Jillian Reckseidler

Manitoba, in the middle of Canada,  is prairie country but, as you head north, it does turn into Arctic Tundra. The town of Churchill on the shores of Hudson’s Bay is famous for being the polar bear capital of the world.

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Featuring: Steve Collins and Ron Peck 

Seattle, Washington is a water city that’s sequestered between the Salish Sea to its west and Lake Washington to its east. Seattle is a very attractive place. It’s an uplifting and very independent city where initiative and inspiration absolutely thrives amongst its population.  Seattle is a cosmopolitan city that delights the visitor. It is also a great place from which to begin and end an Alaskan Cruise or to discover Washington State by train.

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If you’ve ever imagined Houston, Texas to be a dusty, desert city you’d be supremely wrong.  Houston is a very green city, which boasts four of the biggest city parks in America. Yes, there’s space-a-plenty here. Even though Houston is 80 km inland, the city boasts one of the world’s busiest ports thanks to the Houston Ship Channel which connects Houston to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Famously located within the incredibly gorgeous Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, are the towns of Banff and Lake Louise. Banff is Canada’s highest town and is located along the Trans-Canada Highway just 126 km west of Calgary and 58 km east of Lake Louise, in the midst of the Canadian Rockies.

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The island of St. Helena can be very hard to find. Located in the Atlantic Ocean, 4,000 km east of Rio de Janeiro and 1,950 km west of Angola, Africa, St. Helena is a volcanic island that pokes out of the deep ocean, it’s a mere pinpoint of a map.

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Featuring: Liz Birdsall and Steve Collins

Colorado is one of the most scenically stunning states in the United States. In this podcast Liz Birdsall, International Marketing Manager for the Colorado Tourism Office chats about Colorado's many attractions.

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Featuring: Jason deCaires Taylor and Steve Collins

Jason deCaires Taylor is a sculptor, environmentalist and professional underwater photographer. His permanent, site-specific sculptural works span the world’s oceans and seas and explore modern themes of conservation and environmental activism. Over the past 15 years, Taylor has been one of the first to consider the underwater realm as a public art space and has created numerous large-scale underwater “Museums” and “Sculpture Parks”.

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Featuring: Justin Te Hau and Steve Collins

Te Puia is quite an institution in Rotorua, New Zealand. This fascinating attraction has a 180-year legacy of guiding visitors through a stunning geothermal valley and showcasing the intriguing Māori culture!

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Featuring: Paul Pio and Steve Collins

Composed of 83 spectacular islands, the archipelago of Vanuatu features an authentic and unique blend of breathtaking landscapes, rich culture and friendly locals.

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Featuring: Ruby Boukabou and Steve Collins

Ruby Boukabou is an Australian woman who has lived part of each year in Paris for quite some time. Ruby is absolutely enchanted with the city she fell in love with.

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Featuring: Gala Perez Gutierrez and Steve Collins

The Oceanographic Institute, Prince Albert I of Monaco Foundation was founded by Prince Albert I, a passionate and visionary seafarer. Recognised as serving the public interest by the French presidential decree on 16 May 1906, the Foundation has been working for the Ocean for more than a century.

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Featuring: Masahiro Ide and Steve Collins

Nestled into the western end of the Seto Inland Sea on the North-East coast of Kyushu Island in Japan is the extraordinary Oita Prefecture.

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Within its 22,000 square kilometres lives a population of 9.2 million. The three major monotheistic religion of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all have deep historical ties to the region. Israel is a country that has a human history going back 50,000 years and its strategic location has served as the gateway from Asia to Egypt and Africa that has made Israel an ideal target for conquerors through the ages.

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Featuring: Sarah Lord 

When you consider the world’s most predictable kitesurfing spots, the Gulf state of Qatar probably wouldn’t be on most people’s minds. Well, Qatar’s predictable winds and wonderfully still water conditions do make for a kitesurfing paradise as professional kitesurfing coach Sarah Lord will attest.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Western Australia is renowned for the quality of its wines and produce, and each year that wonderful produce is celebrated with an 11-day event called Taste Great Southern. The Great Southern of Western Australia is located along the pristine southern coastline and expands into the mountains and forest ranges, including the major centres of Albany, Denmark, Mt Barker, Kojonup and Katanning.

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Featuring: Gaynor Reid & Yip Yew Chong

It took a stranger, local street artist Yip Yew Chong, to finally make me feel at home in Singapore. During Covid, I found myself stuck on the tiny island-state I had called home for almost eight years – and yet had not really explored. Working in travel, I was used to doing my sightseeing overseas. Feeling pent-up and locked-in, I started taking early walks, exploring the island while it was just waking from slumber.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Taronga Zoo's Roar and Snore participants stay in tents which afford stunning views of Sydney city.  This is glamping, with solid floors and real beds, and at the centre of the glamp-site is a common area where guests gather for drinks and nibbles with the chance to meet and greet a couple of reptilian residents.

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Featuring: Greg Garnish & Steve Collins

Margaret River winery and distillery Wise Wines has celebrated seven Western Australian outback towns with the launch of seven new gins featuring botanicals from each area. Wise already markets its range of Gin Gin Gin gins and will extend the branding through the gin towns of Narrogin, Wagin, Corrigin, Muntadgin, Dangin, Badgingarra and of course Gingin. Wise distiller Greg Garnish said being the first in WA to make a Gin Gin gin, it seemed logical to travel to the outback gin towns, discover some of their unique botanicals and make a gin from each of them.

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Featuring: Cynthia Dammerer

Most chefs will tell you that the eye is the pathway to the stomach.  That is food looks attractive, then hunger will follow. In Singapore, they’ve knocked that concept on the head in a new restaurant called NOX – Dine in the Dark.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Located on the Mediterranean Sea, and surrounded on three sides by France is the second smallest country in the world – Monaco a country in miniature.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

I have discovered during my travels that each region in Malaysia has its own variation of Laksa. Recently, the beloved comfort food Penang Assam Laksa was ranked 7th on World’s Best 50 Foods by CNN Travel. As that should come to no surprise given what an explosion of taste a bowl of Assam Laksa can offer, here we give the same appreciation to the various laksa(s) Malaysians enjoy.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Originally, Berrima was designed to be the capital of the Southern Highlands.  Those plans went awry when the railway was built.  The Old Hume Highway ran right through Berrima, but the railway was diverted in another direction, passing through Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale, which allowed those towns to flourish and Berrima to remain rather sedentary.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Larimer Square is said to be Denver’s most historic block. I can’t vouch for the veracity of that statement, but it was indeed an attractive place with plenty of fascinating shops to visit. As the Mile High City’s oldest and most historic block, its buildings tell vividly the story of the birth and early years of Denver.

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Featuring: Steve Collins & Mark Dalgleish

Without a doubt, the best way to enjoy Sydney Harbour is from the water. Fortunately, you have a choice of ferries and rivercats from which to admire Sydney’s magnificent waterway.  However, one of the best ways to get to know Sydney Harbour is by My Sydney Boat.

My Sydney Boat is the place to go to organise a trip. It is a charter company, with a minimum charter of two hours, up to a maximum of eight hours. Mark Dalgleish is the owner of My Sydney boat, and he guarantees that he can show you a Sydney Harbour that even few Sydneysiders know.

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Featuring: Steve Collins & Belinda Jackson

Belinda Jackson, one of our esteemed storytellers lived through the lockdown in Melbourne.  Although it was tough, a conversation over the back fence with her neighbour, portrait photographer Jude van Daalen, led to the idea for a book about how various people coped with the restrictions and stress of being in lockdown.

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Featuring: Steve Collins & Louisa Choi

Located right on the Swan River waterfront, within Elizabeth Quay, where breathtaking panoramic river views with a beautiful city skyline in the norm, the new DoubleTree by Hilton Perth Waterfront is preparing to open on 15 December in time for the festive season.

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Featuring: Steve Collins & Charli Robinson

Great Getaways celebrates all types of great escapes to complete the 29th season of Getaway. Steve Collins spoke to presenter Charli Robinson about her adventures filming the show.

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Featuring: Steve Collins, Tony Bonner & John Castran

Dinner Plain is a picturesque alpine village in Victoria’s High Country, whose history dates back over a century when cattlemen stopped to rest and feed their stock, as there was an abundant aquifer fed water supply.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Perth, the capital of Western Australia has an island just 18 kilometres offshore.  Called Rottnest Island, because the first Dutch explorers mistook the island’s small marsupial, the quokka, for a rat, Rotto, as it is colloquially known, is a favourite holiday island for both locals and visitors alike.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

The Gulf Travel Show was held in Dubai on the 23rd and 24th of November, with great success. Normally these type events gather together hundreds of exhibitors, buyers and media, and the Gulf Travel Show did create a lot of interest, with many people visiting online.

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Featuring: David Bowden

Singapore Airlines (SIA) returned to New York in early November, when it launched non-stop flights between Singapore and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Services to Newark Airport were suspended at the onset of COVID-19.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Australia’s Northern Territory is possibly closest to most people’s impression of what Australia could be: vast deserts, lush rainforests, hot weather, iconic land formations and, with a population density of just 0.2 people per square kilometre, rather empty.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

When you look at a map of Sulawesi it looks really odd, like someone who has been run over by a steamroller.  Sulawesi is one of the four Greater Sunda Islands. It is also the world's eleventh-largest island, and is situated east of Borneo.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and the island of Sumbawa to the east.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

With one of Southeast Asia's busiest metropolises with delirious nightlife to the peak of volcanoes, many of which are still very evidently active, which the fertile slopes are dotted with glimmering rice fields and small villages. Java is the heartland of Indonesia. Java has 121 active volcanoes plus a host of major national parks. So, together with its natural beauty and rich cultural history, Java has lots to offer the visitor.

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Featuring: Selena Oh

Aloha! A typical greeting heard all over the Hawaiian islands! The aloha spirit is one of love and affection. Thanks to the popular TV program Hawaii 5-0, Magnum PI and countless other movies shot in the fabled islands, Hawaii exudes a timeless appeal. And of course, it’s known for its most famous son, former President Barack Obama.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Sumatra is the second largest (after Borneo) of the Greater Sunda Islands, in the Malay Archipelago. It is separated in the northeast from the Malay Peninsula by the Strait of Malacca and in the south from Java by the Sunda Strait.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Bali is often referred to as the Island of the Gods. That’s because the majority of Balinese are Hindus, and their religion is part of their everyday lives.  You see altars and temples everywhere, and the Balinese still enjoy wearing their traditional dress.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

The Republic of Indonesia is a country located in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans and is part of the volcanic Ring of Fire. In fact, if you like volcanoes you will see many of them as you travel throughout Indonesia.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

The Katherine River winds itself through 12 kilometres of gorges, some of which have walls rising to a height of 70 metres, and it is an outstanding place. The Katherine Gorge was formed about 23 million years ago.  The Gorge consists of thirteen gorges, with rapids and falls, which follow the Katherine River, which begins in Kakadu.

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Featuring: Kate Webster

You could be mistaken for being in a different country when visiting Rwanda. It is unlike other African countries, maybe even unlike any other country in the world. You can forget the raw, authentic and traditional Africa.

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Featuring: Paul Chai

It seems strange to wish for bad weather on a trip, but I’m happy to see a squall heading my way. I am sitting on the back porch of the assistant lighthouse keeper’s cottage at Point Hicks in Gippsland. We are in the middle of a lighthouse road trip across the east of Victoria and the approaching inclement weather seems more in keeping with this epic slice of coastal real estate.

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Featuring: Cynthia Dammerer

We boarded, efficiently at Brooklyn Terminal in New York, the queue moving steadily towards the luxurious lobby of Cunard’s flagship liner, the transatlantic doyen, Queen Mary 2, patiently tied up, loading her supplies and 2100 passengers with their luggage.

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Featuring: Kate Webster & Steve Collins

Greg Bakunzi moulded his company Red Rocks Initiatives in Rwanda to be community-based organizations, where the local community can gain from tourism activities, and in the process, have a sustainable income. Red Rocks brings under-served communities into the tourism supply chain and supports community development projects that help people help themselves through Red Rocks Initiatives.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

As it juts out into the Pacific Ocean, the folk in Hawke’s Bay boast that it is the first place in New Zealand to see the sunrise. Certainly, the region does allow some wonderful of the magnificent coastline, with stunning, craggy landscape of Cape Kidnappers at the southern boundary of the bay.  The Cape is just about a 30 minute drive from the two major towns of Hastings and Napier.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Switzerland, because of its mountainous landscape and magnificent lakes, is renowned for its attractive and amazingly-engineered railway lines, some of which are so steep they seem to defy gravity.  One train that has a grand reputation for its great beauty and eye-popping gradients is the Bernina Express.

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Featuring: Paul Chai

When I first visited the Burmese city of Yangon ten years ago it was far from sleepy. Soon after arrival I found myself tucking into a spicy salad of fermented tea leaves, or laphet, at 4am in the morning in a bustling night market. Returning recently there has been simultaneously great change and yet it looks very similar. Great hopes for democracy may have been dashed, but street life goes on and the city still has a shambolic charm and a slow pace unlike many of its regional counterparts.

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Featuring: Steve Collins 

I had the great pleasure to ride on one of Tokyo’s last remaining tram lines, the Toden Arakawa Tramway. Public transport is a necessity in Tokyo, and the city is fortunate to have an excellent rail and bus service. Apparently, Tokyo used also to have a good tram network.  Sadly, most of those have now disappeared, but the Toden Arakawa Tramway is still going strong. The local name for the trams is chin chin densha, and I was lucky enough to be riding in an older model carriage, which gave me a sense of history.

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Featuring: Steve Collins and Bill Bensley

Who is Bill Bensley you may ask? The Bangkok-based architect famous for his design work on one-of-a-kind luxury hotels is just as unique as his work. He has masterminded over 200 properties in 30-plus countries, designed jewellery to save wildlife and puts conservation in high regard.

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Featuring: Rafferty Laight

I know parents think they know it all when it comes to what makes a holiday resort kid-friendly, but I reckon the best way is to ask a kid, which is why I’m going to tell you what makes Novotel Phuket Surin Beach Resort cool for kids.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Sanur is certainly a much laid back place, although it is still home to many hotels. You are less likely to be hounded by hawkers at Sanur, but some of the stall holders in the markets can be very insistent in their aggressive approaches to encourage you to buy from them.  The best way to deal with them is to tell them a firm “No!”  If you tell them that you will return tomorrow, they remember, and they hound you every time you walk past because you promised to buy from them.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Hue Vietnam is strategically located on the banks of the Perfume River, near the coast almost midway between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Whilst the Perfume River certainly doesn’t smell like Chanel No. 5, it does seem to be very clean. Our boat trip down the river certainly didn’t assail our olfactory senses at all.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Let’s not beat around the bush – New York is the most exciting city that I have ever visited. I’ve visited many cities, but nothing tops New York for the vibe that you get just being there. My arrival was by train, straight into Pennsylvania Station in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. It’s a very busy station and BOOM! As soon as you leave the platform you are amid the hustle and bustle that is New York.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Kerala is located on the south west corner of India and the city of Cochin, or Kochi, as it is also called, is located on a peninsula bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is part of the Arabian Sea. Fort Cochin, a suburb of Kochi, this situated on the southern shore of the entrance to Cochin Harbour. A really charming town, Fort Kochi has an interesting European history which harks back to the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama who established a settlement here in 1502.

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Featuring: Barry Robinson, Wyndham Vacation Clubs Asia Pacific

Timeshare first emerged in the 1960s as a way for large families to secure a holiday home. The concept gradually changed to become a system where many families pooled their resources to buy a property and took turns using it throughout the year. Today, timeshare has evolved from visiting the same destination at the same time annually into vacation clubs like Club Wyndham South Pacific.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Bagan is Myanmar’s ancient capital, and it is like no other place I’ve ever visited. There are probably more Buddhist pagoda’s here per square kilometre than anywhere else in the world. Many more than you can easily comprehend. The temples don’t seem to be built in any logical sequence, so it is very difficult for the casual visitor to estimate the number.

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Featuring: Cynthia Dammerer

As my eyes adjusted to the light when we entered the Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort, I was led down a wooden walkway, over the water to my overwater room. As the door opened I could hardly believe my tired eyes. It was just like a stylish beach house, but with pops of colour everywhere and huge glass doors and windows.

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Featuring: Kate Webster

Hidden on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia in the Tweed region is Crystal Creek Rainforest Retreat. A scenic hour drive from the Gold Coast and you are on the doorstep of this lush valley, surrounded on three sides by the world heritage-listed Numinbah Nature Reserve and Springbrook National Park.

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Featuring: Tiana Templeman

Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra is home to an amazing collection of aircraft and aviation artefacts, and exciting tales of courage, adventure and lucky escapes. However, you don’t need to be an aviation enthusiast to enjoy a visit here.

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Featuring: Belinda Jackson

Cairo, Egypt’s sprawling capital, is set on the Nile River. At its heart is Tahrir Square and the vast Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities including royal mummies and gilded King Tutankhamun artifacts. Nearby, Giza is the site of the iconic pyramids and Great Sphinx, dating to the 26th century BC

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Featuring: Steve Collins

North West Cape is a peninsula which juts out into the Indian Ocean just north of the town of Carnarvon. The biggest town on the cape is Exmouth, which swells from a normal population of 2,000 to about 14,000 each winter as many people who live in the south of the state chase the sun. On the western part of the cape is Cape Range National Park, which covers an area of over 50,000 hectares. The key feature of the park is Ningaloo Reef, an amazing close-to-shore coral reef which runs the full length of the park. 

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Facing the Straits of Malacca, Penang was one of the great trading ports in South East Asia. Once part of the Sultanate of Kedah, it was ceded to the British East India Company on the strength of a lie in 1786. 

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Featuring: Steve Collins

A long stretch of coastline measuring about 1,100kms north of Perth, the Coral Coast extends from the town of Cervantes as far north as Exmouth and slightly inland. The Pinnacles, which form part of Nambung National Park, consists of hundreds of peculiar pinnacles which can be up to 5 metres in height.  They were formed from 25,000 to 30,000 years ago from piles of seashells that were left standing after the waters receded.

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Featuring: Steve Collins

Western Australia, at 2,529,875 square kilometres, is the largest State in Australia in terms of area. To give you some perspective on its size, WA is 3.6 times the size of Texas, and is approximately the size as Kazakhstan. Western Australia occupies the western third of the Australian continent. Consider this example: if you wish to drive from Eucla in the south east corner of Western Australia around the coast to Kununurra in the north east, in the Kimberley region, you would have to drive a distance of 5456 kilometres.

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Featuring: Kate Webster

It is hard not to be mystified by Papua New Guinea. It is a land that is untamed and wild in beauty, while diverse in unique culture. The country comprises about 600 small islands with only 13 percent of people living in urban areas. Papua New Guinea has more than 800 indigenous languages and approximately 312 different tribes, including some uncontacted peoples. 

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