Travel
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Seniors Insight – Spoilt for choice on great Australian train journeys
MY FIRST memory of travelling by train was when our school teacher and assorted parents boarded our class on the last train out of Boonah,…
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Mountain transport service to become permanent
THE Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) service between Tamborine Mountain and Helensvale will become permanent at the end of September. DRT services are designed to be…
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More than a destination, base camp Boonah
IF YOU base your overnight stay or choose to linger even longer in Boonah, you’ll find you are at the gateway to some spectacular bushwalks.…
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A self-drive tour through our smallest state
OUR brief was to find a self-drive holiday with minimal travel stress, lots to see that’s out of the ordinary, and where accommodation was easy…
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From Bhutan to Boonah
by KENNETH WILTSHIRE BOONAH was recently favoured by a visit from two special visitors from the Himalayas. Sonam Lhamo and her husband Tshering Dorji, from…
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Seniors Feature – A travel challenge met
THERE’S a lot of destinations in Australia that suit the ‘holiday for all abilities’ criteria. I was down to a shortlist of a dozen when…
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24 hours ‘on safari’ by Kaye Martin
WE awoke to find tigers watching us through the window … and the next night we slept in a tree house and our early morning…
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Travel – 24 hours in Binalong Bay
WORDS AND PHOTOS by FRASER CREIGHTON TASMANIA is listed among the world’s top 30 ‘must visit places in 2024’ by the New York Times. Yet…
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Travel – 24 hours in El Nido
by FRASER CREIGHTON IT WAS a humid, hot Christmas (are there any other in Queensland?), when I booked an ‘island hopping’ experience in the Philippines.…
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Travel – 24 hours in Christmastime London
by GUY CREIGHTON IF WE were to talk about the best time to make an extended stay in London, I would say it is the…
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Travel – 24 hours in Tuscany
Words: ETHAN DYER Photos: most by ETHAN DYER “It’s the wonder of it. You’re walking through history … through a town that has changed little…
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Travel – 24 hours in Yarrangobilly
by FRASER CREIGHTON Rainwater seeps down into the earth for almost a kilometre where it’s heated before it bubbles back up through the porous rock…












