Travel
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Travel – 24 Hours in Cactus Country
by FRASER CREIGHTON TO MY travelling companion, it was an absolute, not to be swerved from, Instagram-able must. To me, it was the one entry…
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Elsewhere – Fishing Villages
There are 430 habited Islands in Japan, so there are bound to be a few thousand fishing villages spread among them. Generally, they stay out…
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Light horse tribute moving reminder of mounted soldiers
CAPELLA, a town 54 kilometres north of Emerald in Central Queensland, lays claim to being the place the emu plume worn in the slouch hat…
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A horseman’s 20,000km journey to find himself
EVERY story about an epic quest must have a hero or a band of heroes and at least one demon. Erwin van Vliet is 18…
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A tiny house with a big ethos
HAMAR House started where all most good ideas seem to these days – on Youtube, in lockdown. Creators of the Gold Coast Hinterland accommodation are…
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Tourism on Tamborine ‘under threat’ despite Lonely Planet listing
LONELY Planet’s listing of the Scenic Rim as a global tourism hotspot was met with loud celebration last week across the region, but not everyone…
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Lonely Planet ranks Scenic Rim in world’s top 10 travel regions
THE Scenic Rim has been ranked in the world’s top 10 regions to travel to in 2022 by Lonely Planet. The iconic travel guide released…
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Young families take over the ‘grey nomad’ getaway
Over the first weekend in June, thousands of visitors to the Brisbane Caravan and Camping Supershow ‘clamoured’ for information and brochures about the Scenic Rim.…
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Spicers lead energy switch with hydrogen project
Spicers Retreats is on track in its bid to achieve zero emissions with a project for a $2 million renewable hydrogen plant to back up…
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Escaping Sydney: A different type of travelogue
by FRASER CREIGHTON No one ever thought that the coronavirus would get this out of hand at the start of the year. The news told us…
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A photographer’s trip through the outback: Part 2
by KAYE MARTIN Lyle tells us of one story that touched the couple and really made the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic very real. “We were out…
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a photographer’s trip through the outback during quarantine
By KAYE MARTIN WHEN photographer Lyle Radford suggested a ‘holiday’ to Birdsville, his wife should have known there would be more to it. Lyle smiles as…












