My dream destination: Pip Murray, president, Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society
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MY ONE DREAM DESTINATION IS STILL
Southern Africa (Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi), for the spaces, wildlife, the people. I first visited there in 1987 and have returned several times. The last trip I took in Ethiopia was wonderful - the rock-hewn churches, the art, the history and the people make this a must visit. Special memories include hitchhiking along the Caprivi Strip in 1988, hearing landmines going off in neighbouring Angola, drinking sweet tea with truck drivers, meeting peacekeeping forces in Namibia and borrowing their rafts to navigate the Popa River. The complete absence of responsibility and the liberty that brings. We were nuts.