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Sponsored by Cruise Traveller 17 May 2021 An Australian first has put more wind in the cruise industry’s sails (and sales) with loads of travellers reserving their spot on the world’s largest sailing ship. Set to make her Aussie debut next summer, Tradewind Voyages’ new luxury ship Golden Horizon, is the line’s most eco-friendly vessel, boasting 6,300 square meters of billowing sails, under the sole power of wind 70 per cent of the t...

Tom Hoye, Surfer, Shaper And Emigre, 1945-2021 Santa Cruz to Margaret River — a classic surfing life. Tom at Injidup in 1971, just after arriving in WA. Surfline By Tom Blaxell Many surfers in Western Australia will be saddened by the loss of master surfboard maker Tom Hoye. Tom applied his considerable skills in WA for 50 years, to a devoted following. He leaves an advance orders book extending out for two years. Tom came to Australia from Northern California at the start of the 1970s. Born ...

BBC News Drone trucker: Sharing wild Australian landscapes for a cause Close Ben Stamatovich drives a road train truck between the Australian cities of Adelaide and Perth every week. This roughly 2,600km (1,615 miles) journey sweeps him through vast and desolate landscapes, including the iconic Nullarbor Plain. A couple of years ago he began using a drone to take photos of his truck near the isolated Bunda Cliffs, and posted them online. Now he has a global following and uses his photography to...

Explore gorgeous and remote Western Australia on this virtual tour 10Best 2 hrs ago © Tourism Western Australia Kangaroos at Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grand National Park Welcome to Western Australia Western Australia (WA) covers the entire western third of the country, with much of its population concentrated in its southwest corner near Perth. Australia’s largest state is a land of rugged, diverse landscapes boasting immense natural beauty. Come along as we tour WA through photos. © Tourism...

Its been a long time between drinks for passengers of the Indian Pacific, the famous transcontinental train that runs between Perth and Sydney. And as the beverages are included with the fares nowadays, thats a lot of missed cocktails since the service stopped running in March last year. But now its back. Eased pandemic restrictions have increased confidence in state borders remaining open, and the Indian Pacific is once more covering the 4352 kilometres of track linking west and east. When i...

How sleeper trains became the great comeback kids Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny waxes lyrical about the joys of travelling by sleeper train – and suggests five fantastic journeys Travel 2,700 miles across Australia on the Indian Pacific At just after 9.15pm each weeknight, I hear a familiar sound from outside the window of my north London flat. The gentle whine of the locomotive pulling the Caledonian Sleeper as it passes through Camden Town a few minutes after its departure from Euston ...

An Aussie couple bought a van for $2,200 and converted it for a 3 month trip from Queensland to Western Australia. Heres how they did it. Bianca Healey credit: @settlerhives Hayley and Roger Mason are currently embarking on a non-stop 3-month drive with their family across Australia in a 12-seater van they converted themselves. The two are part of a thriving community of #vanlife enthusiasts, who share tips on Youtube, Reddit and Instagram. "The whole four-wheel drive and campi...

The incredible story of a father and son who survived crocs and trigger-happy farmers during 16,000km trek around Australia to save kangaroos - and the sobering reason their trip came to an end David and Mark Howison walked around Australia in 1973/74 to raise awareness about the plight of kangaroos The father and son realised during their 16,000km trek that kangaroos were abundant and did not need help Along the way they encountered aggressive wildlife - and humans - as well as road trains and...

Vale - Anne Taylerson 22 September 1939 - 7 March 2021 Around 80 family and friends gathered on March 17 to celebrate the life of Anne Taylerson  – a stalwart of the Warkworth Music Society, Warkworth Floral Art Club and the Warkworth Wellsford Budget Service. Anne died peacefully at her home earlier this month. She was 81. Anne grew up in Taihape and Kaikohe and later trained as a nurse at Whangarei Hospital. An early adventure was travelling to England by ship with two nursing friends – ...

Photo: Destination NSW The longest Highway in NSW snakes 1060 kilometres from Tocumwal near the Victorian border to Goondiwindi, just into Queensland. Its a magnificent drive through wheat and wool country, where sheep nibble on hillsides and cockatoos cackle among the gum trees, but what sets it apart are its astronomical sights, with observatories in Parkes, Gilganda, Coonabarabran and Narrabri, plus Australias first Dark Sky Park in the Warrumbungles. See newellhighway.org.au  ...