Posts Tagged ‘ Australia ’

According to the ABC, a huge find of aboriginal rock paintings in the Wardekken area of Arnhem Land has been made. And by huge I mean an estimated 30,000!

Award-winning journalist and author, Nick Kontis, shares his travel highs and lows with Just About Travel

Update: 18 May 2017: At a meeting between the EU and USA officials it was decided NOT to introduce a ban on carrying PED’s as hand language. However other measures may be considered.

Tall ships in Greenwich, a pygmy tribe in Uganda and a possible reduction in the number of properties in Menorca are some stories capturing Adrian’s attention this week.

Australian travel writer and author, Campbell Jefferys, shares his travel highs and lows with Just About Travel

Getting hitched is the most socially accepted reason on the planer to ditch work and undertake your longest, most splurge-iest trip ever. Here’s 10 island ideas to help get you started

London is open and it is staying that way, writes Kaye Holland

Travel blogger, Nick Morris, shares his travel highs and lows

Australia has recently celebrated NAIDOC week.  The week – National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee – highlights awareness of the status and treatment of indigenous Australians. It also means that the week becomes a popular activity for both international and domestic visitors with some 300,000 people plus taking the opportunity to learn more about the culture and background of the country. According to the NSW tourism minister, Stuart Ayres, indigenous tourism contributed $A968.4 million to the NSW economy in the year ending March 2016
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Queues, a new rail service and the reopening of airlinks to Sharm El-Sheikh from Germany are some of Adrian’s thoughts this week.

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now



Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now

It’s only a little while before Australia launches the next part of its promotional campaign, There’s Nothing Like Australia on us in Europe. This time it will concentrate on their coastline and all the aquatic activities that are available.

Cato Hoeben – who quit the 9-5 treadmill to work remotely – reveals how life as a lifestyle entrepreneur allows him to travel the world

Not heard of Peter Hibbs? I’m not surprised. Most Australians haven’t heard of him either yet he is one of the unsung pioneers of Australia.

The hills are alive with the sound of kookaburras! South Australia’s most accessible wine region will welcome you with a range of cool-climate wines

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now

Travel bible, Lonely Planet, has selected the top three experiences that should be on your “bucket list”

Aussie, Adam Stern – a competitive freediver (breath hold diver) and freediving instructor who trains and competes in competitions all over the world – talks travel

Twenty per cent of those surveyed by the company thought that Australia was discovered by Christopher Columbus and a third weren’t able to name the capital of the country which is Canberra.

Today – January 26 – is Australia Day, aka Aussie National Day. With this in mind, Kaye Holland reveals eight reasons why she loves the country that introduced her to backpacking

This was one of the strange requests mentioned by the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Julie Bishop, last week as she tightened up on consular rules for Aussies.

Footwear’s not frivolous if you walk through life in it

In the year ending August, some 666,900 of Brits headed to the country that had 6.7 million visitors in all. By year end that total figure may well reach 11 million.

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month it’s all about holidaying with his Royal Highness, Prince Harry, and hanging out in the Peninsula Paris – Paris’ new super-hotel

A great globe trotting itinerary takes a certain kind of planning to ensure the best route – and price. Check out these tips for a top journey

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This April, all eyes are on London, Los Angeles and Austin…

To see a sprawling country like Australia in just a fortnight sounds like an impossible task. And it is. But Tourism Australia is actively promoting two week holidays in Australia. Why?