Posts Tagged ‘ Sydney ’

The closure of so many attractions and events will have a severe economic impact on destinations, local economies and people.

Just About Travel gives you the low-down on what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now

Here’s a few of our favourite brilliant buildings from around the world…

The journey of a swamp wallaby across Sydney Harbour Bridge and onto an expressway must be both a blessing and a problem to those people looking after Australian and NSW tourism.

Surveying 2018 from the very beginning of the year, it looks a bumper year for the industry. May it also be a bumper year for all our readers. Happy New Year.

Some Caribbean islands are open for business again after the hurricane damage and, as half term is still on, Adrian finds some events you might want to visit isn Salou and Sydney.

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

Tourists flock to the area and the tourist board in Sydney describes the area as “a pulsating centre of performance art, immersive theatre, avant-cabaret, music, cult films…”

Given the finite space on roads should river boat travel be encouraged as a way for commuting and for tourists to see more of our destinations without having to put up with the slow pace of road travel?

Will it be before long that some entrepreneur decides that a half-day tour of letterboxes will be the next big thing?

Tattoos, why Santa is on a lifeboat, Michelin star restaurants in Macao and the delights of Sydney at Christmas feature in Adrian’s column this week.

Although at this time of year, many destinations are luring visitors with talk of the autumn foliage and its rust, red and maroon colours in Australia it is the time for a sheet of blueish purple.

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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Kaye Holland is always happy to hop on a long-haul flight

Will Adrian be the 50th millionth visitor at Drayton Park or even one of 6,000 on the biggest cruise ship in the world? Probably not!

Where are we going for Christmas? Which destinations are have attracted us and will continue to do so in 2016?

Vic Quayle – author of Waltzing Matilda Around Australia: Adventure before Dementia – shares his travel highs and lows with Just About About Travel readers

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.

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

Love to travel? Then why not get paid for it. Yes you read right: believe it or not there are jobs out there that will pay you to see the world. We round up eight, great roles for those with permanently itchy feet

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

Gwen Keating – a confirmed Novocastrian and a green badge guide explains how she plans her travel and where she likes to go.

Kaye Holland hates the hidden, extra costs that airports like Luton and Stansted insist in springing on passengers

If you happen to be in Sydney next week, there is a potential travel bonus awaiting you. Travel on any of the famous harbour ferries during peak times and it will be absolutely free!

Philip Young, chair of the Endurance Rally Association reveals why New Zealand and The Alkham Valley get his vote

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month it’s good news for Hull and the cruising industry. Not so for New Delhi…

s one Australian attraction suffers in the bush fires, another celebrates its fortieth anniversary. The Sydney Opera House was officially opened by the Queen on this day in 1973.

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now