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There’s Big Money in Wine and Food Tourism

09
Dec
1

Australia is well known internationally for its vibrant regional tourism scene, primarily driven by landscapes and wildlife. Ask a typical international traveller what they think of when they consider Australia (if they do at all) and they’ll respond in one of two ways, wildlife: kangaroos, koalas and maybe platypus or landscape: Uluru, Great Barrier Reef […]

Category: The Naked Truth Written by Tom Neal Tacker 0 Comments

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Considering the Cook Islands

04
Dec
1

Tua Pittman rides the tiller with stern command. Steering the Marumaru Atua northwards into the night, he scopes the greying horizon like it’s a familiar friend. As one of the few contemporary Master Navigators trained in the ancient ways of sailing by stars, moon, ocean currents and migrating birds, on this short voyage from Rarotonga […]

Category: CultureFeaturesWundering Written by Tom Neal Tacker 3 Comments

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Dozing in Darwin During the Wet

28
Nov
1

Tropical torpor is unavoidable when the average humidity exceeds average temperature. Being in Darwin during the Wet is like being cloaked in damp inertia. The NT News, Darwin’s daily tabloid newspaper, is so outrageously hokey that it could be read as an alternative comedy script instead of a fact sheet.

Category: BohemianFeatures Written by Tom Neal Tacker 0 Comments

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