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This short piece outlines the adventures I had both in the air and on the sea. My travels took me on a flying safari across Australia and cruising around the coasts of Tasmania and New Zealand's South Island. Both spectacular, breathtaking places in their own rights. Let me tell you, the rewards outstripped the risks by a long way.

Prepare to embark on a fascinating journey with our upcoming eBook, "Enigmatic Giants." Marvel at the Otago coast's greatest secret - the Moeraki Boulders! This eBook promises a virtual exploration of these geological wonders from their core to the surface! "Enigmatic Giants" immerses you in an intriguing world few have ventured before. The introductory chapter vividly sets the stage for the geographical insights to follow. Dive into the morphological details revealed about the boulders. This eBook bridges the gap between scientific facts and fabled lore. Your fascination will deepen as one...

It lives in the hole where the moon used to be. And for most of the worst part of the Northern winter, over the last two decades, so have we. The real South Pacific was not a Bali Hai musical, but a drama of cannibals and castaways, headhunters and slavers, paradise and perdition.

From Curio Bay in Southland to Totaranui in Golden Bay, this is both a provocative history and a vast expedition across the land once known as Middle Island, as Ansley visits the places and people who hold the clues to the South's famous character. Not so very long ago, the South Island had most of New Zealand's people and just about all of the money. Gold miners found fortunes in the hills and rivers, sheep barons bestrode mountains, valleys and plains. Wealthy southerners ruled the embryonic government. Where now lies the South Island's golden fleece? And what is its future?

A spectacular 80-kilometer (50-mile) track connects Sydney's iconic beaches of Bondi and Manly, and will have you winding through secluded bays, protected bushland, and the glittering harbor city. A must-have for visitors, the guidebook will equally delight the most familiar Sydneysiders, combining fascinating local and natural histories with clear instructions.

Il viaggio più affascinante è un viaggio antico, graduale, privato e sociale insieme: il viaggio in treno. I treni sono teatri, caffè, bazar. L'unico talk-show che non conosce crisi è quello che si replica quotidianamente sulle rotaie. La confidenza genera libertà: ci ha messo insieme il caso, ci dividerà una stazione. I treni aiutano a pensare. Tutti i grandi viaggi - dai pellegrinaggi cattolici al Grand Tour, dalla prima partenza con gli amici al viaggio di nozze - sono, in fondo, una scoperta di se stessi: il panorama che c'interessa sta dentro di noi.

With a destination loosely defined as the rest of the world, Mary and her husband Tom leave family, friends and successful careers for a multi-year sailing voyage. As the voyage takes her farther and farther from her traditional support systems, her world becomes more and more defined by forces outside her control. Mary's travels through often uncharted island communities, provides a compelling metaphor for a journey of self-discovery.

This true story tells of one family’s hilarious journey through Australia’s rugged Outback countryside. The intrepid adventurers work their way through numerous mishaps, including an ill-advised river-crossing and an inappropriately packed roof rack. They also engage in some truly horrible singing.

Travel Like a Local is a series of travel guidebooks written by local experts to help travelers explore new places like an insider. From learning about the culture and customs to finding the best restaurants and attractions, these guidebooks provide comprehensive information to ensure a hassle-free unforgettable journey.

Saipan is America's island paradise that nobody has ever heard of. We're a serene tropical island four hours by plane from Japan or Korea, and geographically closer to Beijing than to Honolulu. We have beaches like the Maldives, with prices like Oklahoma. You can get a beachfront apartment here for $500 a month, or less. You can comfortably live on $1,000 or $2,000 a month -- in a tropical beach setting better than Miami or Waikiki. There's not much information about Saipan out there, especially not in English. And a lot of what's out there focuses on tours, not on daily life. This book is ...

Greater than a Tourist: Cairns Queensland, Australia by author Rachel Caborn offers firsthand and personal insight into the best ways to visit and travel Tropical North Queensland. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

This dictionary will tell you about some of the interesting slangs that are used by everyday Australians and It is an ideal reference guide for tourists as well as readers who are interested in Australian Slangs.

Simon Andrews made the the legendary overland trip known as the "Hippy Trail to India" in 1975. Forty-Five years later comes the true story of that journey and its influence on future life. The difference between being a traveler or being a tourist will depend on why we go to where we go and the reasons for going. The first book is a frank and very honest "Traveler's Tale".

Greater than a Tourist: Australia: 250 Travel Tips from a Local gives you the inside scoop about Australia. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

It’s Bill Bryson meets Paul Theroux in Steven Lewis’s hilarious review of his train journey across Australia on the Indian Pacific in the train’s fortieth anniversary year. Hot Silver stops with the train in Broken Hill, Adelaide and Kalgoorlie, all of which are closed when the Indian Pacific visits. Most closed of all, though, is Cook, the tiny town (pop. 5) in the middle of the vast Nullarbor Plain, 200,000 square kilometres of nothingness in the centre of Australia. "It’s like walking round one of those fake towns the Americans built to test their nuclear weapons. I wouldn’t be...

This is a revised and updated edition of the book titled "Aussie Slangs". There are more than two hundred newly added entries in the second edition of the book. The use of slangs that are mostly and uniquely Australian is quite common in their conversation, and this is an ideal reference guide for tourists and readers who are interested in or like to learn more about Australian Slangs.

Hoy en día no hay tantos lugares en el mundo donde la persona promedio pueda encontrar oportunidades y así ha sido siempre a medida que la familia humana crece infinitamente. A menudo se olvida Oceanía y el hemisferio sur, ya que la mayoría de los seres humanos vive en el hemisferio norte, y allí se encuentran las economías más dominantes y las que tienen mayor poder político. Esto, sin embargo, no significa que no exista una enorme cantidad de posibilidades en el hemisferio sur, específicamente en Australia y Nueva Zelanda, que puedan permitir no sólo una experiencia única sino ...

In Loving Country, co-authors Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukurolgou show travellers how to see the country as herself, to know her whole and old story and to find the way to fall in love with her, our home. Listeners are encouraged to discover sacred Australia by reconsidering the accepted history and hearing diverse stories of her Indigenous people. The intention of this audiobook is to foster communication and understanding between all peoples and country, to encourage environmental and social change.

A follow-up to Tim Bowden's highly successful Penelope Goes West, this time covering the intriguing adventures of Tim, Ros, Penelope (the car), and The Manor (the caravan) as they travel across remote north western Australia. Tim and Ros Bowden explore the Kimberley by land and sea, where dramatic 12-metre tides guard coastal locations unchanged by time - still as 17th century buccaneer William Dampier first described them.

"Godt. Anne Grethe havde bestemt, vi skulle til Australien, mens tid var. Men ville hun kunne forliges med sin svigermor under ekstreme forhold, og ville hendes voksne sønner kunne affinde sig med indimellem at lade sig lede af en far, der knap er begyndte at tænke, før de har handlet. Tre generationer og seks individualister på farten sammen med en satellittelefon.