Melaleuca, Southwest Tasmania – birdlife, mining & walking
12 May 2016 | Places
Melaleuca is the starting or finishing point for the South Coast Track, the access point (if you don’t come by boat) to Bathurst Harbour and it was also the arrival and departure point for my recent visit to the Southwest.
It’s also ground zero for the Deny King st...
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Diving (and Walking) in Southwest Tasmania
10 May 2016 | Places
The Tasmanian Southwest Park is about as remote as you can get in Tasmania. The 84km South Coast Track runs from Cockle Creek, accessible by road at the eastern end of the park, to the airstrip at Melaleuca on an inlet from Bathurst Harbour in the west. Most walkers w...
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Art in Hotels
5 February 2013 | Culture
In recent weeks I’ve stayed at two favourite hotels, both of them with a heavy emphasis on art. The Imperial Hotel is a stone’s throw from Connaught Place, the centre of India’s capital New Delhi. It’s a throwback to the old Raj era and it’s simply packed wit...
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Rent-a-cars – share cars
9 January 2013 | Transport
The biggest business travel story for me at the start of 2013 was the news that Avis are buying Zipcar. I’m a big fan of the car share business and although I’ve only tried it out in Melbourne (with Flexicar) I’m a card-carrying regular with Zipcar when I’m in London....
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Take Me to Cuba
7 January 2013 | Transport
▲ This is Virgin Blue – the Australian offshoot – not the London-based Virgin Atlantic. I flew Virgin Blue down to Tasmania a few days ago
BootsnAll Travel alerted me to their new Indie website which, they claim, is the first one that lets you book Instant Pricin...
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