Christmas haters in the UK are booking Christmas Eve flights to avoid any hint of ding dong merrily up high arriving downunder on Boxing Day to avoid cringey present-opening and the awkward family dinner. Is that a bit of you or are you Santa’s Little Helper just waiting for your moment?
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How to avoid Christmas!
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Download: Music for the Kiwi BBQ!
NEW!! I’ve just added my first compilation album into iTunes so all you need to do is click on the link and download the tracks you like! This one is the perfect Kiwi summer album – music to barbecue to. You’ll find Gin, Brooke, Annabel, Avalanche City, Ladi6, Ladyhawke, Freddy, Tiki and a few old timers…
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Why I love Antler travel luggage!
After 12 years of thrashing luggage all over the world, I’m now a huge fan of Antler luggage In fact I love it so much I’m now selling it in our new retail section. Have a read as to why it’s so cool and check out the best prices in NZ >>>
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How to take great travel photos
You don’t need an expensive camera to take great photos of your travels. Here are a few of my top tips and some examples of what I’m talking about …
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Peek inside the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner
I popped out to Auckland Airport today to check out the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner that flew in to show off flying revolution. Here’s why everyone’s so excited about it…
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Learn how to take great travel photos
If you want to take kick-ass photos of your holidays or learn how to take photos that are good enough to sell, get along to this event next week to hear from 3 of the best!
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Richard Branson’s private resort burns down
Sir Richard Branson’s exclusive $53,000 per night resort burned down last night after a lightening strike. Read his blog and the pics he’s posted, plus a video of the burning resort that took thousands of his photos and memories. Fortunately Kate Winslet was there to save the day!
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Womping wizards, Harry Potter wins a Travel Writing award!
This story was originally published in the Herald on Sunday on Harry Potter’s new Wizarding World, that opened at Universal Studios Orlando in 2010. It has won Megan Singleton the US Travel Association Travel Writer’s Award 2011. Woot!!
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Breakfast with the blogger!
So after a morning scramble, an hour and ten minutes drive in the rain, arriving at precisely 8.30am with only a small bead of perspiration on my mo, I made it to TVNZ’s studios yesterday morning for my 8.50am slot to talk about travel writing. It was delayed till 8.56 so this is the fastest [...]
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Yay – a good news story from Christchurch
Adventure South is a Christchurch based tour company for those who love adventurous pursuits and active holidays. They managed to escape the devasting earthquake largely unscathed, all 20 staff and their families are safe, and they even managed to a get a pre-booked tour underway the afternoon the quake struck. But as with other Christchurch [...]
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