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The Australian abroad
You can’t escape Australians abroad. Whether you are trekking through the jungles of Colombia or tubing down a river in Laos, there’s bound to be a shrill Aussie accent piercing the chatter of excited...
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How to pick a travel companion
Anyone that has picked the wrong travel companion will know how easily one can turn into Jekyll and Hyde. You love your mate to bits and they make a fantastic drinking companion, but if you have to...
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List love: things we’re too old for
Now that we’re encroaching on our mid-thirties, we’ve been around the block a few times and racked up a fair bit of life experience. We are (hopefully) respectable, tax-paying members of society, and...
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Solo travel v group touring – seeking the best travel experience
TheRationalOptimist is all about solo travel: I’ve never seen group travel as an appealing way to see a city or a country. Being herded on and off coaches like little lost lambs, or blindly following a...
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Get me outta here – when to take off travelling
In Australia there are 52 weekends in a year, 8 national public holidays, and 4 weeks of annual leave. That means there are 132 days off work, 132 days of travelling, and 132 new things to see and do...
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List love: backpacker essentials
Backpacking is, at its heart, travelling on the cheap. This normally entails travelling long distances in a shitty bus, sleeping in hostel dormitories with up to 20 fellow budget travellers, subsisting...
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