Tagged: down-under

Australia Will Stay Closed to Travel Until 2022

In a surprise move, Australia Finance Minister Simon Birmingham told The Australian today that the country would likely not reopen its borders until well into 2022. The previous target…

Doing the Famed Sydney Bridge Climb The Speedy Way

Some 16 years ago, a clever entrepreneur named Paul Cave came up with the idea of allowing tourists to scale the arch of Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge (largest single span steel…

Days 4 & 5 In The Australian Outback: Adventures in Alice Springs

(Wallabies gather in a parking lot in Alice Springs; yes, that is a baby wallaby peeking out of the pouch!)Had I visited the Northern…

Day 3 In the Australian Outback: Experiencing the Traditional Aboriginal Way of Life

Uluru and Kata Tjuta, the massive (and quite beautiful) rock formations that are at the heart of the famed National Park with their names, have been sacred sites for Australia's…

Posts from the Australian Outback: Day 2 in the Northern Territory Means Camels in the Bush

One of my goals in visiting the Uluru area was to explore this eye-poppingly beautiful area in as many ways as possible. But I couldn't, in my wildest imagination, have guessed…

Posts from the Outback: Day 1 of My Northern Territory Adventure in Uluru National Park

You don't know until you go.That could be (and should be) my mantra. Because even destinations I've seen hundreds of times in photos and videos always surprise in…

Travel Troubleshooter: Beware the Fine Print in Travel Insurance

Jennifer Chilton is outraged because her friends have been denied travel insurance coverage on a technicality. Will they really lose $10,074 because of a clause in the fine print? Find…

Traditional, Quirky, Experimental and Delicious Spring Festivals

Spring brings a bevy of unique and often bizarre events to the world stage. Some are ancient, others are cutting edge modern, but they all offer visitors an opportunity to interact…

Rio Without the Feathers and Sequins: Post Carnivale Travel to Brazil

Over the past week, the media has blasted us with captivating images of Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities celebrating Carnivale with lavish costumes, scantily clad women (and…

Park of the Week: Bryce Canyon National Park

Established in 1928, Bryce Canyon National Park was named for an early Mormon pioneer, sent to this remote part of Utah in the 1870s to develop what was then known as Deseret. (The…

Put the Rubber to the Road for Bike Trips Across America

Although the temperature may say one thing and the late-winter snow adds further evidence of the cold, daylight savings and the calendar tell us that warmer weather is on its way for…