Australia

BIG WHEEL KEEP ON TURNING, PROUD MARY KEEP ON BURNING Actually, the words in this song have no bearing at all to the Proud Mary boat that takes us up and down the Murray River in Adelaide! But you just can’t help singing the song out loud! This 3 night/ 4 day trip up river…

SYDNEY ROCK AND REEF A FIRST TIME TOUR I left the UK on a marvellous trip Down Under with Singapore Airlines. I was one of a group of just ten selected travel agents to embark on this wonderful visit. We all met at Heathrow Airport for our flight with Singapore Airlines to Sydney with a…

TASMANIA TALES My adventure in Tasmania was to be by campervan, so we collected our vehicles and drove to the port to board the Spirit of Tasmania II for the overnight journey to Davenport. After a lovely meal I snuggled down in my cabin to arrive refreshed the next morning and ready for breakfast at the…

AUSTRALIA ACTION ADRENALIN ADVENTURE Since I’ve been here at Hallmark Travel, I’ve developed a reputation of “Action Girl” and in keeping this up I jetted off on my third trip to Australia to go, to see, and to conquer!! And where are the biggest challenges? Surfers Paradise! Just an hour South of Brisbane. Arriving by…

TROPICAL AUSTRALIA Stay above the tropic of Capricorn if you are visiting Australia in June, July or August – you’ll be sure to have 30 degrees, blue skies, and no jelly fish in the sea or flies in the air to annoy you! I put holiday itineraries to Australia together almost every day, but now…

A TOWN LIKE ALICE Alice is a bonza place! That’s what Nevil Shute wrote about Alice Springs in my favourite novel ‘A Town Like Alice’ and it certainly is!   It is an oasis in the desert of the Red Centre – The Middle of Australia. The highlights of Alice include the Royal Flying Doctor Service,…

WONDERFUL AUSTRALIA Come, take a journey with me from the top of WA’s Coral Coast at Exmouth to the beautiful city of Perth – a journey of some 1,500 kilometres crossing the Tropic of Capricorn and the 26th Parallel – passing through amazing landscapes, pristine World Heritage sites and meeting some of the world’s most…

PAUSE A WHILE IN PERTH It’s a perfect place to arrive, especially if you only have a few days, and there’s no pressure to see all of West Australia – Perth is just wonderful for a few days. Get Australianised, and get over your jet lag. A city of clean fresh air, gardens and parks,…

A SHORT ESCAPE AND TASTE OF AUSTRALIA I was thrilled to be offered a flying visit to Australia, hosted by Qantas Holidays, stopping at Los Angeles and Fiji on the way. Los Angeles was our first stopover city. For the tourist there is plenty to see and do–from the glamour of Beverley Hills to the…

KANGAROO ISLAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Recently voted number 1 island in the Asia Pacific region by National Geographic Traveller magazine, this island offers even more than wilderness and wildlife with its mix of unusual ‘cottage’ industries that include a traditional eucalyptus distillery, a honey farm that exports queen bees around the world, a sheep dairy and…