Category: Get Experienced
Join the crew of HMB Endeavour
The tall ship HMB Endeavour is celebrating 25 years at sea and is inviting crew for significant voyages in 2019 to Tasmania, New Caledonia and New Zealand.
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You don’t need travel insurance until you really, really need it
Travel can cost a lot and an intangible purchase like insurance can seem like an added expense you could really do without. But should you?
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Amex still king as Aussie rewards points slide
Credit card customers may well be fooling themselves about the actual value of rewards.
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SLV Essential Sail Guide not so essential
The Youtube stars of sailing channel Sailing La Vagabonde have published the SLV Essential Sail Guide to encourage others to follow in their footsteps.
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Activists march with their feet, not their fingers
Social media sharing is not the last word on activism Like millions, or perhaps billions, of...
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Astro-tourism at the Gran Telescopio Canarias
A unique Canary Islands experience has launched on Airbnb to witness two spectacular astronomical...
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Top LGBTQ-friendly Cities to celebrate Pride
When you want to get your Pride on, you want to do it with other fun-loving members of the tribe....
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New Experiences make time last longer
Expose yourself to new experiences that fully engage your senses and your brain will tell you you’re living a longer, richer life.
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Hopper keeps watch for best flight deals
Hopper is a mobile flight booking app that will keep watch on your searched flights to notify you of the cheapest time to book
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Top 12 hacks to book cheap flights
You know great deals on flights are out there, so use our top tips to find and book them for yourself.
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Learning Journalism in a War Zone
Sunil Patel had no reporting experience of any kind when he decided to travel to Syria in 2012 to become a war correspondent.
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Setting Sail for far Horizons
Running away to sea has been a romantic notion of freedom and escape for as long as there have been romantic notions, or at least for as long as there have been boats and ships to go to sea in.
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Suddenly homeless in their 50s and with Moth facing a diagnosis of terminal illness, Raynor and Moth Winn made the radical decision to walk the 1,000km South West Coast Path of England. Raynor documents their life-affirming experience in her Costa Book Award-nominated memoir, The Salt Path.
‘Nature was my safe place’: Raynor Winn on homelessness and setting off on a 630-mile walk
theguardian.com
Without a home, and facing terminal illness, Winn and her husband decided to walk the South West Coast Path. She talks about the experience – and her Costa-nominated memoir, The Salt PathA number of stories about Australian 4WD Hire allegedly ripping off its customers have appeared in Australian media but now one of those customers has won his court battle against the company.
Sydney man Glen McGarry was accused by Australian 4WD Hire of using contaminated fuel in his hire vehicle, tampering with its electronics and speeding. He denied all the allegations but the company demanded $15,000 from him.
Australian 4WD Hire has now settled the case with Mr McGarry and the signed statement from the company absolves Mr McGarry of any wrongdoing.
Mr McGarry said the claim by Australian 4WD Hire was a baseless attempt to extort money from him and he was fortunate he had the time and money to fight it in court.
4WD hire company admits customer it was suing did nothing wrong
abc.net.au
A prominent 4WD hire company is accused of charging for speeding fines that do not exist and misleading tourists about insurance cover in a bid to demand thousands of dollars from its customers, an ABC investigation uncovers. But one customer decided to fight back.