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Slovenia with Adventures Abroad
Slovenia is not a European country on most traveller’s radar, but it should be. I had heard from people who had previously visited Slovenia that it was a hidden gem and they were absolutely right. In this post I’m going to give you 10 reasons why you need to visit this small, but mighty country. […]
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Daintree Rainforestation Nature Park & Skyrail
At the end of the last post from the March 2026 Adventures Abroad tour of Australia our group was detraining at the Kuranda railway station. In this post we’ll continue our exploration of the Daintree Rainforest by visiting the Rainforestation Nature Park after which we’ll take a walk through the world’s oldest forest to reach the […]
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Belvedere Palace – Appreciating the Genius of Klimt
In 2024 I made my first trip to Vienna and immediately fell in love with the city describing that first encounter in this post. I visited the world class Kunsthistoriches Museum with its fabulous collection of Brueghels and the Leopold Museum which features the works of Egon Schiele. In May 2026 I returned again, this […]
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Kuranda Railway & the Great Barrier Reef
This is my seventh post from the March 2026 Adventures Abroad tour of Australia led by fellow Nova Scotian Brandi McCarthy. In the last post we arrived in the beautiful city of Cairns and enjoyed our first Aboriginal experience at Mossman Gorge. In this post I’m going to deviate a bit from the itinerary we […]
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Fairmont Chateau Whistler GC – Hole-by-Hole
This spring I was fortunate enough to spend some on Vancouver’s North Shore on a pre-trip to the 2026 Travel Media Association of Canada’s conference in Richmond. Now in late September I have returned to BC with Alison and will be spending some time in North Vancouver, but first we are headed to Whistler for […]
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Cairns – Gateway to Northern Australia
This is my sixth post from the March 2026 Adventures Abroad tour of Australia led by fellow Nova Scotian Brandi McCarthy. In the last post we visited Australia’s capital city Canberra and were very pleasantly surprised by the views from the Commonwealth Parliament building to the Australian National War Monument and vice versa. The thoughtful planning […]
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Beaconsfield G.C. – Hole by Hole
In August 2026 I was fortunate enough to play three of SCORE Golf’s Top 100 courses in the Montreal area starting with the Green course at Laval-sur-le-Lac which is rated # 46, followed by the Blue course at Laval-sur-le-Lac which is rated #28 and last and certainly not least in my opinion, Beaconsfield which jumped […]
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Canberra – Australia’s Surprising Capital City
This is my fifth post from the March 2026 tour of Australia with Adventures Abroad, led by fellow Nova Scotian Brandi McCarthy. In the last post we spent the day exploring Victoria’s most popular tourist destination, the Great Ocean Road which was definitely a trip highlight. Prior to that there were two posts from the […]
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Great Ocean Road – Why You Must Drive It
This is my fourth post from my and Alison’s 2026 trip to Australia. The first post was a recap of the entire trip with Adventures Abroad guide and fellow Nova Scotian, Brandi McCarthy. The second and third both featured the city of Melbourne and included portions we visited both on our own and with Adventures […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz