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Staircase to the Moon Broome

Staircase to the Moon, Broome Staircase to Moon is a natural phenomenon best witnessed in Roebuck Bay, Broome. The experience usually occurs over 3 nights on a full...

Iceland | Golden Circle Tour

Iceland | Golden Circle Tour The second tour that was recommended to us by What's on Iceland was the Classic Golden Circle Tour run by East West tours. ...

Iceland | Northern Lights

Iceland | Northern Lights Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) as defined by Oxford University Press (OUP) and found in the online dictionary by Lexico.com is: "A...

Rock the Boat Music Festival

Rock the Boat Music Festival Friends have recently returned from Rock the Boat 2019, “Australia’s biggest music festival at sea”. The music cruise event is held...

Croatia - Dubrovnik Split & Montenegro

Croatia - Dubrovnik, Split & MontenegroCroatia No trip to Europe is complete without a visit to Croatia and the beautiful Dubrovnik. Croatia shares borders with...

8 unique places to see in Paris

8 unique places to see in Paris Here are a list of 8 unusual and unique places to see while visiting Paris: 1. The Catacombes – these underground tunnels house the...

When to see wildlife in Canada

When to see wildlife in Canada Did you say you'd like to see some wildlife while you're visiting Canada? Perhaps some bears, moose or even whales? Well let me tell you,...

Banff & the Rocky Mountaineer

Banff & the Rocky MountaineerFirst Passage to the West In May 2017 we were lucky enough to travel on the Rocky Mountaineer "First Passage to the West" tour....

Alaska Shore Excursions

Alaska Shore Excursions Having recently returned from a wonderful holiday to Canada & Alaska, I thought I'd tell you about the three shore excursions we did...

20 places on my bucket list

20 places on my bucket list I originally titled this post “The top 20 places …” but I decided to change it as there are heaps of other places I want to see too, and how...

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