Flight of Fancy

Just as the world closed to Australian travellers so too is it likely to open again over the next 12 or so months. So we’re taking out the crystal ball, waving our hands over it and peering inside to ask: Which countries are likely to open to Australian travellers first? Hosted by Ben Groundwater with guests Ute Junker and Sue Williams.

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We may have had to ditch our overseas travel plans this year but that doesn’t mean those those fun and amazing experiences are completely lost. Here's how you can recreate your dream travel without having to take a medium or long haul flight.

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Join Ben Groundwater, Jane Reddy and Sue Williams on this bonus episode where they discuss how we, as travellers, can help the regions that have been badly affected by the 2019 bushfires.

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Travel, right now, means staying home. And that’s an exciting prospect because it gives us the chance to check out our own backyard, to appreciate our own culture and history, to support regional businesses and communities hit hard by virus and bushfires. Host Ben Groundwater talks to Traveller deputy editor Jane Reddy and  writer Sue Williams about the regional communities and isolated attractions are worth visiting.

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The question all travellers around the world must surely be considering right now is: where to next? Where are you going to go as soon as this global lockdown is over? Ben Groundwater talks to Rob McFarland and Sarah Clark on where they want to go first when the world reopens.

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There’s nothing like a little isolation to give you time to think: about your life; your career; your relationships; and for those of us who love to travel, it has given us time to consider the pursuit we love best. So, what does travel mean to us in this crazy new world?

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Travel doesn’t happen by chance. The best experiences, the most memorable experiences, take place because we’ve been inspired to do them. Ben Groundwater, Ute Junker and Sue Williams talk about the amazing and sometimes quirky things that have influenced their favourite travel experiences.

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It’s the continent that has it all. You want ancient ruins, bustling cities, soaring mountains, vast jungles? South America has you covered. With so much to see and do, however, where do you start? That’s the question we explore in this episode. NOTE: This podcast was recorded before travel restrictions and rules around social distancing were imposed to control the spread of COVID-19.

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Isn’t it funny that we all know that the world’s most exciting cities are being loved to death, but we just keep going there? NOTE: This podcast was recorded before travel restrictions and rules around social distancing was imposed to control the spread of COVID-19.

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So that’s it – we’re grounded. For the foreseeable future, the only travel we’ll be doing is to the supermarket in search of toilet paper. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the travel bans being imposed around the globe is how quickly they have happened – leaving many of us wondering, is this the end of the travel as we know it?

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