When Lake Eyre in Outback South Australia sees a trickle of water, the news makes headlines all over the country. So you can imagine what happens when the lake fills ... and almost overflows. It has only happened four times in the past 160 years ... and it's happening right now. Carolyne Jasinski was lucky enough to get a bird’s eye view of the flood waters on a flight over the lake from the isolated – but now very busy town of William Creek. She talks to Trevor Wright - the town’s mayor and owner of Wrights Air.

Photo: Carolyne Jasinski with Trevor Wright.

Listen to the stories up this week on Travel Writers Radio. We take you to the United States - Chicago and southern Vermont; to Bundaberg, Queensland; to the shores of Sydney Harbour; to Lake Eyre in flood and more.

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Most people think of snow when they think of Vail, Colorado, but our middle America reporter Kristin Henning has just experienced it in the green season. It offers a range of things to do including hiking, biking, fishing, eating and drinking in very pleasant surrounds and with more than 250 sunny days a year, you will most likely see it in all its glory. She spoke with Graeme Kemlo earlier.

Photo: Kristin Henning

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Helen Hayes and Carolyne Jasinski, on a road trip around New England, visited Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, and boarded the Charles W. Morgan - the last remaining wooden whaling ship in the world. Mystic Seaport is a huge indoor-outdoor museum and there is so much to see and do there. Our team spoke to a Thomas Mulholland, who is responsible for the visitor journey through the many acres of this museum.

Chris Thé is a renowned Sydney pastry chef, formerly of Black Star Bakery and now Heart in Stanmore. But he almost didn’t become a chef, studying psychology instead. He tells Graeme Kemlo he gave up studying psychology because he was better at making people happy than making unhappy people better. It was a great decision he says to do an apprenticeship, graduate and then find a job with Timothy Pak Choy, who offered to teach him everything on the condition that he remained working with him for four years – effectively another apprenticeship. And the rest is history.

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All credit for this incredible tip goes to my fellow passenger on a recent flight to Bali - Carol from Camberwell. Listen to Graeme's explanation on this tip - which just might save your life! It is our first Travel Whisper and we encourage you to email us with your best tip - [email protected]

We all know that Salem is known for its witchy past, but what really happened during the Salem Witch Hunt? Carolyne Jasinski and Helen Hayes went on a mission to find out. Here they talk to Rachel Christone, the Education Director and Tina Jordan, Director at the Salem Witch Museum in the delightful city of Salem.

During their quest to find out all about the Salem Witch Hunt of 1692 in Salem Massachusetts, Carolyne Jasinski came across this mural in the town that features witch themes in almost every establishment.

Helen Hayes kicks off the show following her visit last week to ILTM Asia Pacific, the luxury travel expo in Singapore. She reports on the trends in luxury travel, who is travelling, the new affluent and the trends in this sector for 2025/26.

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