: About Me

A UK Chartered Accountant with over 40yrs of international travel and over 25yrs in the travel industry. Editor of http://www.thetravelinsider.net and developer of the TopTravelVoucher service at http://www.toptravelsites.com.

Travelled by thumb, boot, bike, hike, Lambretta, cars from a 1954 Ford Prefect to a 348 Spider, planes from a 1946 Fleet Canuck to The Concorde, boats from canoes to The QE2, trains from The Tube to The Orient Express.

Still needing to visit Newfoundland, Copper Canyon, Easter and Christmas Islands and a few more traditional English Pubs for some real ale and hopefully close to a trout stream or two.

My passion is ...

Fly Fishing

I know too much about ...

nothing

My parents always told me ...

eat your greens

My childhood ambition ...

to play right wing for England

My favorite memory ...

having a pint with my Dad

Why I write ...

to enable me to continue travelling

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Russka by Edward Rutherfurd, Meerkat Manor, Hank Snow

My first job ...

Articled Clerk

My best moment ...

Hovering a helicopter

My inspiration ...

Winston Churchill

Travel > Travel Planning & Advice Travel tips: Researching your destination

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Is Australia a questionable destination for uninitiated travellers? It seems timely, that coincident with the release of the movie 'Australia' with superstar Nicole Kidman, the great unwashed are starting to ask questions about Australia as a destination for travellers. Past movies such as Crocodile Dundee, Quigley DownUnder and The Man From Snowy River have produced bonza coverage for Australian Tourism but now it is time to ask searching questions about this big island and who better to ask than the sheila from Gundagai, none other than the less than well known scribe (scribess), Nicole ...

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