Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog
Blog URL http://www.aerohaveno.com/
Located Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Tags travel, writing, freelance, travel, traveller, writer, freelance, travel writer, travel writing
Freelance travel writer Tim Richards discusses interesting developments in travel, and shares his travel experiences. Past posts have covered diverse destinations such as Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Egypt, Syria, China, Malaysia, and Australia.
Latest Blog Posts
- Canberra: Worth Going to See? on Nov 22, 2009 in tourism culture Canberra architecture Australian Capital Territory Pacific blogsherpa Australia
"Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see."The words of 18th century wordsmith Samuel Johnson passed through my mind yesterday as I visited Gold Creek Village in the northern suburbs of Canberra. Johnson was talking about the Giant's Causeway in...
- South Australia: Ready for its Close-up, Mr DeMille on Nov 13, 2009 in Barossa Valley culture Adelaide Hills Adelaide Coorong National Park South Australia Fleurieu Peninsula Pacific McLaren Vale Wine Region blogsherpa Australia
A few weeks ago when I was at the cinema waiting for arthouse flick An Education to start, I caught the trailer for the new Scott Hicks/Clive Owen drama The Boys are Back.It was one of those annoying trailers that feel like the five minute "marketer'...
- Sovereign Hill: New Gold Mountain Remixed on Nov 8, 2009 in Goldfields tourism Sovereign Hill Ballarat culture trends architecture history Victoria Pacific blogsherpa Australia
Lola Montez and I have a history. In 1854 she scandalised Victoria’s polite society by performing her saucy spider dance across Her Majesty’s colony. Then in 2005, I wrote an article for The Age (which snubbed Montez the first time round) to comm...
- Barbecue at Hanging Rock on Nov 2, 2009 in Goldfields nature accommodation train travel drink Woodend Victoria Pacific blogsherpa food Australia
Partaking in a barbecue at Hanging Rock, was I in any danger of vanishing into the ether like those poor schoolgirls in Peter Weir's classic film? Or would I be safe as long as I avoided pan pipe music, and didn't wear Victorian petticoats?With all t...
- What the XXXX? on Oct 23, 2009 in tours tourism Queensland technology drink history Pacific blogsherpa Brisbane Australia
When I was in Brisbane in early 2008, I felt a XXXX Brewery Tour coming on. No, it’s not filthy - XXXX, or Fourex, is Queensland’s most famous beer.After the tour, I spoke with bar manager and tour guide Matt Meng about the attraction of beer, bi...
- Signs and Portents: Poland 3 on Oct 16, 2009 in Poland culture Warmia Hel Europe blogsherpa Gdansk Gdynia Masuria beach Pomerania history language Warmia and Masuria food
Gone to Hel and back? Or just dying for a pie in the most unlikely of places? This week I continue my survey of curious signs encountered on a Lonely Planet assignment through Poland in the depths of winter in 2006...1. There’s nothing like that ni...
- The Business End on Oct 9, 2009 in California North America blogsherpa Sydney USA Los Angeles New South Wales technology drink air travel airport Pacific Australia food
I’ve only been upgraded to international Business Class on two occasions. The first was on a flight from Perth to Bandar Seri Begawan in 1992; and as Royal Brunei Airlines didn’t serve alcohol on its flights, there wasn’t much popping of champa...
