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Expertise to Go – The Great Outsourcing Debate

It’s no longer headline news that many hotels, chains and even humble guest houses are outsourcing many of their non-core activities. Sometimes it’s as simple as house-keeping and maintenance, in some cases entire hotels are sold with the management company … Continue reading

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Melbourne – Intriguing City Precincts

Just as the great sporting nations enjoy a healthy rivalry, so too does Melbourne enjoy a respect among the great city destinations of the world. With her annual Formula One Grand Prix engaging many millions of television viewers from around … Continue reading

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Melbourne – Outdoor Living

Client: Australia’s great coastal cities enjoy world renown for their incomparable outdoor lifestyle. Sydney and Brisbane for their sun-drenched, water-based relaxation; Perth for great beaches; and Adelaide for parks and scenic hills. Yet Melbourne stands apart with an open-air character … Continue reading

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Plan Less, Travel More, Grab a Bargain

Abandon your plans, throw away the brochures and take the flight of fancy. Jump into the swirling pool of last minute travel opportunities and see where you end up. Roderick Eime dares you. For many, the family holiday is as … Continue reading

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The Last Mahouts

They stood before us like condemned men, their proud tradition and heritage had run its course. These well-weathered, handsome men of the jungle were the last real mahouts, trained in the ancient and dangerous art of wild elephant capture. The … Continue reading

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The Brand of the Long White Cloud

Published Sunday Telegraph Escape – 6 May 2007 – © Roderick Eime [PDF] “New Zealand. Show me one good thing about it,” asked a cynical Peter FitzSimons in Tourism NZ’s highly successful 2004 TV campaign. His artificial rhetoric has come … Continue reading

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Palin’s Travel Tonic

Michael Palin, that icon of independent travel, actor, comedian and grandfather made his seventh visit to Australia to promote his latest book and TV series, New Europe. Roderick Eime hounded him, and his PR people, for two weeks to get … Continue reading

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Great Aussie Cruise with Real Bite

The enormous chunk of tuna flesh bobbed on the end of the line supported by a small foam ball. Matt ladled great gobs of minced gills and guts onto the surface creating a lumpy, letterbox red slick just behind the … Continue reading

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Lake Taupo – A Scenic Spot so Hot, it’s Steaming!

Australasia’s largest inland lake was created by an enormous volcanic eruption less than two thousand years ago. Today it’s a hive of activity for lots of different reasons. Roderick Eime visits. Adrenalin junkies swarm to Taupo and the lake for … Continue reading

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Soaring to New Heights

Roderick Eime takes to the wing over the NSW Central Coast Main image: Al Sim/GoSoaring.com.au “Today we’re going to learn to fly,” I told my 12-year-old son. His eyes briefly lifted from the Playstation console, looked doubtfully at me and … Continue reading

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