The Expeditioner Travel Magazine » Australia http://www.theexpeditioner.com The Expeditioner is a travel magazine for the avid traveler. Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Uluru In The Rain: How The Worst Weather Can Make For The Best Vacation http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/10/14/a-cyclone-in-the-outback-how-the-worst-weather-can-make-for-the-best-vacation/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/10/14/a-cyclone-in-the-outback-how-the-worst-weather-can-make-for-the-best-vacation/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:49:10 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=18067 As the plane shook and bounced its way through the remnants of Cyclone Yasi, the strongest storm ever to hit Australia, I began to wonder if I was on the right flight. Inside my head were postcard-inspired visions of the Outback: the looming red rock, the dry red desert, the [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/10/14/a-cyclone-in-the-outback-how-the-worst-weather-can-make-for-the-best-vacation/feed/ 0 Top 5 Ski Fields In Australia http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/05/24/top-5-ski-fields-australia/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/05/24/top-5-ski-fields-australia/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:54:43 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=16503 Surprisingly, skiing is a very popular sport Australia, and the country has lots of enjoyable ski fields. Check out these five for ideas next time you’re looking to hit the slopes down under. 1) Mount Hotham Mount Hotham is a very popular ski destination for those who have purchased snowy [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/01/31/bargains-down-under-at-sydneys-coolest-markets/feed/ 0 Why You’re More Likely To Encounter A Shark Attack Than Ever Before http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/07/21/why-youre-more-likely-to-encounter-a-shark-attack-than-ever-before/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/07/21/why-youre-more-likely-to-encounter-a-shark-attack-than-ever-before/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:25:16 +0000 Jenna Blumenfeld http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=12031 No matter how comfortable we are in the water, no matter how many times we have swum at the same beach or surfed the same waves, a flicker of dread runs through our tender minds when we paddle out into open water and wonder: Is there something lurking below? I [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2011/07/21/why-youre-more-likely-to-encounter-a-shark-attack-than-ever-before/feed/ 0 Oprah To Australia; Australians Leaving In Record Numbers: Coincidence? http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/12/09/oprah-to-australia-australians-leaving-in-record-numbers-coincidence/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/12/09/oprah-to-australia-australians-leaving-in-record-numbers-coincidence/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:31:10 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=9276 How many places in the world have you traveled to and not run into an Aussie? That’s what I though, it doesn’t happen. It’s like trying to go on a trip and not see a single McDonald’s: good luck. Well, it turns out, it’s not all in your head, according [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/06/01/australia-way-bigger-than-your-puny-continent/feed/ 0 The World’s Best Job Winner Has A Brush With Death http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/12/29/the-worlds-best-job-winner-has-a-brush-with-death/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/12/29/the-worlds-best-job-winner-has-a-brush-with-death/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:14:20 +0000 Jon Wick http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=4880 … or should that read, “So-called” World’s Best Job Winner? Ben Southall, the winner of that hyped Barrier Island caretaker gig off the coast of Queensland, Austraila, was jet skiing with some friends when he had a little run in with 5 millimeters of venomous fury, otherwise known as the [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/12/29/the-worlds-best-job-winner-has-a-brush-with-death/feed/ 1 The Wide World Of Micronations http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/08/30/the-wide-world-of-micronations/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/08/30/the-wide-world-of-micronations/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:28:23 +0000 Jon Wick http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=3254 It’s been three years since the Lonely Planet Micronations hit the shelves. Assuming this one isn’t sitting on your shelf (it’s not on mine); I wondered where I had to go to say I’ve visited one of these pint sized nations. At any given time, there are numerous of these found [...]

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