Travelradio Australia

Travel Radio Australia - April 2026

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:05:09 GMT

Traveling around Europe on two wheels – we visit Western Australia – chat with an award winning international travel writer – we find out about Valencia in Spain – we go golfing in Ireland – and chat with another travel writer from Finland.

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Travel Radio Australia March 2026

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:33:39 GMT

In this episode, we visit the giant city of Sao Paulo in Brazil - we find out about the great accommodation provided by Youth Hostels Association Australia - we visit Spain's most historic church which officially opens this summer after a 100 year building program - we join a young travel blogger who has visited a massive amount of countries and find out about a VIP car hire service in Sydney, Australia.

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Travel Radio Australia February 2026

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:18:02 GMT

In this show we visit the European city of Brussels...we journey to Thailand and check out one of the best hotels there..we find out about a VIP concierge service in Australia and the South Pacific and discover the delights of the Maldives with one of the chiefs of the Maldives Tourism Board ..we also find out about a wonderful program for young people who wish to experience the Kokoda trail in Australia.

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1st Episode of Travel Radio Australia for 2026! Welcome to a new year of travel around the world.

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:26:24 GMT

We visit South Australia, we talk to a very interesting person who advises people in the UK on start up businesses in travel, food and other genres...we find out about the latest travel technology for tour guides around the world.....we discover how Australia is promoted overseas at major travel shows such as the World Travel Market in London, we chat about travel management from a tour agent from Victoria in Australia and venture into the South Australian bush with one of the real characters from that area.

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Christmas/New Year 2025/26

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 01:23:44 GMT

In this episode, we visit Ireland, Australia, Blackpool in England, the great European country of Slovenia, the golf courses of Japan and the vistas of South Australia.

Welcome to this end of year and new year episode of Travel Radio Australia… first of all, on behalf of myself in Europe and our original host Ren Zwiers in Queensland Australia...many thanks to all of our interviewees we had on the program in 2025 and we look forward to many more interviews about world travel coming up in 2026.

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We remember John Laws

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 02:23:45 GMT

Special report: Our tribute to Australia's greatest broadcaster - Mr. John Laws.

We also Visit a real homestay farm in Australia. Other destinations are Norway, London, and Ireland. We visit the beautiful country and fjords of Norway….sample a wee dram of Irish whiskey at one of the best distilleries in the Emerald Isle…drop by one of Australia’s best homestay farm stations...and find out about a great all in one pass for visitors to London.

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Remembrance Day, Australia - Slovakia Tourism

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:59:27 GMT

In this episode...November is Remembrance time in Australia….we remember our fallen military members from past wars... we chat with war historian and author Brigadier Kevin O’Brien CDC (Rtd) about aspects of the First World war and the Vietnam conflict.

We discover the delights of the European country, Slovakia….We visit an historic castle and golf resort in Ireland….we fly high with one of Europe's companies that arrange jet and helicopter travel for the rich and famous...and we find out about the fantastic country of Austria.

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Hair and make-up to the stars...

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:47:18 GMT

International Singer Ava Cherry, Backstage Amsterdam, Durty Nellies Bar and Hostel, Montafon Cheese Factory Austria.

We catch up with the former partner and musical collaborator of legendary musician David Bowie and a superstar singer in her own right, Ava Cherry in Chicago.

In Amsterdam, we visit the famous Backstage hair and make up store to the stars of Europe in the prestigous Joordan area…with brand manager Mo Ghazou..

We chat with Thomas Tote from Australia who works at Durty Nellies Irish pub and hostel in Amsterdam..and we revisit a cheese factory in Austria from our Travel Radio World archive.

Also: some important advice for you if you are traveling to the European Shengen zone from Australia, the USA, the UK or any other non EU area which kicks in during October, 2025.

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Sail Amsterdam, Matt Hanrahan

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:27:25 GMT

This month, we venture out on the water at one of Europe’s biggest events, Sail Amsterdam with over 10,000 ships and boats inundating the 750 year old Dutch city and visit on board the Peruvian Navy Flagship, B.A.P. Union.

We chat with a specialist travel agent and advisor Lana Kanchik from www.travelmanagers.com.au in Australia about the advantages of working with a professional to arrange your dream world trip.

Our correspondent in Amsterdam, Big Franky catches up with one of the world's biggest music promoters and international music tour organisers, Matt Hanrahan and lots more including Sydney venues and a great jazz cruise on the river Thames in London, we visit Peggy Sues Diner on the way to Las Vegas and hear from our correspondent Francis Beasley in Germany.

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De L’Europe Hotel and Sail Amsterdam

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 01:51:16 GMT

Welcome to another episode of Travel Radio Australia.

In this episode we chat with the chief of one of Europe's top hotels and the committee member for the Sail Amsterdam event for the Dutch city's 750th birthday year celebrations with Sail Amsterdam.

We check out a cute French restaurant in the historic Rocks areas of Sydney in New South Wales and catch up with some of Queensland's politicians and Members of Parliament to chat about tourism in that great state. We also meet up with the Mayor of Gladstone, Queensland.

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Magic, arts, historic brewery, tribute band and blues headliner

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:35:13 GMT

In this months episode of Travelradio Australia, we talk to one of Australia’s most famous magicians based on the Queensland Gold Coast, we catch up with the shadow minister in Queensland for the Arts, the owner of an historic brewery in Gladstone, and find out what it's like to tour in a tribute band around the giant continent of Australia - we also talk with one of the headline acts at the recent Blues on Broadbeach music festival on the Gold Coast.

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Blues on Broadbeach and more...

Sat, 31 May 2025 06:14:25 GMT

In this episode of Travelradio Australia, we visit the giant Blues On Broadbeach music festival on the Gold Coast in Queensland. We chat with one of Australia's best known actors Mark Hembrow, published author Claire Flynn and Queensland's Gladstone MP, Glenn Butcher.

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Media Queen, rail travel, movie stunts and vaudeville

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:00:00 GMT

In this episode:

We catch up with media queen, show business journalist and former Australian youth champion table tennis player Aldwyn Altuney.

We chat with Ben Roberts from Queensland Rail about an epic 650 kilometre rail journey from Gladstone at the start of the Great Barrier Reef, south to Brisbane and about the other great trains available in the huge state of Queensland, Australia.

We meet with one of the legendary stuntmen of Australia who has appeared in a number of Hollywood movies, including the Matrix, Star Wars and others, Dar Davies. We talk to one of Australia’s premier show business authors and vaudeville expert, Jacqx Melilli.

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First Class flying, netball comp, Venice insider and Subzero

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:18:39 GMT

In this episode, we catch up with the chief of the One World first class lounge at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam.... We talk to the organiser of a giant netball competition in the South Pacific Islands..we catch up with our guest correspondent Camden David with inside views on Venice, Italy.. and we remember one of Australia's most famous racehorses, Subzero.

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Sail Amsterdam

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:08:28 GMT

Top tips from interntational travel writers and preparing for world flight back to Australia with Qatar Airways.

Welcome to another episode of Travel Radio Australia. This month, we highlight upcoming events in Europe and Australia and hear some great travel tips from our contributing journalists and podcasters Camden David in the USA and Kristoffer Fons from Destination Well Known in Copenhagen.

We also get ready for a big flight from Europe back to Australia with Qatar Airways from Amsterdam to Doha via Melbourne to our headquarters in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

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Summer Events in Europe

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 05:11:14 GMT

Welcome to another episode of Travelradio Australia.

This month, we visit one of Europe's largest hospitality events in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the giant Horecava event.

We preview some of the big events and festivals coming up in Europe for the northern summer and travel blogger Camden David gives us some great advice on travel in general.

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Celebrating a new year of travel

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 21:46:46 GMT

In Travel Radio Australia’s first episode of 2025, we visit Telluride ski resort in Colorado and the famous Raffles hotel in Singapore with Arthur Von Wiesenberger from the Around the World radio show. We talk about what New Year's Eve is like for the people of the Netherlands and visit one of Amsterdam's most famous party spots which happens to have a beer made by one of the barmen. We also travel back to New York city to check out the city's New York pass.

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French Riviera, motorcycle touring...

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:31:51 GMT

Welcome to Travel Radio Australia and the final episode for 2024.

This month we visit some great destinations, including the seaside town of Cannes on the French Riviera, we roam around the world on a motorcycle, visit the Western part of the Grand Canyon in the USA and chat with the owner of one of the best bed and breakfasts in Amsterdam.

Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2025 from Travel Radio Australia.

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Around the world and more...

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:37:10 GMT

This month, we really are around the world, with interviews and features from one of Amsterdam's premier hotels, Andorra, Jackson Hole, Utah, The Kennedy Space Center, Houston, Texas, Santa's home in northern Finland, Washington DC and the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Somerset, UK. We also catch up with the 82-year-old owner of the oldest blues bar in Amsterdam, Meloe Melo.

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Family visit near Amsterdam and what's in a nickname?

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:26:23 GMT

This month we are 'around the world' again, visiting a real family in a super cute fort town in the Netherlands, just outside Amsterdam.

We catch up with one of the most famous people in the world and hear about how he got his nickname.

We hear from our Northern Irish correspondent David Gordon on the Isle of Man. He also checks out the European train travel scene.

Gothenberg, Sweden and the 'Big Apple', New York are also on this episode's visit list.

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Amsterdam, Zandvoort, Dutch Grand Prix, Brugges and Providence

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:43:56 GMT

Travelradio Australia is back in Europe and Geoff Harrison speaks with a legend of Amsterdam's red light district.We also visits Zandvoort,the seaside resort town west of Amsterdam during the Dutch Grand Prix and speak to the owner of one of Amsterdam's most famous Irish pubs.

We also catch up with travel presenter David Gordon as he experiences the Belgian city of Brugges and also the USA town of Providence where he caught up with one of the local tour boat operators.

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Discovering Greenwich and Midlands

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:00:10 GMT

In this month's episode, Travelradio Australia's Geoff Harrison visits London and ventures to the picturesque and historic seafaring area of Greenwich. He speaks to a real actor in the South London region of Bermondsey, then travels to Northamptonshire in the UK midlands to speak with some eccentric locals.

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Flying LA to London

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 04:13:34 GMT

In this episode, Travelradio Australia host Geoff Harrison flies from Los Angeles to London in the 'pointy end' with a high quality, low cost airline www.flynorse.com and he finds out what's happening in London during the northern Summer. He also visits the Pacific island of Tonga for their peak season between July and December.

Geoff Harrison traveled in Premium Class as guest of Norse Atlantic Airlines.

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LA to Las Vegas

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 03:25:26 GMT

In this episode Geoff Harrison and our new USA reporter and co-producer Arlen Pantel do a limo road trip between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Stopping at interesting locations along the way, they also visit the massive beach volleyball competition by the Association of Volleyball Professionals on Huntington Beach California.

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The Beatles Shop, Liverpool

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:14:16 GMT

Aussie ex-pat Geoff Harrison visits The Beatles Shop in the centre of Liverpool, England for an interview with Stephen Baily.

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Cavern Club. Liverpool

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:49:41 GMT

Welcome to the 'long awaited' new season of Travelradio Australia.

To ease us back gently into the 'post Covid' era, we will feature some short podcasts like this one.

On this show, guest host/ presenter Geoff Harrison visits the renowned Cavern Club. Liverpool. At the original 'home' of The Beatles he interviews a member of its management team, Clarke Gilmore.

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Auction time, Flinders Ranges, Florida and PNG

Sat, 22 May 2021 23:49:29 GMT

Geoff Harrison chats with Will Smith from Silverstone Auctions. Graeme Kemlol earns about the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. David Gordon takes a Florida roadtrip. Veronica Matheson focuses on Papua New Guinea in this, another flashback episode from 2016.

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London cruise, Tripadvisor reviews and a visit to the 'Travelzoo'

Wed, 12 May 2021 23:39:47 GMT

In this episode, first published in 2016, we feature Geoff Harrison on a London cruise, chat to a prolific Tripadvisor reviewer and meet up with Gabe Saglier from Travelzoo.amongst other contributors.

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Austria, Scottish castle stay, Hollywood dreaming, Seatfrog and Croatia

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:19:11 GMT

1: Geoff Harrison chats with Werner Fritz at the Cheese Hause in Montafon, Austria. 2: Arthur von Wiesenberger and the Around the World Radio team interview Rebecca Brand about her castle-stay in northern Scotland. 3: Travelbites Radio host David Gordon, based in northern Ireland, meets renowned travelwriter/author and broadcaster Cash Peters. Their main topic is Cash's time as a Hollywood (CA) resident. 4: Travel Writers Radio host Graeme Kemlo learns about a start-up website called Seatfrog from its CEO, Ian Griffin. 5: In the final segment the ATW crew returns with guest Max Hartshorne (owner of Gonomad.com) who has details of his recent trip to Croatia.tle stay, Hollywood dreaming, Seatfrog and Croatia

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Establishment Hotel, Sydney; Chef Geoff Jansz; Belfast; New York; LizzyKnows and Outback Queensland

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:18:20 GMT

Host Ren Zwiers introduces the following segments: Geoff Harrison visits the Establishment Hotel in Sydney and chats with Steven Carrodus. Veronica Matheson from Travel Writers Radio meets Australian celebrity chef Geoff Jansz. David Gordon from Travelbites Radio visits Belfast City Hall, Northern Ireland. Lead singer from the original Herman's Hermits, Peter Noone takes listeners on a trip to New York (courtesy of Around the World Radio, California). During a visit to Amsterdam, Geoff Harrison discovers a new tour website lizzyknows.com. Travel Writers Radio host Graeme Kemlo chats with contributor Maurie O'Connor who has returned from a trip to Outback Queensland.

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Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Ice Bar (London), Verona (Italy), Lyon (France)

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:30:37 GMT

1: Host Ren Zwiers intros the show and describes his recent South Pacific cruise with Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas visiting Vanuatu and New Caledonia. 2: Geoff Harrison visits the Ice Bar in London and chats with marketing manager Tom Hunter. 3: Frances Beasley describes the historic Italian town of Verona. 4: Sue Ahearn from Travelwriters Radio interviews renowned Australian demographer Bernard Salt on public transport connectivity to Australia's airports. 5: The Around the World Radio team led by Arthur von Wiesenberger chats with Mike Thiel about the French city of Lyon. 6: Geoff Harrison meets Winter Olympics medallist Patrick Ortlieb at the Montana Hotel in Oberlech, Austria.

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The Rocks (Sydney), Frozen berries, travel writing tips, Lech (Austria) and Padua (Italy)

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:17:44 GMT

1: Geoff Harrison chats with Gilles from La Pain Quotidien, The Rocks, Sydney. 2: Ren Zwiers interviews Ben Southall about his journey from Singapore to London and his latest trip to Nepal. 3: Graeme Kemlo chats with Ruth Galace of Matilda's Australian Frozen Berries (courtesy Travel Writers Radio and IFWTA). 4: Max Hartshorne outlines the fundamentals of travel writing (courtesy Around the World Radio). 5: Geoff Harrison interviews Hubert Schwarzler of Lech Tourism, Austria. 6: Frances Beasley visits the city of Padua, Italy.

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Sydney, New York, Padstow, England and Ben and Sophee's epic trek

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:25:06 GMT

Geoff Harrison chats with Gavin Andrews from the Observatory Hotel in the historic Rocks area of Sydney. Travel Writer Radio's Peter Watson interviews Billy Rosenfeld on several musicals being staged in New York. Frances Beasley visits Rick Stein's restaurant in Padstow, England. Ren Zwiers catches up with renowned adventurer Ben Southall (pictured below) who, with his wife Sophee, recently returned from an overland journey from Singapore to London in their trusty old Landrover 'Colonel Mustard'.

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First episode for 2016

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:39:57 GMT

For the first edition of 2016 we feature some of our best segments from 2015. All our regular contributors, Geoff Harrison (Australia), Frances Beasley (Europe), Graeme Kemlo (Australia), Arthur von Wiesenberger, Martha Bull (California) and David Gordon (Northern Ireland) take us to many destinations, far and wide with thanks to our affiliates, Around the World Radio, Travelbites Radio and Travel Writers Radio.

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Final show for 2015

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:45:05 GMT

Final show for 2015

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