Oct 21st, 2009 at 10:30AM:
All too often in life, things fail to live up to the hype. If you saw The Sixth Sense after it had been theaters for more than a month, you know what I'm talking about. And in travel, quite frequently things can be a tad disappointing once you arrive. Case in point: I saw the Mona Lisa for the first time last month and I have to tell you, I don't get it. Thankfully, the one thing that almost ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Australia's Wild West: Beautiful Bungle Bungle
Oct 21st, 2009 at 10:30AM:
All too often in life, things fail to live up to the hype. If you saw The Sixth Sense after it had been theaters for more than a month, you know what I'm talking about. And in travel, quite frequently things can be a tad disappointing once you arrive. Case in point: I saw the Mona Lisa for the first time last month and I have to tell you, I don't get it. Thankfully, the one thing that almost ...Australia's Wild West: Cowboy Life at Home Valley
Oct 20th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
An hour's drive down the Gibb River Road from El Questro, in the shadow of the striking Cockburn Range, sits Home Valley Station. The spirits of the Kimberley's settler history and cowboy culture are alive and well at this Outback resort. Its location is so fantastic and pristine, in fact, that it was used for many scenes in the film Australia. Sure, you'll find flat screen televisions and ...Australia's Wild West: El Questro
Oct 19th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
A short flight from Broome to Kununnura and then a shockingly loud and bumpy 80-minute drive down the Gibb River Road through the Kimberley, you'll find El Questro. Its not all that hard to find as exits off the Gibb River road are few and far between. What is harder to find is a definition for the faux Spanish name of this wilderness resort. And that's because it's a meaningless name. More ...Australia's Wild West
Oct 16th, 2009 at 10:30AM: Australia truly is tucked away in the bottom of the world. But for all the talk of it being on the other side of the planet with toilets that flush counter-clockwise (fun fact: not true), Australia is not all that different from the United States in many facets of its history. When it comes to being a young country rooted in the spirit of exploration, opportunity and hard work, the US and ...Australia's Wild West: Eco Beach
Oct 15th, 2009 at 10:00AM:
Back in August, Gadling's Scott Carmichael wrote about various eco-friendly resorts in Australia. I have never enjoyed reading a Gadling post more, but that may be because I was reading it by the pool of one of the resorts that he profiled. As I enjoyed a beer at Eco Beach while reading Scott's piece, I was curious about just what makes a resort truly environmentally friendly. Is it how it ...
