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Real Deal or World Cup Scam – Ash Jurberg with Helen Hayes

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:33:15 +0000

In 2010 Melbourne Writer Ash Jurberg promised his three-year-old twins he would take them to a FIFA World Cup game and wrote a story about how it had proved too expensive to go to the USA for this year’s competition. Then he got an email, but was it for real, or a World Cup Scam? He feared the worst as he explains to Helen Hayes in this heart-warming story.
Photo: Ash Jurberg and his twins.Read More

Marie-Claire Trotter from Shakesperean Actor to Railway Entrepreneur -Graeme Kemlo

Graeme Kemlo — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:27:54 +0000

Meet Marie Claire Trotter, owner and CEO of the Q-Train in Geelong, a narrow gauge train with very comfortable renovated carriages and a delightful five-course meal served with great local wines. Marie-Claire used to be a Shakespearean actor, so how on earth did she end up owning a train?
Photo: Marie-Claire Trotter by Graeme KemloRead More

Why you should still use a travel agent -Carolyne Jasinski

Graeme Kemlo — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:08:17 +0000

Carolyne Jasinski met a Melbourne travel agent on her recent visit to South America by cruise ship. They and their partners got along well and Carolyne felt this agent, Andrew Rattle, had a lot of valuable information to share after more than three decades in the industry. Things such as Why you should still use a travel agent. So With all that’s going on in the world, she reconnected with him to discover why travel agents are now in even greater demand.
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Over-Tourism Warning on Arctic Aurora Chase -Photographer Ewen Bell

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:43:41 +0000

Our photography expert Ewen Bell is sounding the alarm about over-tourism in Norway’s Tromso – regarding the best place from which to view the northern lights – Aurora Borealis. Over the past 15 years, travelling to the Arctic, Ewen has noticed that tourist numbers are rising with about 180 coaches a night taking passengers out around Tromso to find a good place to view the aurora. So Ewen has moved four hours south of Tromso, where he has a private house and cabins with a clear view of the sky for him and his p-photography group.
Photo: Ewen Bell self-portrait under the Northern Lights.
More information: ewenbell.com (Photography tours to the Arctic and Himalayas)Read More

Hack -Take 2 day’s leave get 8-day break -Graeme Kemlo & Helen Hayes

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:41:38 +0000

We have found a travel hack that helps create holidays without using all your leave.
The secret is to build days off into public holidays. Have a listen!Read More

Perfect score for House of Arras – TWR Wine Expert Tyson Stelzer

Graeme Kemlo — Thu, 14 May 2026 01:55:01 +0000

When predictions come true! Our wine expert Tyson Stelzer has consistently picked the House of Arras sparkling wine as one of the world’s best – even up against French champagnes. Recently, a vintage magnum of Arras sparkling was given the first perfect score by an international wine critic – a score f 100. We now wonder if Tyson is as good at picking this year’s Melbourne Cup winner?
Image: Houe of Arras Late Disgorged SparklingRead More

New Musicals Coming to Major Cities – Graeme Kemlo & Carolyne Jasinski

Graeme Kemlo — Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:18 +0000

This is music to your ears! Carolyne Jasinski and Graeme Kemlo update listeners on the new musicals showing now and coming to a live theatre near you in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Image: Natalie Bassingthwaite premiered in Waitress last weekend in Melboune. It will then tour other states.Read More

Australia’s Largest Monolith is Not Uluru – Emily McAuliffe

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 13 May 2026 23:56:50 +0000

Melbourne journalist Emily McAuliffe takes us “home” to Far North Queensland to see Australia’s largest monolith … and it’s not Uluru. Come on a trip to remote Mount Mulligan, a three-hour drive (by 4WD preferably) west of Cairns. It’s so isolated, not many people really know about the monolith that dominates the landscape and dwarfs Uluru – or about the indigenous-owned cattle station with a five-star, 28-guest luxury lodge.
Photo: by Emily McAuliffe shows Mount Mulligan in the backgund viewed from the luxury lodge pool.Read More

Jane Lawson’s 40 years of Japan Experience Captured -Helen Hayes

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:13:55 +0000

Heen Hayes interviews Jane Lawson, an Australian travel writer who has written several books on Japan. A former chef, Jane has studied Japan over the past 40 years, and her latest book, Secret Japan, is an insider’s guide. She speaks with Helen Hayes.
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Backstage with the NFL in LA -Helen Hayes

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:00:47 +0000

Helen attends her first NFL game in Los Angeles and is blown away by the stadium and the technology, not to mention the volume coming over the PA. She then gets a backstage tour of the stadium that will feature in next year’s Superbowl, the World Cup soccer and then the LA Oympic Games,
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