The World Awaits: travel tales to inspire your wanderlust

Jan 29 2025 84 ep. 40 mins 1

Where does your wanderlust lead you?

To Melbourne’s cafes or the vast deserts of the Empty Quarter, a New Zealand vineyard or the pavements of New York… what’s your neighbourhood?
Join travel journalists and editors Kirstie Bedford and Belinda Jackson for stories from across the world.
Hosts Belinda Jackson & Kirstie Bedford
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Ep 79 The natural beauty of Costa Rica, world's safest airlines & what currency to use when paying bills overseas

Jan 29 2025 38 mins

“Costa Rica has something that’s very special… we have the second best place in the world for diving … and now the Government is thinking in blue, and you’ll hear that soon about the Costa Rica preservation, the idea is to make the coastline a [fish] nursery… so you’re going to hear very soon about the blue country Costa Rica wants to be,” Juan Carlos Rodriguez, a n

EP 78 A chef's tips to eating Tokyo & world's best beaches

Jan 22 2025 37 mins

There are 26,000 ramen bars in Tokyo – how do you choose the best one? Chef Luke Burgess talks about finding your way in the megalopolis that is Tokyo.Luke, who co-authored the book 'Only in Tokyo: Two Chefs, 24 Hours, the Ultimate Food City', shares his favourite, and most confronting dishes, and talks about the endless pursuit of understanding Japanese food and its refinement.A

Ep 77 Meet the creator of Sri Lanka's first long-distance hike, the must-do summer events & travels with dogs

Jan 15 2025 40 mins

Sri Lanka now has its first long-distance hiking route and we’re talking to the man who created it. The 300-kilometre The Pekoe Trail is the brainchild of adventurer Miguel Cunat, who spent a decade knitting together hill-country trails to create a walking route that ventures through tea plantations and historical sites, and visits remote villages to connect with the local cultur

EP 76 Amalfi Coast, top travel trends for 2025 & a world of wellness

Jan 08 2025 35 mins

Dream of days wandering Italy’s Amalfi Coast? In our first episode of 2025, we are taking you there with Australian-Italian author Maria Pasquale. Maria’s new book, Mangia: How to eat your way through Italy, explores the food histories and dishes across regional Italy, including Campania, which includes the Amalfi Coast, and is famed for its fragrant lemons and San Marzano toma

EP 75 Summer Series #4: How to fly first class & best airfares to Europe & US

Jan 01 2025 52 mins

This is our last Summer Series before we return to normal programming! Tune in for a masterclass on how to fly first class with Chris Chamberlin of Points Hacks. Chris has travelled more than two million kilometres in first or business class (that’s to the moon and back, twice) and shares his insights on which loyalty programs to focus on, and how to strategise your spending to s

EP 74 Summer Series #3: What is slow travel & the best train journeys you need to take

Dec 25 2024 45 mins

Do you go on holiday, only to come back feeling like you need ...another holiday? How do we come back rested from a getaway? Journalist, author and co-founder of Life Unhurried Celeste Mitchell talks about how to slow down when you travel, and the best places to do it, lifeunhurried.com Then all aboard for The Orient Express, The Ghan, The Flying Scotsman or The Rocky Mountaineer w

EP 73 Summer Series #2: Off the beaten track, Saudi to Antarctica and the Arctic

Dec 18 2024 57 mins

Let's take you completely off the beaten track and to the ends of the Earth.Jenny Gray is the force behind Intrepid Travel’s women-only expeditions, which it runs in seven countries including Saudi Arabia. Jenny chats about travelling as a woman in the kingdom, exploring its deserts and meeting its people, merging two of the hottest trends in tourism at the moment - women-only tr

EP 72 Summer Series #1: The islands episode, Sumba & Sardinia

Dec 11 2024 40 mins

Welcome to our Summer Series for 24/25. We're kicking off with our islands edition, and we're taking you to Indonesia and Italy!Let's go to a remote tropical island in the Indonesian archipelago, where young Aussie couple, Jess and Dan Baldock have built Alamayah, a luxury boutique retreat. Designed by Jess and built by Dan along with the people of Sumba, the tiny, six-suite retrea

EP 71 Get on the pointy end of the plane, holiday scams & best Xmas travel gifts

Dec 04 2024 44 mins

Fly up the pointy end of the plane with air mile loyalty specialist, Adele Eliseo of The Champagne Mile. “Points collection is less about flying and more about where you can maximise your points on the ground," says Adele, "In almost every area where we spend money there’s a way to get points, so start by analysing your spending and where you could collect points.” And she wa

EP 70 Musical roadtripping in the USA, get Wicked, world's best bars & unspent holiday cash

Nov 27 2024 47 mins

Southern USA rings with the sweet sounds of blues, soul and R&B – this week, we’re designing the perfect musical roadtrip through the southern states with iconic rock journalist Glenn A Baker.“Memphis really is the centre of the journey,” says Glenn, who suggests starting in New Orleans and driving through four or five states – with even a river cruise in the mix –

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