cool articles
rivers
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cash flow on the Zambezi
Packaging and selling adventure on one of the world's great
high volume rivers.
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surfing the Zambezi
Nothing could top rafting the Zambezi - or could it?
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gagging down the Tully
There are ten thousand unemployed comedians in Australia and
every raft guide in Far North Queensland is stealing their lines.
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birth of a river guide
Life as a river cat: Robbo Bennetts finds out what it takes to make and break a river guide.
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mountains
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whiteout
Mt Kosciusko is the last place novices should find themselves during a blizzard, especially when their tent blows away & the snowcave they dig collapses during the night. This true story was re-enacted for Grainger TV's The world around us & screened nationally on Channel 7 on 23 April 2005.
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outback
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cycling the Kimberley
Not your average family holiday - braving crocodiles, corrugations
& stories of trumped-up corellas during a 6-day cycle through
an amazing museum of natural and human history.
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crt dreaming
Flying home from work the other day, looking down on the shagpile woodland and vast sleeping waterways of Kakadu, I thought ... emergency teaching can be agonising; it can be humiliating; it can be dead boring, but just sometimes, it can be fun.
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surf
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surf rage
When there are just two surfers out there & just too many
waves & one surfer is a soul surfer & the other surfer
is a macho surfer, the word break takes on a new meaning.
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jungles |
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beware crocodiles, bilharzia, humps
Robbo Bennetts takes an ironic look at the vagaries of travelling in darkest Africa.
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 conservation
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the orchid-killing fields
We have destroyed, & continue to destroy at an alarming rate,
one of nature's most splendid creations. Yet we barely realise
it. Don't read this article if you don't want to be seriously
disturbed.
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hard
skills |
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101 ways to stay warm & dry
when it is cold & wet in the mountains
They said it couldn't be done, but nordic skier Robbo Bennetts
has come up with 101 ways to make sure you stay within your comfort
zone when you find yourself in the mountains.
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The art of bivvying
Whether you are caught out, or just want to catch the stars,
the ability to bivouac is a valuable inclusion in every serious
camper's bag of tricks. This article takes a closer look at how
to go about camping overnight without tents.
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inner journeys |
true
romance |
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love at 18
I went out with Felina for about five months. I nursed
my broken heart for about five years. (Can an 18-year-old be so
in love?) Later, Felina had babies with a succession of
pop stars. Or was it only one? I don't know." Read this heart-rending
account of youthful passion and its ugly consequences.
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