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Roderick Eime
Rod's first attempt at adventure travel was running away from his mum in Adelaide's busy Central Market and ending up on North Terrace (about two kilometres). Not bad for an 18 month old on foot. It didn't stop there. Although his journeys are better planned and less hazardous these days, the spark of spontaneity is still part of the formula.
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Battle of the Mekong
If you believe the industry hype, river cruising is riding the rocket of small ship and adventure products in a rapidly growing cruise market. I tend to agree. The anecdotal evidence points to more travellers seeking out products away from the traditional sea and coastal routes and looking inland to the great waterways.
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Romance on the Reef
"Where's Wally?" That was the question on everybody's lips. Wally, in case you were wondering, is the 100kg Giant Hump-Headed Maori Wrasse who inhabits Thetford Reef, Coral Princess II's first stop out of Cairns on her southward exploration of the Great Barrier Reef.
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Tea and Tigers on the Brahmaputra
"Ship stuck in sand, foreigners taste the Orient" - The Telegraph (India). It wasn't an auspicious start. We were on the front page of one of the national Indian dailies even before we'd boarded the vessel.
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Two ships and 129 men missing without a trace
So screamed the mid-19th century headlines when the ambitious polar expedition, led by the aging Sir John Franklin, failed to return after yet another abortive attempt to find the elusive North West Passage across the top of Canada.
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New destinations for adventurers
Even now, it's not too late to make a decision to travel to Antarctica this season - use the lower than usual loadings to score yourself a bargain rate.
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