Here is the link to my latest Herald On Sunday travel article, published today and all about the largest sand island in the world, Fraser Island in Queensland. Fraser Island is three times the size of Singapore and is dotted with freshwater lakes, covered in rainforest and home to Australia’s purest-bred dingo population. There’s also…
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Where To Stay In Sydney & Melbourne If You Love Historic Hotels
Melbourne’s Hotel Windsor. Yesterday the Herald On Sunday published two of my articles in a very swish looking two-page spread. I’ve been ducking across the Tasman a bit lately and figured it might be fun to seek out a couple of not just luxurious hotels, but places with genuine points of difference. Click here for…
When A Cambodian Makes Landmine Jokes – Herald On Sunday Cambodia Article 2008
Angkor Wat. Below is a link to another old Herald On Sunday travel article of mine which had previously been unavailable on The Roxborogh Report, this one about my first trip to Cambodia in 2008. Two years later I explored Cambodia in much greater detail and got to the scratch more than just the surface…
Tioman Island Malaysia – Why I Went Back 3 Years In A Row – Herald On Sunday Article From 2008
Tioman Island, Malaysia. With winter just a little over a month away here in the Southern Hemisphere, I’m thinking where might be nice to duck away for a couple of weeks of tropical sunshine. I’m determined to go somewhere different, but it’s amazing how Malaysia – the country I spent seven years as a kid –…
Barry Gibb Mythology Tour Concert Review – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Barry Gibb at Rod Laver Arena, February 12. Because one Barry Gibb concert was never going to be enough, I decided to jump across to Melbourne for a whirlwind couple of nights to see the second most successful songwriter in music history* play Rod Laver Arena just 11 nights before he’ll be here in New…
4 More Years For Obama – The Irony Of Springsteen’s Campaign Theme Song
It’s almost a week since President Obama won a second term so it’s about time I loaded up a relevant song to The Roxborogh Report to mark the occasion. I’ve gone with what became the campaign theme song, Bruce Springsteen’s We Take Care Of Our Own from his most recent album Wrecking Ball. The song…
New Zealand’s Kauri Coast – Luxury Amidst Some Of The World’s Largest & Oldest Trees
Kauri from Trounson Forest, near Waipoua Forest. With seven years as a kid in Malaysia, the slightly odd pairing of a simultaneous love of jungle and skyscrapers almost seems in my DNA. Normally people love one and hate the other – I love both. That doesn’t mean I like stubby dumps like the 12-17 storey…
‘The GC’ – Shame On You NZ On Air!
Shame, shame, shame on you New Zealand On Air. Like everyone with half a brain in this country, I find it appalling that New Zealand On Air used tax-payer money to fund a show as disastrously vacuous at The GC. A misplaced point mentioned by some on my Newstalk ZB talkback show was, “if you…
Brother Number One – Rob Hamill’s Search To Find Truth & Justice For His Brother
Rob Hamill is a champion Kiwi rower and well known in New Zealand for his world-record-breaking feats, including crossing the Atlantic in just 41 days (alongside the late Phil Stubbs). He has also represented his country at World Championship events and even the Olympic games back in 1996. But what is less well known about Hamill is…
The Hall & Oates Song That Paid My Rent When I Was Broke
Today’s Hall & Oates song is special to me because once upon a time I ended up making a bit of money from it. A friend of mine always told me that to really make it as a broadcaster (and probably as a man as well) I would have to risk everything I had, go…
The Tangiwai Movie – Why They Got It Wrong
On Sunday night I sat down with a couple of friends for a Kiwi film we’d all decided was a must-watch, Tangiwai – A Love Story. Within minutes we were squirming in our seats, at the half-way point I felt mildly ill and as the end credits rolled I’d declared it the worst film of…
In Search Of Lindeman Island’s Mythical Waterfall – My Return To The Whitsundays
Since finishing my contract with Club Med as their sound engineer/DJ in the Whitsundays, Queensland, I’ve spent the last two months seeing friends and family in Sydney, the Central Coast, Melbourne and Brisbane. While awaiting my posting with Princess Cruises as an Assistant Cruise Director, I had a couple of weeks up my sleeve and decided…
