Posted in Radio shows, Travel on Apr 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Originial broadcast date: Wednesday, 30 April, 2008
Hosted and produced by Ren Zwiers
- John Crook presents a book review on ‘Slow Journey South’.
- Buddy Winston and Richard Mineards (in the US studio) chat with Jennifer Merin about budget-priced German castle stays.
- Ren Zwiers gives his impressions of Macau (South China).
- European correspondent Frances Beasley reports on her new home - the Dordogne district of France.
- John Crook chats with Ray Marks of Halls Gap Aboriginal Centre in the Grampians (Victoria, Australia).
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Posted in Radio shows, Travel on Apr 22nd, 2008 Comments Off
Original broadcast date: 23 April, 2008
Hosted and Produced by Ren Zwiers
- Australian contributor John Crook presents a wine and dine report on Adelaide Botanic Gardens and McRae Woods by Jim Barry Wines (South Australia).
- European contributor Frances Beasley visits LaCombe Perigord cooking school in the Dordogne region of France.
- US-based hosts Arthur von Wiesenberger and Richard Mineards chat with Bonnie Tandy Leblang about her recent visit to Tanzania (Africa).
- John Crook visits both an apple orchard and the town of Duncan on Vancouver Island (Canada) and meets some of the locals.
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Posted in Radio shows, Travel on Apr 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Original broadcast date: 16 April, 2008
Program hosted and produced by Ren Zwiers
- John Crook presents a wine and dine report on Philip Shaw, Pinot Noir from NSW (Australia).
- From the studio in Santa Barbara, guest host Buddy Winston and co-host Richard Mineards chat by phone with regular co-host Arthur von Wiesenberger who is on a skiing holiday in Switzerland.
- John Crook interviews Julia of Cruise North, Canada which is a company run by indigenous Canadians.
- Buddy Winston and Richard Mineards chat with Carol and Phil White about planning that US road trip. The couple have just published a book about the planning and experiences of their 12-month RV journey undertaken several years ago.
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Posted in Radio shows, Travel on Apr 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Original broadcast date: 9 April, 2008
Program hosted and produced by Ren Zwiers
- John Crook presents a wine and dine report on Mt Barker wines of Whispering Hill, Western Australia.
- Frances Beasley provides an insight into the restaurant scene at Munich (Germany).
- Buddy Winston and Richard Mineards (in the studio at Santa Barbara) chat with New Yorker Kent St John about his recent trip to Byron Bay on Australia’s east coast.
- John Crook interviews Mr Kumar of the Sydney-based India Tourism Office about where to go and what to do in India.
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Posted in Radio shows, Travel on Apr 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Original broadcast date: Wednesday, 2 April, 2008
Program hosted and produced by Ren Zwiers
- John Crook presents an audio ‘postcard’ from Outback Queensland (Australia).
- Buddy Winston and Richard Mineards chat with Diane Covington about her experience of truffle hunting near Toulouse, France.
- Frances Beasley then presents a report on what else to do (and what to avoid) in Toulouse, France.
- John Crook re-discovers the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne which has been undergoing a multi-million dollar refurbishment.
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