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Archive for April, 2008

Originial broadcast date: Wednesday, 30 April, 2008

Hosted and produced by Ren Zwiers

  1. John Crook presents a book review on ‘Slow Journey South’.
  2. Buddy Winston and Richard Mineards (in the US studio) chat with Jennifer Merin about budget-priced German castle stays.
  3. Ren Zwiers gives his impressions of Macau (South China).
  4. European correspondent Frances Beasley reports on her new home - the Dordogne district of France.
  5. John Crook chats with Ray Marks of Halls Gap Aboriginal Centre in the Grampians (Victoria, Australia).
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Around the World #17-08

Original broadcast date: 23 April, 2008

Hosted and Produced by Ren Zwiers

  1. Australian contributor John Crook presents a wine and dine report on Adelaide Botanic Gardens and McRae Woods by Jim Barry Wines (South Australia).
  2. European contributor Frances Beasley visits LaCombe Perigord cooking school in the Dordogne region of France.
  3. US-based hosts Arthur von Wiesenberger and Richard Mineards chat with Bonnie Tandy Leblang about her recent visit to Tanzania (Africa).
  4. 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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Original broadcast date: 16 April, 2008

Program hosted and produced by Ren Zwiers

  1. John Crook presents a wine and dine report on Philip Shaw, Pinot Noir from NSW (Australia).
  2. 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.
  3. John Crook interviews Julia of Cruise North, Canada which is a company run by indigenous Canadians.
  4. 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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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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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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