Posted in Radio shows, Travel on May 26th, 2009 No Comments »
CRN Australia broadcast date: 27 May, 2009
John Crook presents a wine report on Shaw’s Vineyard. Frances Beasley listens to some arias in the ruins at Kenya (Africa). Arthur von Wiesenberger chats with Scott Stoll who has written a book about his cycling trip around the world. Scared of booking holidays etc on the internet? John Crook chats with an Australian man, Ian Martin who has done it for more than 10 years (relatively unscathed, except for a recent incident) and he offers some useful tips.
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Posted in Radio shows, Travel on May 19th, 2009 No Comments »
CRN (Australia) broadcast date: 20 May, 2009
John Crook presents a wine and dine report on Australia’s best known brand Jacobs Creek and its new Blanc de Blanc range. Frances Beasley chats about ferry crossings from England to the European mainland. US co-host Arthur von Wiesenberger interviews Sue Frause on her recent cruise to Antarctica. John Crook then chats with Brisbane (QUeensland) coffee ‘king’ Dean Merlo. Ren Zwiers wraps up the show with a brief report on some of the port destinations of his recent Greek Isles cruise from/to Venice on MSC Musica.
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Posted in Radio shows, Travel on May 12th, 2009 No Comments »
CRN (Australia) broadcast date: 13 May, 2009
John Crook starts the show with his regular wine and dine report and this week highlights a good Aussie ‘drop’, Rothwell Midara Cab Sauv. Our Euro correspondent Frances Beasley has just returned from a holiday in East Africa and reports on a visit to a Kenyan garden. US-based co-host Arthur von Wiesenberger reviews the ever-popular tourist park, Universal Studios, Hollywood. Capping off the program, John Crook interviews fellow Australian Kiri Bryan about her impressions of Vietnam.
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Posted in Radio shows, Travel on May 5th, 2009 No Comments »
CRN (Australia) broadcast date: 6 May, 2009
Aussie reporter John Crook meets and chats with Rodney Twiss who has restored some 20 heritage listed buildings in Adelaide (South Australia). We then learn all about the Kwale Eye Centre in Kenya, Africa from roving reporter Frances Beasley. Our US team, Buddy Winston an Richard Mineards chat (from the studio in Santa Barbara) with Kent St John who has recently travelled through the Champagne district in France. The final segment features John Crook interviewing a former Australian Football star and Adelaide based architect, Ian Shorty Hannaford, who has an interesting story or two to tell.
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