James Shackell
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Australia is blessed with 10,685 beaches in total, and around 10,684 of them look like something out of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie. Comparing sugar-white sand and colour-matching precise shades of aquamarine is…
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American comedian Arj Barker once came up with an experiment to put the Australian vernacular to the test. Suspicious of what he was sure were just made-up words sprinkled into…
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It’s okay if you don’t know how to pronounce it; we didn’t either until we paid a visit to Adelaide’s playground, the famous Fleurieu Peninsula (think floo-ree-oh). Easily daytrip-able from…
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This award-winning photo might change Kangaroo Island for good
by James Shackell August 25, 2016As night falls over Kangaroo Island, hundreds of local residents hop out from beneath the trees to graze on the grassy hills. They’re a special subspecies of Western Grey Kangaroo, native to…
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Guides
Road tripping 101: Our favourite spots on the Great Ocean Road
by James Shackell August 25, 2016We’re cruising along the clifftop highway, the minibus taking turns ponderously, grinding up the gears as we climb through a stand of eucalypt trees. All of sudden the ground to…
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It’s a rarity these days: a sleepy island that really lives up to the name. In a lot of ways, the 21st century left Kangaroo Island behind. Cut off from…
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Nice job, Australian Antarctic Division. Not only do you protect our fair shores from an invasion of tiny penguins and harvest the precious ice with which we cool our drinks,…
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Why you should definitely visit Adelaide on your Australian adventure
by James Shackell July 19, 2016It’s a pretty good bet that if you’re talking to someone who’s dissing Adelaide, they’ve probably never actually been to Adelaide. “Nah mate, wouldn’t go there. Just a lot of…
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It’s fair to say Australia hasn’t always nailed it when it comes to tourism videos. It shouldn’t be hard, right? We’ve got a country that a) looks sweet on film,…