Travelradio Australia

Showing posts with label wines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wines. Show all posts

Monday, 6 January 2014

Utah, gift of sight, Christmas travel woes, French Alps and Santorini wines

In the first edition of Travelradio Australia for 2014, Geoff Harrison discovers Utah heritage tourism from Brad Smith. Host Ren Zwiers has a good news story of a welcome gift of improved sight to remote islanders in Myanmar, thanks to Seadream Yacht Club. Frances Beasley describes her tortuous train travel in the south of England over the extremely wet Christmas period. From our US sister show Around The World, hosts Arthur von Wiesenberger and Martha Bull chat with travelwriter Diane Covington who recently returned from a trip to the French Alps. The final segment features Geoff Harrison tasting some wines from Santorini, courtesy of his guest Stella Carillo of Santos Wines.

Monday, 13 May 2013

Korean Air, Dallas (Texas), Eling Wines, Spicers retreats and Prague

John Crook provides details on flights from Australia to South Korea. www.koreanair.com.au

Host Ren Zwiers and president/Ceo of Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau, Phillip Jones list the highlights of Dallas, Texas which is growing in popularity as a destination for Australian tourists, thanks to new direct QANTAS flights from Sydney. www.visitdallas.com

Geoff Harrison stops in at the Eling Winery (NSW). www.elingforest.com.au

Ren Zwiers interviews Ebony Johnson of Spicers Group, operators of seven luxury resorts/hotels in Queensland and NSW. www.spicersgroup.com.au

Frances Beasley reviews the city of Prague from a tourist viewpoint.

Travelradio Australia #158


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Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Mudgee wines, Cafe Luitpold and Crumlin Rd Jail


  • In the latest edition of Travelradio Australia John Crook reviews Robert Stein wines from Mudgee, NSW and Frances Beasley takes listeners to one of Munich's 'in places', Cafe Luitpold. To complete this show, our regular voice-over man, David Gordon visits historic Crumlin Rd Jail, Dublin in a segment from his own weekly Northern Ireland based radio show 'Travelbites Radio'.
  • Travelradio Australia #149

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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Discovering Porto Ercole where Romans enjoy a coastal break

Just a couple of hours north of Rome, on the Italian west coast lies the charming town of Porto Ercole which is popular with Romans and tourists alike thanks to its easy-going lifestyle and beautiful surroundings. I enjoyed a stopover in this town whilst on a Seadream II Mediterranean cruise several years ago. Host of 'Around the World' travel radio, Arthur von Wiesenberger recently visited the town as well and his report features on this week's 'Travel Radio Australia' podcast. Also on the show John Crook reviews Mitolo Wines, Frances Beasley finds a 'little bit of Africa' near her home in the Dordogne, France and Laura Powell talks about her recent experiences in Jordan. Enjoy the podcast by clicking the play button below.


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Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Following in the footsteps of Richard the Lionheart

European contributor to ATW Travelradio Australia, Frances Beasley follows the route taken by Richard the Lionheart from France to England in the 12th Century. Also on this edition John Crook reviews Windowrie wines from Australia. US contributor Martha Bull travels to Mexico. Another US reporter, Sue Frause tells listeners about her recent experiences in Hawaii.

ATW Travelradio Australia is hosted/produced by yours truly, Ren Zwiers in Brisbane, Australia and heard each week on around 30 Community Radio Network affiliated stations throughout this island nation.
It is the longest established weekly travel radio show in Australia and has been podcast on its own website www.travelradioaustralia.com for a number of years as well. It is a sister program to the award-winning and also long-established Around the World travel radio show hosted by Arthur von Wiesenberger and friends in Santa Barbara, California.

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

The evolution of travel

US author Bill Chalmers has written about the 'evolution of travel' and reveals some of the facts and figures he has uncovered on this topic in this week's ATW Travelradio Australia podcast.
Also on this week's show John Crook reviews Mudhouse wines from New Zealand. European contributor Frances Beasley takes listeners canoeing and whitewater rafting. US studio hosts Arthur von Wiesenberger and Martha Bull with 'rock legend' Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits chat with comedy writer Buddy Winston about his experiences in Borneo (including a brush with dengue fever).