The scene: an Australia Day fair in suburban Sydney. Delicious smells waft from food stalls. There’s an ominous rumble in…
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The Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic is not for the squeamish, but you have to admire the handiwork. If…
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The gardens and lookouts on Cerro Santa Lucía make a great introduction to the Chilean capital. Bernard O’Shea gets acquainted. …
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Foraging in pine forests can yield a bountiful basket of wild mushrooms. If you can’t eat them all at once,…
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The world’s first climate change refugees came from the Torres Strait Islands, and have much to teach the world today…
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What started as an unplanned visit to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc to kill a few hours in a leisurely way became a whirlwind…
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Dubai’s attempts to be flashy and futuristic are all well and good, but Bernard O’Shea is more captivated by its more humble and…
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No sporting event showcases a nation’s beauty to greater extent than the Tour de France. The world’s biggest annual sporting…
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The prehistoric fagus – Australia’s only temperate native deciduous tree – bursts into a flame of autumnal colour as winter…
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There’s a lot more to a patch of native bushland than meets the eye, as you’ll discover on Djiriba Waagura’s…