The World Awaits: travel tales to inspire your wanderlust
by Belinda Jackson & Kirstie Bedford
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Winter Series 26: The Hiking Episode - Walk the French Camino & Learn to Navigate
Jun 24, 2026
58m 15s
EP 150 Best travel movies & film festivals for the diary
Jun 18, 2026
36m 21s
EP 149 Cruising Japan with a local cruise company & we turn three!
Jun 10, 2026
36m 40s
EP 148 How an interactive blog turned into a business empowering solo women travellers & where do billionaires holiday
Jun 3, 2026
40m 42s
EP 148 Hear from the woman behind a blog where readers choose where she travels & the places billionaires holiday
Jun 3, 2026
40m 42s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 |  Winter Series 26: The Hiking Episode - Walk the French Camino & Learn to Navigate | Welcome to our Winter Series! This week is all about hiking, from the French Camino to the wilds of Tasmania. But first, we have a winner for our competition! Truc Pham has won a night’s stay at the Moxy Sydney Airport hotel, buffet breakfast for two at the Moxy Kitchen, return airport shuttle transfers and up to 14 nights valet parking at the hotel! See marriott.com Onto our winter series, Kirstie is chatting with UTracks hiking guide Jaclyn Beagley, who leads guests along the Le Puy C... | 58m 15s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 |  EP 150 Best travel movies & film festivals for the diary | Hey set-jetters, it's the movie episode, and Belle is teaming up with our entertainment reporter Alaisdair Leith to talk the best of travel films. We’re chatting movie destinations, because set-jetting is one of the hottest trends in travel at the moment, where you decide where to travel based on something you saw in a movie. But also, we want you to take this as a list of movies you should watch on your way to your next destination. Think New Zealand and Hobbiton, Game of T... | 36m 21s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  EP 149 Cruising Japan with a local cruise company & we turn three!✨ | cruisingJapan+4 | — | — | JapanAmalfi Coast | cruisingJapan+5 | — | 36m 40s | |
| 6/3/26 |  EP 148 How an interactive blog turned into a business empowering solo women travellers & where do billionaires holiday✨ | solo travelwomen empowerment+3 | Carole Rosenblat | Drop me Anywhere | — | solo women travelersinteractive blog+3 | — | 40m 42s | |
| 6/3/26 | EP 148 Hear from the woman behind a blog where readers choose where she travels & the places billionaires holiday | Would you let readers of your blog choose where you travel? Carole Rosenblat did, and it’s seen her travel to 74 countries around the world. The freelance journalist, copywriter, and small-group tour operator started interactive travel site Drop me Anywhere in 2014, letting readers choose where she travels - and it can be anywhere in the world. This week, she talks to us about how she came up with the idea, and how it led her to starting up solo trips to empower women in their travels.&... | 40m 42s | ||||||
| 5/27/26 |  EP 147 Six years on the Trans Canada Trail with filmmaker Dianne Whelan, worst airline experiences & Australia's best town✨ | travelfilmmaking+3 | Dianne Whelan | 500 days in the Wild | AustraliaTrans Canada Trail | Trans Canada TrailDianne Whelan+5 | — | 52m 56s | |
| 5/20/26 |  EP 146 Island girl to airline pilot: the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot & the best wine regions to visit this autumn✨ | inspirationaviation+4 | Silva McLeod | Island Girl to Airline Pilot | Tonga | Tongan womanairline pilot+5 | — | 44m 32s | |
| 5/20/26 | EP 146 The inspiring story of the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot & the best wine regions to visit this autumn | You might need the tissues for this one. This is the heartfelt story of Silva McLeod, the first Tongan woman to become an airline pilot, who wrote about her incredible journey from 'Island Girl to Airline Pilot' in a memoir of that name. Silva always dreamed of becoming a pilot, but never imagined it'd come true until she met Ken, who she eventually married, but it wasn't until a near-death experience that she pursued her lifelong passion. As well as telling us about her remarkable sto... | 44m 32s | ||||||
| 5/13/26 |  EP 145 Hot Take: Travel fashion - activewear on flights and what to wear on a cruise? We answer all the hard questions✨ | travel fashionactivewear+4 | — | zip-off trousersactivewear+3 | safariflights+1 | travel fashionactivewear+4 | — | 39m 05s | |
| 5/6/26 |  EP 144 The latest slow travel trend: barefoot hiking; the most instagrammable hotels & better sleep on planes✨ | barefoot hikingmental health+3 | Dale Noppers | Sovereign | Western Australia | barefoot hikingmental health+3 | — | 40m 58s | |
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| 4/22/26 |  EP 143 South African safari by e-bike, car & in luxury; fuel-saving tips & the death of the working holiday?✨ | safaritravel experiences+4 | — | Sabi Sabi Game ReserveTrav... | South AfricaKruger National Park | South African safarie-bike safari+5 | — | 35m 37s | |
| 4/15/26 |  Ep 142 Japan's lesser-known regions, flights and fuel surcharges & Australia's prettiest national parks✨ | Japan travelcultural preservation+3 | Rob Goss | GestaltenAnother Japan | JapanAustralia+1 | Japantravel+5 | — | 41m 06s | |
| 4/8/26 |  EP 141 Travelling in Afghanistan, keeping your eyes healthy on the road & why cash is still king✨ | travelAfghanistan+3 | Fatima HaidariJames Willcox | Untamed Borders | AfghanistanHerat+1 | Afghanistantourism+5 | — | 57m 21s | |
| 4/1/26 |  EP 140 Hot Take: Navigating the unknown – travel during the Middle East crisis & Australia's best airport hotels with a runway view✨ | travelMiddle East crisis+3 | — | — | Middle EastAustralia | travelMiddle East crisis+3 | — | 36m 44s | |
| 3/25/26 |  EP 139 Fly flat-bed to Europe with Toby Venus of Point Hacks; biggest hotel rooms & how new EU border rules will hit travellers✨ | frequent flyer pointstravel hacks+4 | Toby Venus | Point Hacks | Novotel Melbourne AirportEurope | frequent flyer pointstravel hacks+5 | — | 48m 56s | |
| 3/18/26 |  EP 138 Hiking and biking NZ's Queen Charlotte Track; the world's 50 top cities & the best places to travel with your pooch✨ | hikingbiking+3 | — | — | New ZealandMarlborough Sounds+2 | Queen Charlotte TrackMarlborough Sounds+3 | — | 29m 43s | |
| 3/11/26 |  EP 137 Europe by motorbike with the Pillion Princess; getting home from the Middle East & should you cancel your Euro-trip?✨ | motorbike travelEuropean Alps+3 | Lee Atkinson | SuzukiUltimate Backroads & Detours: Australia | EuropeEuropean Alps+1 | motorbiketravel+5 | — | 43m 23s | |
| 3/4/26 |  Ep 136 Sordid and scandalous histories of famous hotels; how we're using frequent flyer points & the shocking cost of insurance claims✨ | hotel historytravel+3 | D'EttaYael | Hotel History podcastMoney.com | — | famous hotelshotel history+3 | — | 38m 18s | |
| 2/25/26 |  EP 135 The Hot Take: climbing the Pyramids and smoking on planes, we chat lost travel experiences & keeping e-docs safe on the road✨ | lost travel experiencesnostalgia+4 | — | — | PyramidsUluru | travel experiencesPyramids+6 | — | 26m 26s | |
| 2/18/26 |  EP 134 The author who bases her books on her expat life, the new cheap trip planner & avoiding disease when you travel✨ | expat lifetravel writing+3 | Andrea Barton | Brightside Story StudioMansfield Readers & Writers festival | NigeriaUS+2 | expatauthor+5 | — | 48m 59s | |
| 2/18/26 | EP 134 The author who bases her books on her expat life, the new trip planner & avoiding disease when you travel | Andrea Barton started her career as an electrical engineer, but when her husband was offered a job overseas, it changed the entire course of her career. Now award-winning author of the Jade Riley Mysteries, owner of a book editing company called Brightside Story Studio, and Vice President of the Mansfield Readers & Writers festival, Andrea bases all her books on the places she has lived around the world. From Nigeria, the US and Qatar to Melbourne, we chat about why these destinatio... | 48m 59s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 |  EP 133 Hot springs bathing around the world, UK visa changes and inflight skincare tips | Support the pod on Ko-Fi, click here Before he founded the Peninsula Hot Springs on the Mornington Peninsula, 21 years ago, Charles Davidson began exploring thermal springs sites around the world. His quest has now taken him to 57 countries to explore their bathing cultures, from Iran to Japan, Tanzania to Yemen. "I really wanted to understand that hot springs had nothing to do with money or wealth, it was all to do with nature and human connection," says Charles of his experiences in Yemen, ... | 43m 28s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 |  EP 132 Hiking the French Camino, Europe’s lesser-known regions you need to know about & what’s hot on the Sunshine Coast | This week, we're chatting with UTracks hiking guide Jaclyn Beagley, who leads guests along the Le Puy Camino, also known as the French Camino. Jaclyn talks about why you should consider the French section of the Camino, and what it offers that differs from other hikes in the network of ancient pilgrimage routes across Europe. We also chat about the historic house she bought in Umbria, and she has some top tips for those considering buying a European holiday home. Also, we cover the late... | 38m 29s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 |  EP 131 The Art of Navigation with wilderness advocate Caro Ryan OAM; travel trends for 2026 & Victoria's hottest new opens | Bushwalker. Author. Advocate. Rescuer. Our guest this week is Caro Ryan, who has just been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for 14 years of service in bushwalking safety and community support in the Australia Day Honours 2026. Caro leads a 60-person strong specialist Bush Search and Rescue team for the NSW SES in the Blue Mountains, where she lives. And her book, How to Navigate teaches people just that - the art of navigation and map reading, which she says is essential ... | 1h 01m 07s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  EP 130 Adventurer Tim Jarvis AM journeys to the ends of the Earth; the Aus Open & gut health when you travel | Adventurer, environmental scientist, author, filmmaker, philanthropist, speaker, and Australian of the Year Tim Jarvis AM... is there anything this man can't do? You'll think not after hearing about his adventures including undertaking two of the harshest and most extreme Antarctic expeditions – Douglas Mawson and Ernest Shackleton's survival journeys, and he did them in the original clothing, with the same gear used a century ago. Jarvis talks about his journeys, his latest expedition, and h... | 38m 46s | ||||||
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