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Category Archives: Rob Mills’ Travel stories
48 Hours in Boat Harbour, Tasmania
Here’s Rob’s Guardian Australia story on our relaxing 48 hour sojourn in Boat Harbour on Tasmania’s rugged northwest coast. Boat Harbour Beach might be in the eye of the Roaring Forties, dipping its toes into Bass Strait, but headlands shelter … Continue reading →
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Madeiran Meander by Rob Mills
Rob writes in The Medical Observer about his experiences on the garden isle of Madeira, walking the ancient stone paths of the levadas. Click on the link to read about it: MO_06 March_p33 Madeira
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Sheer Spectacle of a Nordic Climb
Here’s Rob’s story, Sheer Spectacle of a Nordic Climb, published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Escape magazine on January 5, 2014. You can also read it online here: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sheer-spectacle-of-a-nordic-climb/story-e6freuy9-1226794296981
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A welcome return – Malawi’s Majete Game Reserve by Rob Mills
Here’s Rob’s story on gorgeous Malawi’s Majete Game Reserve and how some heroic Malawians have worked to save the animals. It was in The Sunday Telegraph’s Escape magazine on November 24, 2013.
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Garden Route superlative safari
Rob’s story on South Africa’s lovely Garden Route was published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Escape magazine in October 2013. You can read it online here: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/road-trip-along-the-garden-route-south-africa/story-fnizi7vf-1226746865551 Here is a screen shot:
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Malawi, Land of the Lake – Luxury Travel
The Spring issue of Luxury Travel magazine has our story on Robin Pope Safaris’ wonderful adventure, travelling up the Shire River in Malawi. You can read about The Land of the Lake here: Malawi Land of the Lake
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On The Hunt – Lake Kariba
Here’s Rob’s Lake Kariba tiger fishing story, published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Escape Magazine in August 2013. And you can also read it here: http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/tiger-fishing-on-lake-kariba-in-zambia-and-zimbabwe/story-e6frfqai-1226702399834
Cederberg Wilderness by Rob Mills
Here is Rob’s story titled “Wilderness at the Heart” on South Africa’s lovely Cederberg region. It was published in The Sunday Telegraph’s Escape magazine on June 16, 2013.
Short break at Tower Lodge, Hunter Valley
Rob and I spent a relaxing weekend at Tower Lodge in the Hunter Valley. You can find the story in Luxury Travel Magazine’s Summer 2013 issue. Here’s the PDF: Luxury Travel Tower Lodge, Hunter Valley
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