In the final episode of How Far Will You Travel: Australia, we’re in Melbourne — a city where café culture is religion, art fills the laneways, and dumplings wait at the end of every tram line.Join Grant Stevens for buttery croissants at Lune, a street art-filled walking tour, an AFL showdown, and an espresso-fuelled road trip down the Great Ocean Road. There are kookaburras, limestone towers, a few surprises in the laneways, and just a touch of iconic.Head to howfarwillyoutravel.com for our interactive map with links to all the places we've visited (plus a few more), Qantas flight discounts, and your chance to win an Aussie-inspired travel hamper. For more, join us on Instagram and Facebook.
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Auckland
We’re on the last leg of our detour over the Tasman sea, visiting Auckland - New Zealand’s biggest city and unofficial capital of All Things Epic. This episode is packed tighter than a hobbit’s lunch pack! From coffee at the Viaduct to ferry rides, extinct volcanoes, Māori maritime legends, and a showdown with the All Blacks' in the shape of the Kama Te haka, composed by Te Rauparaha, chief of the Ngāti Toa Rangatira.Explore movie magic at Weta Workshop Unleashed, meet the world’s most chaotic pigeon (we're talking about you, kererū), hike the black sands of Karekare Beach, and climb Mount Victoria. Then it’s off to Hobbiton for a taste of the Shire life.Head to howfarwillyoutravel.com for our interactive map with links to all the places we've visited (plus a few more), Qantas flight discounts, and your chance to win an Aussie-inspired travel hamper. For more, join us on Instagram and Facebook.
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Christchurch
We know - it's not in Australia. But we couldn't resist the opportunity to pack our thermals and our nerd credentials for a hop across "the ditch" to explore the reinvented, art-covered, quietly badass city of Christchurch, New Zealand.We’re riding vintage trams, and trawling the Riverside Market for charcuterie and She Chocolate. Then it’s onto the TranzAlpine, one of the world’s most scenic rail journeys, followed by ziplining above the Canterbury forests. Our last day is set aside for a full-blown Lord of the Rings trip to Edoras (aka Mount Sunday).There’s street art, quake stories, kea birds, and a pneumatic burger tube. Yes, really.Head to howfarwillyoutravel.com for our interactive map with links to all the places we've visited (plus a few more), Qantas flight discounts, and your chance to win an Aussie-inspired travel hamper. For more, join us on Instagram and Facebook.
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Adelaide
Welcome to Adelaide! A city built for relaxed living, great food, and day trips that hit way above their weight.In this episode, Grant Stevens zips around on e-scooters, sips coffee, samples some serious cheese, and cuddles up to potoroos in Cleland Wildlife Park. There's wine tasting in the Barossa Valley, rooftop views from the Adelaide Oval, and a breezy bike ride to Glenelg Beach - where you'll get fresh air along with some local foodie tips.And yes, we talk about marsupial butts. Of course we do.Head to howfarwillyoutravel.com for our interactive map with links to all the places we've visited (plus a few more), Qantas flight discounts, and your chance to win an Aussie-inspired travel hamper. For more, join us on Instagram and Facebook.
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Perth
Welcome to Perth, Australia’s sunniest city (and host Grant Stevens’ hometown). This episode is packed with local love, sweeping skyline views from Kings Park, laneway art, river cruises, and laid-back café culture.Then it’s off to Rottnest Island to meet the smiling stars of your Instagram feed — quokkas — plus beaches, wildflowers, and, if you time your trip just right, the humpback whale migration. We wrap with a desert day trip to Pinnacles Desert Park, complete with sandboarding, stargazing, and rock formations that are out of this world.Head to howfarwillyoutravel.com for our interactive map with links to all the places we've visited (plus a few more), Qantas flight discounts, and your chance to win an Aussie-inspired travel hamper. For more, join us on Instagram and Facebook.
Did you know that up to 50% of the joy of travel comes from planning and anticipation - before you even start packing your bags? That’s why we created How Far Will You Travel, a travel podcast designed to ignite your wanderlust and take you on before-the-adventure adventures. With immersive on-location recordings, local voices, and rich sound design, this series is all about experiencing the feel of a place before you arrive.Come with us to some of the world’s most incredible travel destinations, starting with a country like no other...🎧 Season 1: Australia 🇦🇺Is Australia really all about “shrimps on the barbie” and venomous creatures? (Spoiler: it’s not.) Across 10 immersive episodes, we explore the culture, history, and natural wonders of the world’s largest island—from iconic cities like Sydney and Melbourne to the red heart of the Outback.We’ll help you live your theme park dreams on the Gold Coast, cross the desert in a hot air balloon in Alice Springs, and sample Adelaide’s smelliest cheeses; we’ll take you on an audio tour that has you sandboarding, snorkeling, biking, tramming, bridge walking and Great Barrier Reefing all the way across the incredible continent known as Down Under.We’ll even hop across the The Ditch* for a visit to Kiwi Land**.* Aussie slang for the Tasman Sea** Aussie slang for New Zealand🎧 Join us each week as we discover the best things to do in Australia (and a bit beyond), bringing you closer to the people, places, and experiences that make travel unforgettable.🌏 Want more? Visit howfarwillyoutravel.com for interactive maps, Qantas flight discounts, and a chance to win exclusive travel prizes.
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