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Each month I take a highlight from the goings-on at Journey Jottings and put it in a box on a Map Journal that I’m creating called ~ Year at a Glance 2010 ~ so come December I’ll have the year simply summarized on a single sheet showing where we’ve come from and where we’ve got […]
I flew down to Sydney for the ITE (Independent Travel Exchange). A gathering of travel people from across the Australian tourism spectrum ~ Ozzie retailers, tour operators, suppliers of tourist accommodation, as well as the education sectors – A gathering of the clans and an opportunity to meet and discuss tourism related issues. I love travel, and I love […]
Each month we call for travelling tales on our Facebook page, related to a theme ~ Last month it was for travelling tales about fathers – This month, one of our face book friends Jean suggested music as the theme. We published Part one on Friday, here are another five Evocative sounds you’ve heard on your travels […]
Each month we call for travelling tales on our Facebook page, related to a theme ~ Last month it was for travelling tales about fathers – This month, one of our Facebook friends Jean suggested MUSIC as the theme… so we asked for *YOUR* travel stories to be posted on our Facebook Wall relating […]
We’ve now sold 100,000 Australia Mail-It Maps 😀 And we’re getting ready to publish the 5th edition! It’s been through a few metamorphoses – some planned and some due to circumstance – but it certainly is a highlight of the year to reach 6 figures of sales 😉 Mail-It Maps keep family and friends posted […]
The wonderful Craig and Caz Makepiece of yTravel Blog hold a weekly “Post your URL”on their Facebook Page where a random participant is drawn and last week it was —–> ME!!<—– (Linda Fairbairn of Journey Jottings!) They promptly asked me some questions… and this is what I said 😉 1. So, who is Linda? Born in England, I […]
Southern tip of North Stradbroke Island A photo essay of a day at the beach A couple of weeks ago, before the weather broke into this rain, rain, rain here in SE Queensland we went for a trip in the tinny to the southern end of North Stradbroke Island ~ As a reminder, that […]
My eye was taken by this advertisement in a weekend newspaper colour supplement. It seems I’m not the only one who thinks its fun to visually… …track *your* trails and tales 😉 By Visit Victoria its a promotion to ‘Lose Yourself’ in Melbourne’s fashion districts. When visiting a new city, or exploring your home turf, doodling a diagrammatic ‘mud […]
“WHAT EMOTIONS DO ‘manmade landmarks’ like the The Twin Towers, the Golden Gate Bridge, Great Wall of China, Sydney Harbor or The Brooklyn Bridge mean to you? Can you capture how you feel about your favorite ‘manmade landmark?” Wow ~ What a challenge ~ Its all very well being awestruck by a structure in the […]
This month we made it onto the Top 100 Independent Travel Websites List. The list is made up of the most amazing travel websites from across the world. Websites by people who are on the road blogging as they go, and those who have hung up their boots to now share their wealth of knowledge […]
