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Lachlan Macquarie's Kingdom
<p>It all began in colonial Sydney. Cutlasses, pistols, hangings and floggings. The slapping of ships’ halyards in Sydney Cove. Narrow, cobbled, dirty roads. Soldiers, traders, sailors and settlers.
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Travel & Coffee - St. Petersburg
<p>Commissioned by Tsar Peter the Great (1672–1725) as "a window looking into Europe", St. Petersburg is a planned city whose elegance is reminiscent of Europe's most alluring capitals. We visit
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Hawaii and Maui
<p>On these Hawaiian Islands, the descendants of ancient Polynesians, European explorers, American missionaries and Asian plantation immigrants mix and mingle. We visit the big volcanic island of
...Hawaii and Maui
<p>On these Hawaiian Islands, the descendants of ancient Polynesians, European explorers, American missionaries and Asian plantation immigrants mix and mingle. We visit the big volcanic island of
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Historic Old Windsor Road
<p>In 1794 a basic road was established between the Green Hills/Hawkesbury area and Parramatta. Although now a busy thoroughfare, we can still travel this colonial road from Parramatta to Windsor
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Travel & Coffee - Hadrian's Mausoleum in Rome
<p>Hadrian was known as one of the good emperors for his achievements. But how would they remember an emperor who was hardly ever around and hadn't increased the empire's size and power? He had to
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Successful Writing and Self-Publishing
<p>This course looks at the strong but capricious writing urge, the mysterious transformation of a manuscript into a book and the Way of the Self-publisher, offering practical tips from beginning to
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Hume and Hovell - Trailblazers
<p>In 1824, Hume and Hovell, initially encouraged by Governor Brisbane, led an expedition with six convict servants overland to reach Bass Strait. They were the first Europeans to see what we call the
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Travel & Coffee - Memphis and Elvis
<p>Memphis is famous for the influential strains of blues, soul and rock 'n' roll that originated there. Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Johnny Cash recorded albums at the legendary Sun Studio. We visit
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Boston's Freedom Trail
<p>Boston was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston. We follow the Freedom
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Travel & Coffee - Norway's West Coast - A Hurtigruten Journey
<p>Considered to be one of the world's beautiful journeys, the view of the Norwegian coastline is a once-in-a-lifetime experience as we move from a temperate to an arctic climate. From Bergen, we
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