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< Back Unlocking India, travelling with jewellery & ski prep tips India specialist Fiona Caulfield swapped a high-profile career as a futurist and branding consultant in New York for Bangalore in southern India, where she created the Love Travel brand. She shares the key to exploring India, lovetravelguides.com India specialist Fiona Caulfield swapped a high-profile career as a futurist and branding consultant in New York for Bangalore in southern India, where she created the Love Travel brand. She shares the key to exploring India, lovetravelguides.com Also, the winner of our giveaway, the Gypsea Loop Hair Tie Bangle, see gypsealoop.com and do you travel with faux jewellery? Blake Asaad of GOODSTONE says you should duplicate your rings so you don’t lose them. And tips for snow holiday, with nib Travel . Belle’s Victorian High Country wellness weekend was at The Barn at Freeburg and Haut Hutt sauna on the Ovens River. Click to listen now Power in Numbers Programs Locations Volunteers Project Gallery Previous Next

The World Awaits travel podcast aims to inspire your wanderlust The World Awaits travel podcast Travel tales to inspire your wanderlust Soul of Algeria In the Sahara and souqs, kasbahs and the footprints of civilisations past... Join podcast host Belinda Jackson on an Algerian journey & travel-writing workshops With off-beat travel specialists Untamed Borders BOOK NOW About us The World Awaits is Australia's top weekly travel podcast, dropping each Thursday on every major podcast platform. Co-hosted by Melbourne-based journalists, colleagues and friends Kirstie Bedford and Belinda Jackson with sound producer (and resident movie reporter) Alaisdair Leith , each episode is curated to inspire your wanderlust, with travel trends, interviews and tips to help you travel better. Past guests include G Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip , Lonely Planet guidebook founder Tony Wheeler , Channel Nine's Travel Guide Kevin Moloney and Australian Geographic Society’s 2024 Adventurer of the Year Lucy Barnard . We talk to travel book authors, walkers, explorers, wine drinkers, guides on the ground – and anyone with an amazing story to tell, as well as covering all the latest travel trends. If you love to travel, this is where you need to be. Listen here Latest episodes Explore previous episodes EP 168 Hot Take: Great heights from best rooftop bars to scenic flights & maximise your holiday leave This week, we are taking you to great heights with the best travel experiences from rooftop bars to scenic flights. Don't like heights? Included are some great Christmas gift ideas for those in your life who do! Also, Australia’s first Michelin stars have been awarded, we tell you where they are, and our tip is how to maximise your leave for 2027. Some of the places we mention as great Christmas gift ideas include: https://www.islandhelicopters.au/; https://www.queenstownnz.co.nz/things-to-do/sightseeing/scenic-flights/helicopter-flights/; https://sailing-whitsundays.com/tours/whitsunday-helicopter-tours ;https://horizontalfallsadventures.com.au/; https://www.outbackballooning.com.au/ Listen here EP 167 Whales, waves & warm welcomes; why this fourth-generation hotelier loves NSW’s Central Coast Adelaide Mcluckie is a fourth-generation hotelier at Kim’s Beachside Retreat on the NSW Central Coast. Running for 140 years, it is the oldest continuously operating resort in Australia. Tucked away on Toowoon Bay, Kim's has 36 beachside bungalows, a restaurant and cocktail bar at this adults-only escape just over an hour north of Sydney. Adelaide tells us the region has exceptional whale watching, beautiful, secluded beaches and locals who are so laid back, even Albo, our prime minister holidays here. Also get up-to-date with major airport changes at UK and Melbourne airports, and can't get to Britain? Get to the British Film Festival, britishfilmfestival.com.au This episode is sponsored by Kim's Beachside Retreat, see kims.com.au Listen here EP 166 Hiking Nepal and why now's the time to do it; the world's best airlines & credit card surcharges Former World Bank director Nigel Roberts hiked 724 kilometres across one of the most remote regions in Nepal after losing both his wife and daughter following their struggles with bipolar disorder and addiction. Here, he talks to us about the challenges of trying to process his grief on his two-month hike. Nigel wrote about his experience in his heartfelt new memoir, The Leopard and the Moon out now . Nigel is currently back walking the full length of Nepal and says travellers should not cancel their travel plans despite the flood in August. He says what happened impacted one river valley, and the locals desperately need your tourism dollars. Listen here EP 165 The best way to spend a weekend in Rome; Belle for the win & the travel knickers you need to know about Love Rome but feel like you've been there, done that? Come with us for a weekend in the Eternal City where you'll leave feeling like you've fully immersed in all the culture Italy's capital offers, without once venturing to the main tourist spots. Co-host Kirstie Bedford explores the best way to weekend in Rome, starting with staying at Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Rome, a palace built over the ancient ruins then go out on a food tour in the residential neighbourhood of Testaccio with Bonsy in Tour guide Manuela Valenti. We also discuss the new rules around credit card travel insurance changes, Belle's up for a big award and the knickers that are the newest travel hack you need to know about. Listen here Meet the team The World Awaits is co-hosted by Melbourne-based travel journalists, colleagues and friends Kirstie Bedford and Belinda Jackson, with our sound producer, tech & film reviewer Alaisdair Leith. Co-host Kirstie Bedford Co-host KIRSTIE BEDFORD has the same enthusiasm for travel she held as a six-year-old when she boarded her first international flight. In her 20s, she did the customary European tour, cycling along the French Riviera and zipping around Tuscany on a scooter, but it’s learning from other cultures she holds dearest. Biking with locals on Vietnam’s Cam Kim Island; cooking traditional Sri Lankan dishes in Colombo, and drinking sake with a Japanese family in Shikoku. A trained news journalist, Kirstie is now Editor, Luxury at Karryon, a crime author (her debut White Lies is out mid-2027), and a travel writer who writes for multiple publications across Australasia. https://www.kirstiebedford.com Co-host Belinda Jackson Co-host BELINDA JACKSON has travelled to every continent and lived on three, eating everything she was told to (and many things she should not have). The current Australian Travel Writer of the Year, she’s played piano while crossing the Drake Passage to Antarctica, hiked through ancient olive groves in Palestine, danced in Russian nightclubs, taken a dingy to find hidden Australian rock art galleries. Belinda's second home is Cairo, and in 2027 will lead a travel-writing tour through Algeria . She is a regular contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age 's Traveller section, and chats to ABC Radio , 3AW and 2GB about travel. See globalsalsa.com Sound producer, tech & film reviewer Alaisdair Leith Sound producer ALAISDAIR LEITH is a man of many talents. Founder and editor of Novastream, he spends many a week reviewing the latest movies, games, TV and pop culture. When he’s not at the latest film festival, trialling the latest travel gadgets or dropping the latest travel story, he’s editing The World Awaits travel podcast. Alaisdair ensures every episode is music to your ears, even if it means late-night edits and he always does it all with a smile. See novastreamnetwork.com Contact us Got a comment, enter a giveaway, or just say hi! Drop us a line, we'd love to hear from you. Melbourne, Australia If you’d like to support us so we can continue to bring you inspirational travel interviews, you can 'buy us a coffee’ at https://ko-fi.com/theworldawaits. hello@theworldawaits.au First Name Last Name Email Message Thanks for getting in touch! Send © 2023 by The World Awaits. All rights reserved.