Safety

Organized Sports and Travel Insurance

Date: October 4th, 2006 | No Comments

While in Oz or other places overseas- do you plan on skiing, snow boarding, water skiinig, surfing- or mega worry- play organized sports? If so…please look at the terms of your travel insurance very carefully.
I am sure you all have heard- the Aussies are MAD about their sports. If you are [read more]

Alert levels to be simplified

Date: November 7th, 2005 | No Comments

The recent Bali bombings have urged the Australian government to review its travel alert system. They hope to make the warnings simpler and more user-friendly. Jargon such as “defer non-essential travel” would be changed to a more cut-and-dried, “don’t go there unless you have to”. From Alert levels to be [read more]

Tourists packing it over film

Date: December 20th, 2005 | No Comments

I’m not surprised, but I have to admit that the stupidity of people knows no bounds….a recent article highlights a few travelers who are a) avoiding the Wolf Creek movie because of its scary reputation (fair enough) and b) avoiding Australia….because that is where it is set. SERIOUSLY. Most said they wouldn’t change plans, [read more]

Authority tests tourist bushfire warning system

Date: January 5th, 2005 | No Comments

After wildfires killed 10 people in 2002 an 2003, the government has established improved security measures to warn holiday-makers about the issue. Since most deaths result in people being, well, idiots, and not taking precautions, I’m not sure how much it’s going to help…Authority tests tourist bushfire warn [read more]