I'm one lucky gal. Work and being (suddenly!) the parent of a high school kid has kept me from too many big trips this year - along with the after-effects of Covid on travel - but I have been able to spend time running workshops in various parts of my beautiful home state, Western Australia. When I look at all those trips together, I realise properly what fabulous experiences I've had this year, and I wanted to celebrate this special 280th episode by chatting about how I saw my home state thoughtfully.
My first 2022 trip was in March, to Broome in the far north of Western Australia (in other continents I would have crossed multiple countries to get there!), my first time to this iconic destination. One highlight was meeting a local friend and hearing more about what life is like in Broome for those on the margins.
I headed "down south" in June, basing myself in Busselton for a few days of work and exploration. It's an area I've visited frequently, so I set myself the challenge of finding something new, and in so doing learnt much about the Wonnerup Massacre from almost two centuries ago - but still very important today.
Later that month I went further south to Albany, a town on the south coast of Western Australia and one I'd visited dozens of times over the years when my grandmother was alive. With over a decade between trips, I was keen to see new developments like the National Anzac Centre.
My final trip was a few hundred kilometres north to Geraldton, another first-time visit for me, where exploring the HMAS Sydney II memorial touched me - though not as much as the random exploration of a place my father lived back in the 1940s.
I hope this episode gives non-Western Australians a taste of what this state is like, and maybe even helps everyone to ponder how they can make their own travels more thoughtful, too.
Links:
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
285 Thoughtful Travel to Hawaii - Island Wisdom by Kainoa Daines and Annie Daly
284 Letting Go of Expectations on Your Travels
283 Antarctic Travel
Book Club 16: Peel Me A Lotus by Charmian Clift
282 Friendships Made While Travelling
Book Club 15: Sovietistan by Erika Fatland
281 Regenerative and Sustainable Travel
Book Club 14: A Beginner's Guide to Japan by Pico Iyer
279 Travels Along the LGBTQIA+ Rainbow
278 Saying Yes to Invitations from Locals
277 Languages and Connection
276 Walking the Cape to Cape Track in Western Australia with Catherine Marshall
Book Club 17: The Wild Silence by Raynor Winn
275 Kids Are Shaped By Travel
274 Dale Neill: Deep Dive into Thoughtful Travel
273 Broome, Western Australia
272 Travel Gives You Confidence
271 Six Years of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
270 Post-Pandemic Travel: What Will Change?
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Concrete Pastures Podcast
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
Travel with Rick Steves
پادکست رادیو ماجرا
Too Niche?