Latest news with #DreamDestinations
Sydney Morning Herald
15 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
The Dream Destinations edition
If television and radio made the world smaller in the 20th century, social media in the 21st has vacuum-packed it. Seeing jaw-dropping places online, often in short video grabs, has encouraged Australians – already keen travellers – to venture further and seek authentic cultural experiences. Social media is especially effective at showing us small corners of the world – a rooftop restaurant with a view of the Eiffel Tower, a tiny bar in Bucharest dating back to the 1840s – that might otherwise pass us by. But I must admit that my own most memorable trips overseas – witnessing the majesty of wild animals in Africa, speeding across the ice in a snowmobile in northern Finland, landing in a helicopter on a mountain pass in north-west Canada's Yukon – have been the big-picture ones: witnessing nature at its most powerful and raw. And this is very much the theme of this year's Dream Destinations issue. Enjoy. – Greg Callaghan, acting editor.
The Age
15 hours ago
- The Age
The Dream Destinations edition
If television and radio made the world smaller in the 20th century, social media in the 21st has vacuum-packed it. Seeing jaw-dropping places online, often in short video grabs, has encouraged Australians – already keen travellers – to venture further and seek authentic cultural experiences. Social media is especially effective at showing us small corners of the world – a rooftop restaurant with a view of the Eiffel Tower, a tiny bar in Bucharest dating back to the 1840s – that might otherwise pass us by. But I must admit that my own most memorable trips overseas – witnessing the majesty of wild animals in Africa, speeding across the ice in a snowmobile in northern Finland, landing in a helicopter on a mountain pass in north-west Canada's Yukon – have been the big-picture ones: witnessing nature at its most powerful and raw. And this is very much the theme of this year's Dream Destinations issue. Enjoy. – Greg Callaghan, acting editor.
