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Michael Turtle

Reporter · AU

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Michael Turtle

    How I saw Canada's Rockies, bears and glaciers without blowing the budget (opens the original)

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    On this 10-day tour, the scenery staggers and strangers become trivia pals. Forget Calgary's reputation as Canada's cowboy capital. It is, we are repeatedly assured, a 21st-century metropolis. Our guide, Lynda, is very insistent on this point... which would be a lot more convincing if she wasn't wearing a miniature Stetson hat that looks like it was stolen from a rhinestone-encrusted chihuahua. "People are surprised at how modern it is," Lynda declares through the microphone, pointing out the wi

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Michael Turtle

    Hardly any Australians visit this ancient country, but here's why you should (opens the original)

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    Want a European adventure without the usual crowds? Start here. Their voices fill the space, five women standing in the centre of a cavernous stone tomb, their singing reaching out to caress us. The room, cut into the side of a mountain in the 13th century, is lit by the dull glow of sun straining through a small hole in the ceiling - just enough light to make out the women's traditional purple dresses with gold embroidery. Geghard Monastery, here in the highlands of central Armenia, is one of t

  3. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Michael Turtle

    A lesson in travelling light: it's the belonging, not the belongings (opens the original)

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    What St Francis of Assisi can teach the modern traveller. To truly own the most important things in life, you must sometimes shed the things taking up too much space. To be free, you might have to unshackle yourself from your worldly possessions. Fifteen years ago, just as I was about to start travelling full time, I cleansed myself of most of the things I owned. There was no deeper philosophy to the act - it was out of necessity because I no longer had a home to store all my junk. But nonethele

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Michael Turtle

    Why less is more when travelling (opens the original)

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    To truly own the most important things in life, you must sometimes shed the things taking up too much space. To be free, you might have to unshackle yourself from your worldly possessions. Fifteen years ago, just as I was about to start travelling full time, I cleansed myself of most of the things I owned. There was no deeper philosophy to the act - it was out of necessity because I no longer had a home to store all my junk. But nonetheless, it turned out to be a cathartic experience, leaving me

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Michael Turtle

    Shift gears and discover Azerbaijan's real riches in the slow lane (opens the original)

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    Striking landscapes, medieval settlements and rural villages offer welcome pit stops. Drivers, start your engines. In the coming week, the cars will hit the streets of Baku for the Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix. If it seems like a bit of an obscure location, keep in mind that this is a sport with events in places like Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Monaco. What's the common thread? Well, wealth, of course. It can be hard to properly picture Baku until you visit, as I did last year on a trip with B

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