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Member for 11 Years
Joined May 2015 - Verified Member
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Hobart
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Originally from New Zealand and 17 years in the airline industry there, I migrated to Australia in 1987. After two and a bit years in Western Australia during which time I joined Tourism Tasmania - as it transformed from The Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau (TasBureau) - I transferred to Hobart (H.O.) into IT. In the period since I have moved through traditional back-room geek stuff, to desktop and end user support to Web, Social and Content Curation, and finally Research & Insights, before retiring in 2019.
Why did you join the community?
Q&AInvitation from founder
What is your favorite travel destination?
Q&ATasmania and Asia
Where do you dream of traveling to?
Q&AIran, Azerbaijan, Georgia - all of which I have visited since joining. Since then Norway, Poland, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan - again all of which I have also now visited.
What was your first travel job?
Q&AAir New Zealand Check-in
What do you want to learn more about?
Q&APeople and their culture, also photographing them
Three words that describe why we should travel?
Q&AExperience, empathy, leaving your own comfort zone
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The issue of retaining your 'home' SIM for verification messages has become a very common issue, and in many ways is the crux of the matter. In the good old days yep, you grabbed a local SIM and you were in business. eSims solve that dilemma perfectly.
Do you recommend doing an ESim through Airalo? 2 years ago
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Absolutely you are right. The days of mass tourism are over. Post COVID people are looking for more niche/local/real experiences rather than being on the conveyor-belt journey which so many 'packagers' package. It's kind of a mashup between the generati... show more
What's in Southeast Asia for you? 3 years ago