Elaine Simpson - Travel Counsellors, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire UK

08/11/2024

Space - the final frontier - to boldly go..........

There are a variety of ground-based experiences that can fulfil travellers’ space dreams without the vast financial outlay of heading into orbit. Here are just a few ways you can cross the final frontier without leaving terra firma…

07/11/2024

Looking for a real adventure? You'll have proper bragging rights if you do this trip.
Give me a call if it floats your boat 😁

Follow ancient Makassan trading routes and witness the confluence of cultural heritage and natural beauty of Sulawesi.

01/11/2024

Diwali - the Festival of Lights

Diwali, the Festival of Lights, takes place every autumn in India and beyond. So, why is it celebrated? How? And where in the world can you experience Diwali for yourself?

13/10/2024

The sunsets in Western Australia are fabulous, see the sun go down over the Indian Ocean

South Beach Freo at Sunset 🥰
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12/10/2024

If you're in Sydney you have to do it - fabulous experience!

Book your BridgeClimb experience today at bridgeclimb.com

11/10/2024

Want to go to Fiji?
Give me a call, I can arrange it for you.

10/10/2024

In 2017 after atttending Tourism Australia's Corroboree on the Gold Coast I was very fortunate to join one of these tours with small bunch of intrepid Aussie specialist travel consultants. Saltbush Mick and SA EcoTours provided a fantastic experience touring the true outback - one of the best trips I've done in more than 20 visits to OZ. Highly recommended.

Adelaide to Coober Pedy – 7 Day Small Group 4WD Eco Tour incl. Lake Eyre, Flinders Ranges and Outback
Includes Outback SA, William Creek, Lake Eyre & Flinders Ranges.
Departs Adelaide 2nd Tuesday of each month (or on demand).

✔ Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park
✔ Historic Coastal towns
✔ Pt Augusta Wadlata Outback Centre
✔ Woomera Rocket Range
✔ Coober Pedy mine and town tour
✔ Sunset at The Breakaways
✔ Remote William Creek pub
✔ The Dingo Fence

✔ Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park
✔ The Oodnadatta Track
✔ Maree Old Mail Run, relics
✔ Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary
✔ Flinders Ranges National Park
✔ Wilpena Pound
✔ Brachina Gorge Ediacaran fossils
✔ Clare Valley

Let's add it into your next trip to OZ - contact me to get it sorted!

09/10/2024

I meet people who don't know about Travel Counsellors: we don't do TV or press advertising, we don't need to: we grow by personal recommendations and because we're the best the company continues to grow year on year

Find out how you can create unforgettable experiences and give your customers the world as a Travel Counsellor.

08/10/2024

The starting point for many a trip to OZ: the shortest journey time and the most popular region for British x-pats to settle, so you've probably got someone there to call in on; and if not there's lots to see and do in the capital of the largest Australian state

3 Days in Perth

Perth is the easy, breezy, bohemian city you’ve been dreaming of soaking up.Wake up to a refreshing stroll in Kings Park – one of the largest inner-city park...

07/10/2024

If you're going to OZ you need to know this: Australia’s 3G mobile phone networks will close on 28 October 2024. After this date, everyone (including visitors) will need a 4G or 5G capable device to access Australia’s mobile phone networks. This applies even if they are using international roaming.
Check your phone.

06/10/2024

The colours of autumn are here: so beautiful: take a wonderful scenic rail journey through them

Soak up the northern hemisphere's most dazzling autumnal landscapes from the comfort of a train carriage...

05/10/2024

Planning the trip of a lifetime?
If you want something really, really, really special take a look at this.
It doesn't get any better..

Join Coral Expeditions on an extraordinary Circumnavigation of Australia, exploring diverse coastlines, remote islands, and hidden wonders.

04/10/2024

That Melbourne street art I told you about yesterday - some of it is truly magnificent - take a look at this

Where to find the best hidden street art in Melbourne.

03/10/2024

There's a lot more to Melbourne than you might think: quite apart from being the capital of the smallest Aussie state so that just about anywhere is reachable on a day trip, there's a lot to see and experience in the city, I was totally blown away by the excellence of the street art on my last visit. And they are so very proud of their coffee there - and rightly so.

3 Days in Melbourne

Melbourne is the casually cool, artistic intellectual who is worth the wait.Jump right in and live like a local by hopping on the clever tram network that co...

02/10/2024

We all love a koala; those wombats are really cute and there's no better sight than seeing a mob of kangaroos bounding across the terrain, but there's more......

Some of our Australian animals are very well known like kangaroos, dingos, wallabies and wombats and of course the koala, platypus and echidna. But, there is still so much we don’t know about Australia’s native animals. Here we explore weird and wonderful facts about 10 of them.

01/10/2024

Keep your eyes open on your travels: quite apart from the fabulous museums we have access to; there's plenty of street art out there.
Melbourne has a great silo art trail as well as some of the best graffiti art in the world; in the UK we have the forest sculpture trails in Grizedale Forest in the Lake District and wandering around Puerto de la Cruz there are some fab murals - you just have to remember to look up.

Whether you're into prehistoric rock paintings, urban street murals, or contemporary sculptures, there's a walk of art to suit every traveller...