The Road Less Travelled is an Australian podcast documenting and capturing the Australian spirit of travel, discovery and adventure. Join your host Nicki Shea where together you'll experience adventures all around Australia.
There's always a story involved as each week we are out caravanning, 4WDing, fishing, camping, gold detecting, cooking and exploring places, history and visiting destinations all rolled into each episode.
This is a self funded independent podcast, and we would love your support!
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For over 25 years Nicki Shea has been in the motorcycling and motorsport media. Aged 14 when her family sold up house and business got a caravan and 4wd and headed around Australia almost as gypsies, picking up work along the way, meeting all walks of people, and visiting hidden places. Schooled on the road by correspondence and educated by life adventures, and a generation of tales and stories to be shared. Traveling is in her veins and Australia is a vast landscape waiting to be visited and explored. What a combination!
Cooking Pork Ribs, Nissans and Your Listener Questions Tackled
Season 3 · Episode 6
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 • Duration 30:39
For a while Nicki has been experiementing with BBQ cooking and in particular ribs. This week she has an easy pork rib recipe to tackle at home or on the road. This week too we answer some listeners questions and bid farewell to the mighty Killarado- sad time. But excitingly we dive in to introducing our newest addition to the team, Helen Reddy.
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Following The Modern Day Explorers- The Tanami Desert
Season 3 · Episode 5
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 • Duration 35:50
This week we are following 20th century explorer Michael Terry. I urge you to read Michael Terry's autobiography, it is the story of a hard, adventurous life, much of it in northern and central Australian deserts. Born in 1899, Terry fought as a mechanic in World War 1 in a British armoured car brigade in a little known action in Russia. Gassed, he was invalided out and came to Western Australia in 1919 where, on a cattle station near Carnarvon, he discovered his love for the outback.
An explorer's routes is a tremendous way of having a goal and a focus, rather than just aimlessly wandering about the Outback, visiting the tourist hot-spots. Creating trips based around explorers and the pioneers has enabled us to gain a much fuller appreciation of the mighty Outback.
Researching stories of explorers & pioneers and attempting to follow their routes can be enormously satisfying. It certainly gets you off those beaten tracks. And it also leads to making fantastic contacts; people who add an extra dimension and bring another perspective to the journey.
Read the books and study the maps - search on-line - these are the Europeans who shaped our current status.
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Choosing the road less travelled is fine in theory – but we know you need a bit of a plan. It helps if you’ve got something to choose from. So, to fill your summer with places and pastimes that never even occurred to you, we have a pretty comprehensive offering to help you plan your getaway in Australia, including plenty of beaches that you might have left off the wish list. We also have some tips on how to stay safe whilst travelling on the roads.
"If there is any road not travelled then that is the one I must take." Edward John Eyre
Come on and get that bucket list underway! This podcast is produced right here in Australia, The Road Less Travelled, made in Australia for Australians. Listen to the podcast on
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The Great Alpine Road
Season 2 · Episode 46
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 • Duration 32:55
Pet friendly and caravan friendly, over 300 kilometres and five hours of pure magical views. Pack your hiking boots, skis, fishing rod and mountain bikes. Road tripping along Victoria's Great Alpine Road, takes you through grand mountain ranges, splendidly rich forests and shimmering waterways.
Based in Paynesville we headed north from Bairnsdale sitting poised on the glistening Gippsland Lakes through Victoria’s high country to Wangaratta.
This road trip is a crowd pleaser for adrenaline junkies and foodies alike.
"If there is any road not travelled then that is the one I must take." Edward John Eyre
Come on and get that bucket list underway! This podcast is produced right here in Australia, The Road Less Travelled, made in Australia for Australians. Listen to the podcast on
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The Many Wine Regions Of South Australia
Season 2 · Episode 45
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 • Duration 30:28
South Australia is home to 18 wine regions and has officially been named a Great Wine Capital of the World – grab a glass and join the celebrations. You can’t get far without encountering one of their world-famous wine regions. Adelaide is the wine capital of Australia - and one of the 11 Great Wine Capitals of the World, along side Bordeaux in France, Napa Valley in the US and Bilbao Rioja in Spain. The network of global wine capitals share a common asset: their internationally renowned wine regions. Pour yourself a glass and check out this week's episode as a guide to South Australia’s top wine regions.
"If there is any road not travelled then that is the one I must take." Edward John Eyre
Come on and get that bucket list underway! This podcast is produced right here in Australia, The Road Less Travelled, made in Australia for Australians. Listen to the podcast on
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Western Australia's Mighty Lake Argyle
Season 2 · Episode 44
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 • Duration 31:18
Lake Argyle is one of the largest man-made lakes in the southern hemisphere and home to more than 70 islands.
Created by the Ord River Dam, it's classified as an inland sea and at its peak in the green season Lake Argyle holds a staggering 10.7 billion cubic metres of water at full supply level. That's more than 18 times the size of Sydney Harbour.
Lake Argyle is approximately 75km by road from Kununurra, via the Victoria Highway. You can take the leisurely and scenic 40-minute drive from Kununurra through the Carr Boyd Ranges to Lake Argyle's shores, or to appreciate its immensity, hop on a scenic flight - you can even go by float plane and land on the lake. You can also cruise from Kununurra along the Ord River to Lake Argyle, and this week you can join us at Lake Argyle.
"If there is any road not travelled then that is the one I must take." Edward John Eyre
Come on and get that bucket list underway! This podcast is produced right here in Australia, The Road Less Travelled, made in Australia for Australians. Listen to the podcast on
The Birdsville Track is a notable outback road in Australia. The 517-kilometre (321 mi) track runs between Birdsville in south-western Queensland and Marree, a small town in the north-eastern part of South Australia. It traverses three deserts along the route, the Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert and Tirari Desert.
Birdsville Track is one of the most iconic dirt roads in Australia. Barren and isolated, drivers need plenty of water and fuel as they make their way from Maree all the way to Birdsville. It’s an icon amongst Australian Outback tracks, and one we tackle this week
"If there is any road not travelled then that is the one I must take." Edward John Eyre
Come on and get that bucket list underway! This podcast is produced right here in Australia, The Road Less Travelled, made in Australia for Australians. Listen to the podcast on
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EYRE AND WYLIE'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT
Season 2 · Episode 42
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 • Duration 37:05
Edward John Eyre's truly remarkable crossing of The Great Australian Bight and the Nullarbor Plain is the feat for which he is best remembered.
In the full heat of summer and the depths of an Australian winter (1840-41), Edward John Eyre explored the rugged and unforgiving coastline between Streaky Bay on South Australia's west coast, and King George's Sound - present day Albany - in Western Australia. In all a distance of over 1200 miles.
In the spirit of reconciliation this episode is dedicated to the memory of Edward John Eyre and his companion Wylie.
This line always gets me too, "If there is any road not travelled then that is the one I must take." Edward John Eyre
Come on and get that bucket list underway! This podcast is produced right here in Australia, The Road Less Travelled, made in Australia for Australians. Listen to the podcast on
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Three Lakes- Australia's World Speed Record Attempts
Season 2 · Episode 41
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 • Duration 31:35
The locations- Lake Bonney, Lake Eyre and Lake Dumbleyung. It was the height of the swinging sixties, and in Australia was a famous British speed record breaker determined to put himself in the history books. Donald Campbell, broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. That year was 1964 and he took his famous Bluebirds, on land and on water to both South Australia and Western Australia to become the fastest man.
He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year.
Come on and get that bucket list underway! This podcast is produced right here in Australia, The Road Less Travelled, made in Australia for Australians. Listen to the podcast on
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14 Days In Tasmania
Season 2 · Episode 40
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 • Duration 29:23
Reconnect with nature, wildlife and your taste buds on a trip to the impossibly beautiful island state of Tasmania.
Tasmania’s natural beauty is captivating, its cultural experiences are diverse, and its food and drink offering is enviable. Get a true taste of Tasmania in its fresh apple cider, cheeses, wine and oysters, and experience a dose of its serenity with its powder-white beaches and laid-back luxury. From family roots in Port sorell to Hobart and Errol Flynn to historic Port Arthur, we crammed in everything we could in 14 days in Tasmania, we need to go back and fit more in!
Come on and get that bucket list underway! This podcast is produced right here in Australia, The Road Less Travelled, made in Australia for Australians. Listen to the podcast on
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We do not receive any corporate dollars for this show. If you are able to support the show with ongoing payments, we would love it if you could do so
Did you know that you can speak to us to feature this show on your community radio station, or website, we would love to talk with you. If you would like to reach out and help us with this fiercely Australian and independent podcast with sponsorship or product support, please contact us.
We love your feedback and comments, and if you have something that you think we should feature, review, visit or discuss, then please drop us an email phatcat@iinet.net.au
Did you know that you can speak to us to feature this show on your community radio station, or website, we would love to talk with you. If you would like to reach out and help us with this fiercely Australian and independent podcast with sponsorship or product support, please contact us.
We love your feedback and comments, and if you have something that you think we should feature, review, visit or discuss, then please drop us an email phatcat@iinet.net.au
Did you know that you can speak to us to feature this show on your community radio station, or website, we would love to talk with you. If you would like to reach out and help us with this fiercely Australian and independent podcast with sponsorship or product support, please contact us.
We love your feedback and comments, and if you have something that you think we should feature, review, visit or discuss, then please drop us an email phatcat@iinet.net.au
We love your feedback and comments, and if you have something that you think we should feature, review, visit or discuss, then please drop us an email phatcat@iinet.net.au
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