The Road Less Travelled

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By: Nicki Shea

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! Got something we should feature, review, discover or explore; drop us a line. For over 25 years Nicki Shea has been in the motorcycling and motorsport...

Cooking Pork Ribs, Nissans and Your Listener Questions Tackled
#6
02/07/2023

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.


 Yes, 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...


Following The Modern Day Explorers- The Tanami Desert
#5
01/31/2023

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...


The Summer Series Extras Prepare Your Vehicle and Top Aussie Camping Destinations
#4
01/24/2023

In our last of the Summer Series Extras, this week we prepare you for travelling, from tips, tricks, hacks to advice. Some simple maintenance before you hit the road, to advice on towing, weights and choosing a caravan. 


We also some give an insight into some of our top coastal destinations to visit as well as off road adventures and trips to put on your bucket list. From Broome, Port Jackson to the Gibb River Road, Cape Tribulation and places in between.

Whether you travel full-time or you just like the occasional weekender, there ar...


The Summer Series Extras South Australia's Yorke Peninsula
#3
01/17/2023

The Summer Series Extras continues with a trip to South Australia. We are in the caravan and on the road this week, and exploring South Australia, and its fishing, boating, surfing, swimming, camping, bushwalking and wildlife; there's so much to see and do along kilometres of pristine coast on the Yorke Peninsula.


Just over an hour’s drive away from Adelaide and home to a whopping 700 kilometres of pristine coast, the Yorke Peninsula is one of South Australia’s most accessible seaside escapes. Spend your days lounging on sandy-white shores and cooling off at one of the...


The Summer Series Extras 1770 and Agnes Waters Queensland
#2
01/10/2023

This week in the Summer Series Extras we explore 1770, yes its a place! Agnes Waters and more about the history of the area and Captain James Cook and Queensland.


Pack your bathers and put in the beach towel and get ready to taste the area of Agnes Water which is a small coastal town situated in the Gladstone Region, Queensland and is the closest access point to Southern Great Barrier Reef. 

It is known mostly for its amazing beaches and fishing. Close by or 5 mins down the road is Seventeen Seventy ( 1770) which are both g...


The Summer Series Extra Visiting The Eyre Peninsula of South Australia
#1
01/03/2023

Happy New Year and welcome to Season 3.


We continue our Summer Series- Extra and this week, well travellers, it's exciting, its laid back, its a tourist playground and if you love exploring, swimming, fishing and seafood, then oh my goodness put this on your destination list!


Embark on the ultimate seafood safari in the Eyre Peninsula. Taste world-famous Coffin Bay Oysters fresh from the farm and the pristine waters that surround the peninsula, or in one of the region’s many seafood restaurants along with abalone, scallops, prawns and tuna.


Ble...


The Summer Series Extra- Finding Gold in The Golden Triangle
#50
12/27/2022

This week we are in search of gold, and give you comprehensive details into how to find gold, what is the equipment to use and where to go. Join Nicki as she gives you the knowledge and tips of how to hopefully strike it rich!


We headed to the Golden Triangle and Victoria's Dunolly which is an historic gold mining town which, at its height in the 1860s, had a population possibly as high as 35,000. Today it has less than 1,000.


Its kurrajong-lined main street retains some attractive old buildings from its boom days. Th...


A Message From The Road Less Travelled
#50
12/22/2022

G'Day there! I hope you are enjoying the Summer Series - Extras of The Road Less Travelled. I have just popped in to wish you a Merry Christmas,


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The Summer Series Extras What Lies Beneath Lake Eildon
#49
12/20/2022


Lake Eildon is Victoria’s most popular inland waterway for Recreational Boating Activities. Beneath its waters lies a history all of its own with towns such as Darlingford and Bonnie Doon flooded to make way for the massive inland lake which was started and further expanded in 1915, 1929, 1931 and 1954.


My family has had a close relationship with this area, working it, fishing, living near it or on its shores to farming and gold mining. We look at the secrets beneath, the history and a family tale on The Road Less Travelled


 Have...


The Summer Series Extras- The Sapphire Coast
#48
12/13/2022

 Immerse yourself in big nature and explore our wild coastline, dotted with secluded beaches, pristine estuaries, native forests & ancient landscapes.

The Sapphire Coast is the perfect place to re-energise in spring with warm, bright days ideal for active adventures on land & sea. From August until November we are regarded as one of Australia's premier whale watching locations, with thousands of humpback whales travelling along our ancient coastline on their way to Antarctica.

The Sapphire Coast is home to Australia's wilderness coast, halfway between Melbourne and Sydney, just 3 hours from Canberra.

Yes, you can s...