This is the second of the Online tours in a changing world two-part series. You can read the first part here. My previous post about online tours was about the chance we’ve been given to increase connections at home. But … Read More
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Adelaide Online Tours – Home Connections
In 2020 online avenues for seeing the world have increased exponentially. What used to be exciting online was the latest film clip to drop from an artist on YouTube, and now it’s all about how we look in a Zoom … Read More
How to research a walking tour
I’ve written before about how guides run a tour on any given day – but what about the prequel to that? What do you need to do to make sure that things run as smoothly as possible? Well, the main … Read More
Adelaide Pride Month
Celebration of gender and sexual diversity has been an important part of changing times that have seen our society becoming increasingly progressive. It’s amazing to think of what life was like merely 20 years ago and think of how different … Read More
How do you create a walking tour?
Let’s acknowledge first and foremost that everyone’s been a tour guide at some point in life. If you have a friend or family member visit you, you’re not ever going to completely let them go off and fend for themselves. … Read More
One day in Adelaide? Start with a ‘free walking tour’
Australia is a hard country to cover in a short period; hard to pick where to go, and what to see. Two months would be enough in many countries, but Australia’s area mass alone makes it difficult to conquer. Many … Read More
The Adelaide tradition of FruChocs Appreciation Day
FruChocs, for the uninitiated, are choc-covered apricot balls produced by Adelaide manufacturer Menz, part of the Robern Menz company. While FruChocs have their own standing, as I’ll go on to explain, Robern Menz is a local powerhouse in confectionery. They … Read More
Why an Adelaide walking tour is great for locals
How much do you know about your home city? This is a general question anyone should ask themselves, and while I talk about Adelaide specifically here, this is relevant wherever you may be reading it. I find myself asking this … Read More
Benefits of travelling in your 20s
In the age of social media, where image is everything, many of us judge what we do and what we’ve already done by what we see online. How others have achieved more than us, how great they look in their … Read More
What do guides do on a tips-based walking tour?
The job of a tour guide is to provide tours of an area/city/establishment in an informative, engaging way. At surface level, that’s the simplest way of putting it. But there are a lot of different types of tours in this … Read More