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Adventures All Around

Posted by: 2UE | 11 May, 2011 - 9:59 AM

Join Amanda Woods on her Adventures All Around on 2UE

Mekong River

After spending a week on the Mekong on a Pandaw Cruise, Amanda Woods speaks to John Kerr about life on the great river, and the advantages to exploring Cambodia and Vietnam from the water.

Cambodia

Even before watching the sun rise over Angkor Wat, Amanda Woods fell in love with Cambodia. She tells John Kerr why so many Australians are now heading to this beautiful country.

QVB & Harrods

After using it as a thoroughfare for years, Amanda slows down to fully appreciate Sydney's Queen VIctoria Building with a guided tour, and then looks at another shopping centre with a lot of history - London's Harrods.

Sydney Airport

As someone who enjoys spending time in a good airport, this week Amanda looked at Sydney and Singapore Airports, and tried her first caviar shot at Sydney International's Caviar House

Mounted Police

She's loved seeing the NSW Mounted Police on the streets and at events for years. This week, Amanda goes behind the scenes on a tour of the Mounted Police Unit in Sydney, and then talks about the charm of equestrian events at country shows.

Canyon Swing & Ballet

Tamworth Adventures

As the 40th anniversary of the Tamworth Country Music Festival got underway, Amanda Woods visited the country music capital of Australia, and then came back to Sydney for the closing of Sydney Festival at Parramatta.

Tunnel Tours

They're dark, wet, and cramped, but a tour of a tunnel can still be a lot of fun. Amanda explores two tunnel tours, Sydney's Tank Stream Tour, and Fremantle Prison's tour, where she was able to paddle a small boat around underground.

Tigers in Thailand and at Taronga Zoo

This week Amanda is talking tigers, from visiting the latest arrival at Taronga Zoo, three adorable Sumatran Tiger cubs, to a monastery in Thailand where you get as close to these beautiful creatures as you'd ever like to be.

Illawarra Fly & Litchfield National Park

From the beautiful treetop canopy walk of the Illawarra Fly, to Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory, Amanda explores two great adventures for nature lovers.

Harry Potter & Mary Poppins

In this week's Adventures, Amanda heads to the Harry Potter Exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, and tempts the Two Murrays into trying some unusual treats, and pops into the practically perfect Mary Poppins as it enters its last month of Sydney shows.

Darwin & Wild Life Sydney

As President Obama prepares to visit Darwin, Amanda Woods looks at some of the top tourist attractions in this tropical city, including a crocodile park in the CBD, before talking about a city dwelling crocodile of our own in Sydney.

Cremorne Point & Cinque Terre

As the weather warms up, it's the perfect time to enjoy a walk around Sydney Habour. Amanda Woods heads to Cremorne Point for a walk with perfect harbour views, and then remembers another one of her favourite walks in Italy's Cinque Terre.

Lake Ballard

On this week's Adventures All Around, Amanda Woods looks at the 15th anniversary of Bondi's Sculptures by the Sea, and then takes us to another beautiful sculpture exhibition on the salt lake that is Western Australia's Lake Ballard.

The Whitsundays

This week, Amanda Woods travels to the Whitsundays for the first time to discover what some of its 74 Islands have to offer, then shares tips on her favourite island closer to home - Shark Island in Sydney Harbour.

Back from her Adventure to the Whitsundays, Amanda Woods recounts some of the highlights of the trip, including the delicious food on offer in the area, before going on a Korean Gourmet Safari in Sydney with Maeve O'Meara.

Enemy at Home

As Germany marks the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, Amanda Woods remembers her visit to the historic city, and discovers the fascinating Enemy At Home exhibition at the Museum of Sydney which looks at the so-called "German concentration camps" here in New South Wales.

The Gruen Transfer

Sometimes the magic of television needs a little help from a live audience. This week on Adventures All Around, Amanda Woods heads to ABC TV's studios to be part of The Gruen Transfer's audience, and shares tips on how to attend TV show recordings in Sydney and beyond.

Harry Potter the Final Chapter

As the final Harry Potter movie breaks box office records, Amanda Woods has a sneek peak at the Harry Potter Exhibition at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum, and talks about Il Porcellino - the wild boar statue in front of Sydney Hospital in Macquarie Street, which also appears in the last movie.

World Press Photo Exhibition

The powerful and moving World Press Photo exhibition is back at the State Library of NSW. Organisers choose around 200 of the best photos by news and freelance photographers around the world to create an unforgettable exhibition. From Sydney, we then travel to the British Library in the UK where rare manuscripts and the world's first printed book can be found among the collection of more than 14 million books.

ASIO & Alcatraz

ASIO has opened files on more than 500,000 Australians, but how do people end up in their sights? This week, Amanda Woods visits "Persons of Interest: The ASIO Files" exhihition at the Justice and Police Museum at Sydney's Circular Quay to find out. Then it's over to one of the most famous prison museums in the world - Alcatraz.

Skeleton Exhibition

A chandelier made out of every bone in the human body? That's just one of the macabre features of the Bones Church at Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic. This week Amanda Woods remembers her first visit to this unusual church, and explores the Skeleton Exhibition at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Hairspray and Dr Martin Luther King

Hairspray the musical has opened in Sydney after rave reviews in Melbourne. Hairspray is a fabulously fun story filled with music and dance, that also explores racism in 1960’s. On this week's Adventures All Around, Amanda Woods reports back from Haispray's opening night, and also shares what it is like to visit Dr Martin Luther King's church in Alabama, and the museum built around the spot where he died in Memphis, Tennessee

Amanda's Adventures: On the Buses

Most people only hop on double decker tour buses when they're on holiday in a new city. So what's it like to get on board for tour of your own city? In this week's Adventures All Around, Amanda Woods road tests the Sydney Explorer buses and reports back to The Two Murrays.

Rookwood Cemetary

In this week's Adventures All Around segment on The Two Murrays, Amanda Woods looks at the fascinating tours of Rookwood Cemetery - the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere. Then it's from six feet under to six feet over with a look at the unusual cemeteries of New Orleans.

Tomb at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans.

Photo: Judi Bottoni of Save Our Cemeteries.

Adventures All Around: Alabama

Trains:

This Week, the opening of Train Works at Thirlmere, and what it's like to take a trip across Australia on one of our great train journeys - The Ghan

ABBA:

This week Abba World at Powerhouse Museum - It’s recently been extended until 26 June so people have extra time to go and check it out. And the Mamma Mia Island of Skopelos.