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Kerry van der Jagt

Kerry van der Jagt

Travel writer

Kerry van der Jagt is a Sydney-based freelance writer with expertise in Australia's Indigenous cultures, sustainable travel and wildlife conservation, and a descendant of the Awabakal people of the mid-north coast of NSW.

The remains of vintage cars and motorcycles in the Borbone family’s tunnel.

The hidden underground world beneath an Italian city

Created more than 2400 years ago, this hidden world disappeared for 55 years, only to be rediscovered in 2005.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Portugal’s Mateus Palace.

The story behind the beautiful castle on a world-famous wine label

In the 1970s, Mateus Rosé was the epitome of cool; its curvy shape as much a style icon as the flares and shag-pile carpet of the era.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Beachfront bliss.

Iconic ’90s resort’s new must-see island spectacle

This is a tranquil, eco-friendly base to explore the beauty, landscapes and wildlife of the biggest sand island in the world.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
On the river in the cappuccino-coloured MS Estrela.

The Australian ship cruising one of Europe’s most spectacular waterways

The MS Estrela is a new ship for a new era of cruising, purpose-built to navigate the Douro River.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Zodiac excursion to King George Falls.

Every day is a surprise in this remote part of Australia

Along Western Australia’s remote Kimberley coast, time and tides rule everything.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
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Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background – the site is huge, making a guide a good choice.

Seven wonders to see at the destroyed Roman city of Pompeii

Pompeii is huge. Comprising nine regions across 66 hectares it would take two to three days to see it all. Here are seven highlights.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper wreck from World War I, Vansittart Bay, Kimberley coast.

This plane wreck in a remote part of WA is like a scene from Lost

It was the night in World War II when a Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, low on fuel and hopelessly lost, made a belly-flop landing on a salt pan in Vansittart Bay.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Seabourn Pursuit.

Ship review: Beautiful vessel hits the perfect trifecta for expeditions

As pioneers of small-ship, ultra-luxury cruising, Seabourn is taking expedition cruising to the next level.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Stairs off the main Corso Umberto in Taormina’s old town village.

The culinary clash causing a food war in Sicily

An extension of the feud between Sicily’s two largest cities, Palermo and Catania, this is the rice dish that divides an island.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Sun Princess, the “next-level Love Boat”.

On board the new cruise giant that’s a ‘next-level Love Boat’

With a glass dome up top, a sphere atrium below and liquefied natural gas for propulsion, the new Sun Princess is in a class of its own.

  • Kerry van der Jagt

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