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.
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
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.
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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.
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- ★★★★½
- Ship reviews
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.
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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.
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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.
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The Spanish museum that shouldn’t exist
Barcelona’s Museum of Prohibited Art is billed as the only museum in the world exclusively dedicated to art that has been censored.
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A rail journey like no other through NZ’s stunning ‘Forgotten World’
The Forgotten World is an apt title for a New Zealand republic surrounded by rugged terrain, with enough curiosities to keep a visitor thrilled for days.
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The secret to the world’s best paella is found in this ‘Land of Mirrors’
The Ebro Delta is a flat landscape of marshes, channels and lagoons, its terroir producing an aromatic, short grain rice with excellent absorption properties.
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- ★★★★½
- Hotel reviews
A candle-lit bath experience in Spain was one of the best of my life
If you’re after a few days of rest and relaxation in a natural environment, but still want access to Barcelona this is the hotel for you.
- Kerry van der Jagt
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