Inspiring Travel Writing from Bruce Holmes

So how did Bruce finish up as a member of the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW) you might wonder? Well Bruce did much of his travelling before he was old enough to remember it. With his father in Britain's Royal Navy and his mother being Australian he was always on the move. Before he was six years old.
With a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sydney University, Bruce became a teacher of secondary English and spent many a vacation departing for foreign climes before deciding to launch himself into travel writing and photography.
As he says, "After all that time reading other people's words, I decided I should be writing a few of my own."
Whether trekking along the Great Wall of China, pitching in as an eco-tourist volunteer on Montague Island, or taking a ghost walk in old Quebec, Bruce's travel writing and photography have captured not only the places he's visited but also the experiences of the traveller.
His travel articles and photographs have appeared in a broad range of publications around the world, details of which can be seen on his website at www.bruceholmestravel.com
With a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sydney University, Bruce became a teacher of secondary English and spent many a vacation departing for foreign climes before deciding to launch himself into travel writing and photography.
As he says, "After all that time reading other people's words, I decided I should be writing a few of my own."
Whether trekking along the Great Wall of China, pitching in as an eco-tourist volunteer on Montague Island, or taking a ghost walk in old Quebec, Bruce's travel writing and photography have captured not only the places he's visited but also the experiences of the traveller.
His travel articles and photographs have appeared in a broad range of publications around the world, details of which can be seen on his website at www.bruceholmestravel.com
Articles by Bruce Holmes
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Far, Far Away
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Bruce Holmes
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Ireland
As Tom Cruise began his epic journey in the 1992 film Far and Away, he looked back from the top of the mountain ridge at the Ireland he would leave behind. A land of green running down to the rocky shore, a rugged coastline with views to lonely...
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Remnants of Medieval Ireland
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Bruce Holmes
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Ireland
Dame Alice, her son, sister and maid were found guilty, of course, but she fled and others bought their lives. Only the maid Petronella remained to be burned at the stake in the first and only burning for witchcraft in Ireland. Kyteler’s Inn...
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City of Contrasts
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Bruce Holmes
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United Kingdom
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Edinburgh Region
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Edinburgh
"The old woman would come stumbling out of this doorway smelling of whiskey and swearing at passersby, so that no-one would go near her," the guide smirks as he tells his tale. "Little did they realise that under the big coat she wore, were bottles...
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A Bridge Over Time
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Bruce Holmes
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Portugal
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Northern Portugal
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Porto
The cries of seabirds fill the air, as I look beyond the lighthouse to the Atlantic Ocean and wonder what it was like for mariners to set off into the great unknown. For it was here in Porto in northern Portugal that Henry the Navigator was born in...
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On the Trail of the Rainbow Serpent
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Bruce Holmes
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Australia
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Northern Territories
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Kakadu National Park
"The child cried louder and louder, whereupon a great wind sprang up and the Rainbow Serpent rushed into the camp, trapping everyone with its huge circular body and swallowing them forever." The ranger's voice held a hushed group of tourists...
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Get Away From it All, Together
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Bruce Holmes
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Australia
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Queensland
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Brisbane
The valley stretches into the distance, mist rising from its depths, as the couple look out from their spa. Their spa? Yes, because this is a Canopy Suite at O'Reilly's Rainforest Guest House in south-east Queensland and admiring the Australian...
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Renewing the Spirit
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Bruce Holmes
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Australia
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New South Wales
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Wollongong
Where pioneering inventor Lawrence Hargrave's kite first lifted him five meters off the ground in 1894, brightly colored hang-gliders now soar with the birds over sea and hills. This is Bald Hill lookout at Stanwell Park from which the Sydney Hang...
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The Heart of the Hunter
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Bruce Holmes
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Australia
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New South Wales
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Hunter Valley
Sitting down to dinner you realise your friend has brought an Australian wine, the McGuigan Bin 2000 Shiraz from the Hunter Valley, having seen it rated in Wine Spectator magazine. And as you begin to enjoy the first glass you wonder what the Hunter...
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Wildlife and Heritage
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Bruce Holmes
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New Zealand
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South Island
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Otago
Here we were in Dunedin, New Zealand and I wanted to see fur seals, penguins and albatross? This didn't sound cool to the group of up to the minute teenagers who were with us, but thankfully the adults prevailed. A little while later and what a...
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On Top of the World
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Bruce Holmes
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New Zealand
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South Island
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Queenstown
Whoa, hold on there! But we were up and away. Moments later we were looking down from the helicopter, with Lake Wakatipu beneath us. There were ten of us so we had two choppers from The Helicopter Line. One followed the other across the lake and up...
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