Travel With Giulio

I met Paul and Barby on a cruise in 2013. They were from Montana, US of A. At some point Paul mentioned that he went hunting. Proper h...

The reason for my trip was two-fold. I lived and worked as a freelance photographer in Edinburgh from 1992 - 1998 and, apart from a flyi...

When I lived in Scotland during the 1990s I twice flew Business Class (return) to Australia.

In November 2014 Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas went into dry dock for a month-long $80 million refurbishment that upgraded...

Quantum of the Seas is the smartest cruise ship to ever set sail and she offers more in the way of innovation than any cruise ship ...

Princess Cruises christened its newest ship, Regal Princess, in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, on November 5, 2014.

At the start of 2011 I vowed I would never go on a cruise in my life.

This was my first cruise with Carnival and I knew very little about what to expect, so it was a little bit exciting discovering this ne...

PORTS OF CALL The ship's three ports of call in New Caledonia were, in order, Noumea, Lifou and Mare.

From March 3-5 I embarked on a two night, mini-cruise aboard Cunard's Queen Victoria, departing from my home town/port of Br...

I'd heard great things about  Rhapsody of the Seas  from fellow cruisers who had spent time on her, so I had been looking forwar...

The ports-of-call on my 11-night  Rhapsody of the Seas  cruise (November 19-30, 2013) were, in order, Sydney-Newcastle-Cairns-Willis...

On November 2, myself and around 30 travel agents were invited aboard the Ocean Princess for a ship inspection - a walk-around...

Imagine walking into the lobby of a five-star hotel with sumptuous furnishings, fine dining and stylish bars. Now transport this o...

The Ports of Call we visited on Celebrity Solstice were mixed and varied but all afforded us a lifetime of memories and amazing im...

This cruise on Voyager of the Seas was booked 198 days out and waiting for the boarding date was, at times, tortuous - like being a ki...

The ports of call during my  Voyager of the Seas  cruise were as follows - Singapore (not a port of call but I boarded Voyager t...

This was my first P&O cruise and I didn't have to look far to find it, as the Pacific Dawn calls Brisbane's  Portside Cr...

The Radiance of the Seas at Bora Bora, French Polynesia. This was my first cruise and I loved every moment of it! 

In early 2011 I had a couple of weeks off and decided I wanted to play tourist in my hometown of  Brisbane .

Mangroves, storm clouds, mosquitoes, fading light...the wait to photograph  Rhapsody of the Seas begins at low tide on the mudflats at...

In June 2012, I was invited on a tour of the recently refurbished  Pacific Dawn  at its home port of  Portside  in Brisbane.

The  Black Watch  docked at the Portside cruise terminal, Brisbane

For those of you reading this who are seasoned 'cruisers', you'll know all about the weight gain once on board (let'...

In my real-world life away from this blog I work as the photo editor with ABC News Online in Brisbane, Australia. It's primarily ...

I recently ducked up to the  Echidna Magic restaurant  at the Mt. Gravatt Lookout on the southside of Brisbane (not surprisingly, in t...

The observant among you will realise this isn't a photo of a cruise ship. But, trust me, there is a cruising angle to this post...

I was going through my photos when I came across these photos I took while I was living in Scotland.

In late May, 2013, I was sent to  Cunnamulla  in south-west Queensland on assignment in my 'real' job with  ABC News Online...

A flock of  galahs  sit on powerlines at dusk in the town of  St George . Here's a small gallery of photos I took while on assig...

The  Royal on the Park  is the grand old lady of Brisbane hotels and is one of those places where you wish the walls could talk.

If you like crocodiles and alligators, then Australia Zoo is for you!

I continued my Christmas tradition of booking into a Brisbane CBD hotel and my 2012 choice was the Brisbane Marriott Hotel.

I haven't tried every restaurant in Brisbane but, for me, I've found my favourite -  Citron .

South Bank Parklands  is one of Brisbane's most popular cultural and social locales, with around 11 million people visiting the p...

North Stradbroke Island  is a great place to get away to for a day, a week, or more.

In July, 2009, I headed off to the US of A for three weeks.

TouristPads  is an iPad rental service with over 70 apps to help you find your way around Singapore.

Like most cities and tourist destinations, Brisbane has its own hop-on, hop-off buses -  City Sights .

I was lucky enough to be invited to view  Life As We Know It , the latest stage show to be unveiled on P&O's  Pacific Dawn...

Depending if you come from outside Queensland or outside Australia, the reason XXXX is called XXXX is because Queenslanders/Australian...

I stepped back in time...and went to the drive-ins.

The  USA, Canada and Alaska Travel Expo is touring Australia - and it' s free!

I recently had an overnight trip to Sydney and stayed at the  Hilton hotel .

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary  is the world's first and largest koala sanctuary.

I've been wanting to investigate the Brisbane City Council's  CityCycle  scheme for some time.

There's nothing better than walking into a hotel and feeling at home. That's what happened when I visited Chester's B...

I'd stayed at the Ramada Ballina in 2011 and loved it, so decided to go back for another visit.

If you're a keen traveller and want to get a whole lot of information from some of the biggest and best names in the travel business, t...

The  Sunset Bar and Grill  inadvertently came to my rescue.

Over Christmas 2011 I stayed in a Luxury Club Room at Brisbane's Sofitel Hotel.