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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·4 days ago

Dublin, Part 2

A long struggle to escape the past — AFTER Trinity and Georgian Dublin, you might wander south toward St Stephen’s Green, a comparatively new park by Dublin standards, formed in 1880 from a much older patch of commons. On my way to St Stephen’s Green, I came across this pink beauty parlour, which rather caught my fancy!

Ireland

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Dublin, Part 2
Dublin, Part 2
Ireland

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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·Mar 17

Dublin, Old and New

A colonial city that became the capital of a nation — AFTER Cork and Blarney Castle, I headed for Dublin, the capital of the Irish Republic and, before independence and partition a hundred years ago, the traditional capital of all Ireland. Like all of Ireland’s major cities, Dublin is on the coast. It sits at the mouth of a river called…

Dublin

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Dublin, Old and New
Dublin, Old and New
Dublin

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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·Mar 10

Manchester, Cambridge, and Camden Town

A journey through three different urban areas in England: from the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, through an old university town, to the cradle of the punks. — AFTER Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, I travelled south through Manchester and Cambridge to Camden Town in London before departing for the Irish city of Cork. This post is about that journey. Manchester: The Most Victorian City When I arrived in Manchester, it was decked out for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

England

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Manchester, Cambridge, and Camden Town
Manchester, Cambridge, and Camden Town
England

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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·Mar 3

The Rebel County: Cork and Blarney Castle

In a fabled region of the southwest, I began a short tour of the Irish Republic — AFTER touring Great Britain, I flew from London to Cork, the capital of a part of Ireland known as the Rebel County. The nickname partly descends from the Irish War of Independence, 1919–1922, during which Cork was devastated by the British.

Ireland Travel

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The Rebel County: Cork and Blarney Castle
The Rebel County: Cork and Blarney Castle
Ireland Travel

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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·Feb 24

The Historic Bay of Islands

Birthplace of Aotearoa New Zealand, and a holiday playground — ONE of my very first blog posts is called Cape Brett: Hiking to the Birthplace of Aotearoa. In it, I talk about how, by tradition, the oceangoing craft by which the Māori first settled Aotearoa New Zealand used to rendezvous at Cape Brett. …

Maori

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The Historic Bay of Islands
The Historic Bay of Islands
Maori

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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·Feb 17

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

The most historic national park in Scotland — AFTER visiting the Outer Hebrides, I caught the ferry back to Skye, where I had parked my car, and drove to a town called Inveruglas on the banks of Loch Lomond. Loch Lomond is more than 30 km long and is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area…

Scottish

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Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
Scottish

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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·Feb 10

Hikurangi and the Tūtūkākā Coast

Two little towns north of Whangārei, New Zealand, are gateways to some of the best coastal experiences in the world — BETWEEN Auckland and Cape Rēinga, 320 km or 200 miles further northward, the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand tapers into a subtropical peninsula known as Northland in English and, in Māori, Te Tai Tokerau, which means the north coast. In Māori lore the North Island is also likened, because…

Northland

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Hikurangi and the Tūtūkākā Coast
Hikurangi and the Tūtūkākā Coast
Northland

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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·Feb 3

Whangārei Heads and the Te Whara Track

A wonderful wild peninsula right on the city’s doorstep — WHANGĀREI, the northernmost city in Aotearoa New Zealand, lies at the heart of three coasts, the Tūtūkākā Coast, the Whangārei Heads, and Bream Bay. Here is a map that I saw at the Whangārei iSite, on Otaika Road. There is an excellent PDF flier about Whangārei and the Whangārei Heads…

New Zealand

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Whangārei Heads and the Te Whara Track
Whangārei Heads and the Te Whara Track
New Zealand

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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·Jan 9

Unseen Auckland (Part 2)

My reveal of the Auckland Domain continues, and then I head for the magic of Parnell — This post carries on from Unseen Auckland. NEAR the Auckland Domain’s duck pond, there is a small monument, erected in 1967 to commemorate one hundred years of the efforts of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, which ran part of the Domain from 1867 until partway through the 1880s. The Acclimatisation Society…

New Zealand

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Unseen Auckland (Part 2)
Unseen Auckland (Part 2)
New Zealand

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Published in A Maverick Traveller

·Jan 6

Unseen Auckland

Some inner-city attractions you may not know about, even if you have lived there for years. (The first instalment of a two-part post.) — AUCKLAND is the largest city in Aotearoa New Zealand, and also the most heavily criticised. It has grown massively in the age of the automobile, from about 330,000 in the early 1950s to 1.7 million today. Most of this new growth…

New Zealand

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Unseen Auckland
Unseen Auckland
New Zealand

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Mary Jane Walker

Mary Jane Walker

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Traveller, journalist, author of 18 books and of 300 blog posts on Medium and on my website a-maverick.com.

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