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Mentions in the Media

Posted on 11 May 2010 by Amateurs

From time to time we’ve been lucky enough to get a mention in the media.

>>> Australian Radio

We hit the jackpot in July when we took a call from the guys at Triple J while we were in Malawi. This is our interview on Australia’s best radio station on their World Cup Safari show. Listen in here!

We were interviewed on ABC Radio Brisbane on the 10th of June. Here’s the full stream.

We were also mentioned on Adelaide’s Fresh FM in early May.

>>> Australian Newspapers

The Toowoomba Chronicle – The first paper to report on the Amateurs and we made page 4. Check out the full article.

The South East Advertiser – The local Brisbane based paper featured a piece on our trial to the World Cup on the 12th May 2010. Here’s the full article online.

The Northern Daily Leader – The regional New South Wales paper published a featured story on our travels 18 May 2010.


>>> Online Spiels

CBC Canada – We were interviewed by Anjali Nayar, a Canadian based reporter covering the African continent, she featured us and our journey to the World Cup .

Dragstripgirl.de – All the way from Germany, Berliners are talking about us and one of the coolest blogs from Berlin featured a story about us on the road to Timbuktu.

Travel with a mate – These guys search high and low interviewing global nomads to share their experiences. They asked us about Africa and here’s the featured interview!

We’ve also been featured by some of the leading online travel blogs in the world like Suzy Guese and Adventurous Kate and received mentions by travel experts such as lonely planet via social media.

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