Travellers' Tales Archive
Survivors & Memories
Reporter: Mark Corcoran
Published: 14/11/2008
Foreign Correspondent broadcast a report from former ABC Radio National producer Dai Le who joined a group of Vietnamese-Australian boat people retracing their epic voyage of 30 years ago. The story also triggered some memories and regrets for Mark Corcoran.
Foul Play
Reporter: Eric Campbell
Published: 22/07/2008
The police chief was momentarily lost for words. His officers had surrounded us after spotting our camera and were about to arrest us when we pulled out the new Olympic regulations.
“This is from Premier Wen Jiabao,’ our interpreter declared “It says journalists are able to interview any Chinese who give permission.”
“Yes, but we have our own regulations,’ the police chief said.
Undercover in Zimbabwe
Reporter: Andrew Geoghegan
Published: 18/06/2008
Since taking up his posting as Africa correspondent in November 2006, Andrew Geoghegan has managed to get into Zimbabwe on several occasions to report on the plight of the Zimbabwean people. His success in making it into the country and filing reports was due in part to the people he met along the way who were willing to risk their own safety to help him.
PNG - Dangerous Liaisons
Reporter: Trevor Bormann
Published: 15/02/2008
Every now and then, working for Foreign Correspondent gives you a chance to confront your worst fears. I’m not talking about the worry of dying in a ditch in Afghanistan, or the anxiety of becoming another road statistic in India.
Bolivian Meltdown
Reporter: Mark Corcoran
Published: 19/09/2007
La Paz, Bolivia. Altitude: 3,800 metres.
When your hotel offers both llama burgers and bottled oxygen on room service, you know that the assignment is going to be a little different.
Dancing with Tigers
Reporter: Stephen McDonell
Published: 02/04/2007
Siberian tigers are really big. I know that sounds obvious but when you see their enormous furry heads breathing out steam like it’s from a kettle - and they're looking at you - it is, at first, a little unnerving.
Marooned on the Carterets
Reporter: Trevor Bormann
Published: 14/03/2007
Trevor Bormann has covered war, disaster and famine in his time at the ABC, but on this assignment he became a castaway - marooned on a remote island chain in the Pacific.
Southern Sudan 2006
Reporter: Zoe Daniel
Published: 30/05/2006
The so-called “ABC car” was piled so high with pelican cases, metal boxes and packs when we left Khartoum that I feared we would lose the lot if the driver had to brake hard in the city’s crazy traffic.
The Mammoth Hunters
Reporter: Emma Griffiths
Published: 09/11/2005
We were travelling to one of the most remote places on earth. We had two transport options - a 2 day trip on a small boat upriver, or 2 hours on an old Soviet-era chopper.
Moonshine Madness
Reporter: Lisa Millar
Published: 21/09/2004
When Captain Luke insisted we head to his local how could we refuse?
An old Blues musician from North Carolina, Captain Luke had sung for us, talked to us, laughed with us and now he wanted to drink with us.
Filming with Monks
Reporter: Mark Simkin
Published: 14/09/2004
This was the most difficult story I’ve ever done.
Just to get permission to film was a major production. After months of delicate negotiations, I was invited to meet the head monk.
Baghdad 2003
Reporter: Trevor Bormann
Published: 15/05/2003
Abbas Alawi hadn’t slept for days, but he remained a generous host. In a dysfunctional city wracked by anarchy, occupation and chronic food shortages, he’d organized a sumptuous feast - the kind of feed that gives one of the most hospitable people on earth their well deserved reputation.
Trials under the Taliban
Reporter: Jonathan Harley
Published: 03/08/2002
Former South Asia Correspondent Jonathan Harley writes about his assignment in Afghanistan in 2001, scene of what was then the world's greatest humanitarian crisis.
A letter from Goma
Reporter: Sally Sara
Published: 19/07/2002
When the Nyiragongo volcano near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted in 2002, a reported 46 people were killed and up to 12,000 left homeless as molten lava engulfed their villages. Sally Sara was there.
Southern Sudan
Reporter: Sally Sara
Published: 15/04/2002
Africa correspondent Sally Sara travelled to Southern Sudan to observe international aid efforts and to meet the people of a region wracked by years of warfare.
Christmas in Kabul
Reporter: Eric Campbell
Published: 04/03/2002
By the time I reached Kabul on December 6th the main topic of conversation among journalists was getting out. The Taliban were all but beaten, there was talk of surrender in Kandahar and the big names like Christiane Amanpour had just pulled out. Others were trying to move up the wait-list to fly out on the last UN planes before Christmas.
Puerto Rico -The Battle of Vieques
Reporter: Tim Lester
Published: 10/08/2001
The world's strongest navy appears to have lost a battle in the Caribbean - to keep a key training ground. Tim Lester travelled to a tiny Puerto Rican island to prepare a report for Foreign Correspondent. Here, he explains why the US Navy is pulling out of Vieques.
Musharraf - Chief Executive Officer in Command
Reporter: Mark Corcoran
Published: 07/08/2001
Out of uniform he has the demeanour of a suburban accountant. Smart suit, sensible glasses, pleasant, almost deferential manner. This is one military dictator who is keen to project a corporate image - he's the self-appointed "chief executive officer" of Pakistan.
DNA on Death Row
Reporter: Tim Lester
Published: 04/04/2001
In Virginia's Sussex One prison, inmate Brian Cherrix is on Death Row. ABC Washington Correspondent Tim Lester visited Cherrix who claims DNA testing will prove his innocence.
The Gangster and the President
Reporter: Evan Williams
Published: 14/11/2000
Walking down the stairs of this sprawling mansion we enter the world of gangster-politics Philippines style - and the life of a crime boss whose claims are bringing down a President.
Gunship for Hire
Reporter: Mark Corcoran
Published: 28/09/2000
To the world, South African Neall Ellis is a mercenary. To those in the business, he is a private military contractor.
