Travellers' Tales
Survivors & Memories
Published: 14/11/2008
Reporter: Mark Corcoran
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.
Acropolis Now
Published: 05/11/2008
Reporter: Helen Vatsikopoulos
I grew up surrounded by the Parthenon even though I’d never even set foot on the Acropolis. Nevertheless, classical Greece was ever present in our suburban Adelaide home.
Pakistan - Marriott Memories
Published: 02/12/2008
Reporter: Mark Corcoran
It's hard not to get emotional, very difficult to play the dispassionate journalist, as I sit here, courtesy of online news watching the Marriott Hotel burn on my computer screen. Initial reports say rescuers still can't reach the upper floors. How many colleagues, friends, acquaintances lie buried in the wreckage is unclear.
Afghanistan: Back to the Future with Obama
Published: 01/12/2008
Reporter: Mark Corcoran
I flick on the TV to watch the evening news and nearly fall out of my lounge chair. At first, the familiar images of Afghanistan appear - the stark almost lunar landscape, determined coalition troops hunting the Taliban, traumatised villagers caught in the crossfire. Then, in a war that for me long ago ceased to surprise or shock, something completely different.
Foul Play
Published: 22/07/2008
Reporter: Eric Campbell
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
Published: 18/06/2008
Reporter: Andrew Geoghegan
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
Published: 15/02/2008
Reporter: Trevor Bormann
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
Published: 19/09/2007
Reporter: Mark Corcoran
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
Published: 02/04/2007
Reporter: Stephen McDonell
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
Published: 14/03/2007
Reporter: Trevor Bormann
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
Published: 30/05/2006
Reporter: Zoe Daniel
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
Published: 09/11/2005
Reporter: Emma Griffiths
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
Published: 21/09/2004
Reporter: Lisa Millar
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.
