Podcasts by Lovelly Travels
With a mission to visit every UN recognised country in the world, Emma 'Lovelly' Lovell invites you to join her on the journey. Talking about all things travel and adventure, Lovelly Travels will include interviews with fellow travellers and interesting locals, feature travel businesses and many a tale from the road. Joined by her co-pilot, Darius, Emma will document the mission to visit 195 countries while also raising awareness for mental health. Whether you're a voyager or a voyeur, you're invited to join them as they journey through past adventures and create new travel memories.
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#87 - Growing up without borders - Chantal Patton from 2021-12-16T00:10:55
Travelling with kids is one thing, but deciding to turn your life into an everlasting travel adventure is next level. For Chantal Patton and her wander loving family, this is the reality.Growing U...
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#86 - Travelling with siblings from 2021-12-09T09:25:52
Have you ever travelled with a sibling? It could be that familiar family fun, or it could be fraught with childhood tension. For Emma and her brother James, travelling together as adults has led ...
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#85 - The Vatican City from 2021-12-01T08:00:08
It's time to for you to grab your funny hats and papal slippers, maybe a little tiny wafer and a goblet of red wine - and is that white smoke I see or a witch being burned? We're going to put some ...
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#84 - Traveling for Triathlons with Amanda Thompson from 2021-11-17T11:20:22
Extreme sport and extreme travel! Amanda Thompson doesn't shy away from a challenge. Combining sport and travel can be an incredible way to see the world, expanding your mind and your horizons all ...
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#83 - Vanuatu from 2021-11-09T11:27:04
We’re off to the beautiful island of Vanuatu 🇻🇺in the South Pacific. Emma and Darius have both visited and enjoy taking a walk down memory lane.Emma spent just a few days there - literally! One d...
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#82 - Czech Republic 🇨🇿 from 2021-11-02T12:00:16
Incredibly in 2006/7 (yes it was over New Years, Darius and Emma happened to randomly bump into each other somewhere in the world! That place was Prague in Czech Republic. This week we're travelli...
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#81 - Covid Convos - Melbourne, Australia with Danielle Phyland from 2021-10-27T11:25:49
It's hard to believe but we are STILL in this and it's going to be a while yet. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emma started having conversations with people from around the world about what...
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#80 - Adult Gap Year from 2021-10-20T07:06:52
Did you ever take a gap year? Emma did when she was 18 between high school and University - living in the UK and travelling through Europe and Asia. But what about an Adult Gap year? This week we...
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#79 - Tasmania: The Australia Series from 2021-10-13T09:50:57
Our final stop on the state tour of Australia, the last but definitely not least - Tasmania. Fun fact: you have to go OVERSEAS to visit this part of Australia, it's located on the bottom of Austra...
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#78 - ACT: The Australia Series from 2021-10-05T10:10:20
"We’re taking our tour of Australia to the capital - the Australian Capital Territory in fact. A lot of people know it as Canberra, however that’s the city! Fun fact- ACT is a territory all of its ...
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#77 - Northern Territory: The Australia Series from 2021-09-28T19:25:18
We’re off to the Heart of Australia, the red centre and the top end of Oz - The Northern Territory. We welcome Nannette Holliday - International Woman of Mystery for this episode! As a published...
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#76 - Queensland: The Australia Series from 2021-09-23T13:35:41
The Sunshine state! We've reached Emma's current homeland, the perpetual holiday destination that is Queensland. Resort style living, epic beaches, amazing rainforests, world wonder of the Great Ba...
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#75 - South Australia: The Australia Series from 2021-09-13T21:50
We're heading South now on our vicarious tour of Australia to the very aptly named, South Australia! It is in fact the state in the middle of Australia at the Southern end. World famous for its spe...
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#74 - Victoria: The Australia Series from 2021-09-07T13:20:20
Our Australia tour this week takes us to Victoria! One of the richest of all the states, after the Gold Rush in the 1800s, this fine state has a lot of incredible history and culture to soak up. ...
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#73 - New South Wales: The Australia Series from 2021-08-31T12:20:55
How to cover our home state in just one episode!! Well, we can't! And we will be back to deep dives into the regions. But continuing for now on our virtual tour of Australia, this week we are in Da...
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#72 - Western Australia: The Australia Series from 2021-08-24T12:50:58
The first stop on our Australia series tour is the largest state of them all, Western Australia! Taking up more than a third of this enormous continent, WA has a lot of space and it needs a lot of ...
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#71 - The Australia Series from 2021-08-16T20:10:26
I come from a land Down Under!! And we're going to deep dive in and explore it. Considering the fact that I won't be leaving my island home for some time, and these past 2 years have given me more...
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#70 - Tiny House living with Yvonne Pflieger from 2021-08-09T15:00:07
Are you fascinated by the Tiny House movement that’s sweeping the world? Emma is slightly obsessed and when she discovered that her friend and colleague Yvonne was “going Tiny”, we had to get the ...
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#69 - Covid Conversations Germany from 2021-08-04T12:20:35
We’re continuing our COVID conversations series by revisiting interviews with people from around the world in 2020 and hearing what’s happening now in 2021. This episode we go back to a conversati...
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#68 - Peru 🇵🇪 from 2021-07-28T09:23:33
Hola Bienvenido a Peru! This week we're traveling back to South America to visit the picturesque postcard perfect country of Peru. We're joined by Daniellle Phyland from The Adventures of Poss an...
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#67 - Tall Buildings Episode! from 2021-07-19T20:41:57
The episode you never asked for but you never knew you needed! This long awaited (ok, mostly by us) episode will take us to some of the tallest towers in the world, some epic monuments and talk abo...
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#66 - Bolivia from 2021-07-13T09:35:02
The best part about travel is the adventure! Letting yourself go and committing to the journey. And on her trip to Bolivia, Emma had to do just that. In this episode, Emma welcomes her travel bud...
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#65 - A real life Farmer - Trav Carter from 2021-07-05T22:45:25
This was a pretty fun one to record and ticked a big bucket list for our show. We talked about visiting the sheep farm of Trav and Millie Carter in Episode 24 - A real life farmer's wife, and in M...
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#64 - Switzerland from 2021-06-29T06:25:30
We're off to the land of the Swiss! Come with us as we explore this tiny but mighty country. So many famous things we know and love come from Switzerland. It's also possibly one of the most pictur...
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#63 - Emma's birth story from 2021-06-21T21:55
This is another deeply personal one for Emma and this week she's flying solo as she talks about a journey of a different kind. Emma shares her birth story and her family's own struggle with mental ...
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#62 - Poland 🇵🇱 from 2021-06-15T12:10:43
This is our second visit to Poland on the podcast, but this time we're taking a deeper dive. We're chatting to Tess Colman, one of Emma's dearest friends, who is Polish by descent. Tess's Grandfat...
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#61 - Living and Working in Regional Australia from 2021-06-07T21:50
In 2020, the distance in Australia that had seemed to no longer be such an issue became a challenge again. It was a time when in fact, the regions started to really come alive and with travel becom...
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#60 - One Year Anniversary! from 2021-05-31T22:35
Wow! Our first anniversary. We cannot quite believe it. This idea came about on a roadtrip at the end of 2018 through the Baltic region in Europe. It went something like “hey, I like podcasts. You...
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#59 - Hungary from 2021-05-24T22:50
This week we’re off to Hungary! On many of the episodes we make you hungry with our discussions of lovely food - but we are in fact discussing the country this time. Beautiful architecture, a fas...
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#58 - Travels with Wilma: Part 2 from 2021-05-17T12:36:26
This conversation was too good for just one episode! We're back this week with Darius and his mum, Wilma!! We pick up with Wilma leaving Iran as the revolution began. She then travelled to Saudi ...
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#57 - Travels with Wilma: Part 1 from 2021-05-10T21:35
Ever the fabulous storyteller, this week we invite onto the podcast - Darius's Mum, Wilma! We like to keep it in the family over here at the Lovelly Travels Podcast and so this week is all about wh...
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#56 - 🇨🇦Canada with Charlie A'Court from 2021-05-03T20:19:50
Oh Canada! Oh Canada! It is a HUGE country with lots of rugged terrain to explore. Emma had the fortune of spending a few months there in 2007 when working at the ski resort Big White in British ...
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#55 - Travel Disasters from 2021-04-26T19:15:37
Have you ever had a disaster on of your trips? It could be missing a flight, or losing your luggage or even a volcano going off and basically shutting down Europe! Big or small, a change in travel...
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#54 - Covid convos - France, then and now from 2021-04-19T19:57:49
In April 2020, I honestly did not think that we would still be here in a world that is impacted by a pandemic. But here we are! At the time, I decided to interview people from around the world abo...
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#53 - France with Geraldine from 2021-04-13T12:10:35
Palais vous francais? It's one of the most popular tourist destinations with one of the most loved cities in all the world, Paris! So this week, we are off to France.Joined by French local, Gerald...
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#52 - Women in Tourism with Holly Galbraith from 2021-04-06T13:50
Holly Galbraith is a true champion for women and the tourism industry. Meeting through their shared passion of social media, and in a super fun and unusual setting, Emma and Holly both love promoti...
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#51 - Italy from 2021-03-30T10:05:23
Ciao Bella! This has been a long-awaited episode with our fans! This week we travel to Italy.Darius shares about Mt Etna and some fun facts from Italy about their volcanoes. Emma romantically rem...
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#50 - What's happening in 2021! from 2021-03-23T02:55:57
We are up to episode 50! We cannot believe it's been almost a year since we started the podcast and in such a crazy time for travel. We felt it was a bit of a milestone and time to check in on what...
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#49 - Daddy daughter travels from 2021-03-17T09:10:27
It’s safe to say that Emma got her travel habits from her family! Jet setting from the age of 2 with her English parents, she’s barely slowed down since. But Brian Lovell, Emma’s Dad, has quite a...
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#48 - Writers Retreats with Kerstin Pilz from 2021-03-09T10:40:21
In November 2020, through a series of fortunate events, Emma ended up on an incredible writers retreat. Hosted by Writer&Writing Coach, Kerstin Pilz, the Write Your Journey retreat was an incredibl...
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#47 - South Africa 🇿🇦with Brydi Schutz from 2021-03-03T13:00:12
Wild animals, breathtaking ocean views and fascinating culture - welcome to South Africa! Emma interviews her lovely friend Brydi Schutz on this episode, a passionate South African. Emma visited C...
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#46 - Making a life in USA with traveller Cat Commander from 2021-02-23T10:45:28
"Last week we hear what it's like to go from USA to AUS. This week we go from AUS to USA, we talk to Cat Commander about why she took on this epic life change. Cat is an avid explorer, she thrive...
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#45 - Theresa Winters on Expat life from 2021-02-15T23:20:32
Have you ever wanted to be a local in a new country? Theresa Winters has done it a number of times and she really takes living life as a local seriously. Emma met Theresa through their work in en...
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#44 - India 🇮🇳with Anuj Haribhakti from 2021-02-08T22:55
Namaste! Welcome to our India episode! Definitely the first of many as Emma has been there not once, not twice but 11 times. It's one of her most visited countries but also her favourite of all ti...
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#43 - Liandra Swim - Indigenous owned Australian swim brand from 2021-02-01T22:40
Emma loves the Liandra Swim brand and their approach to fashion and representation of the Indigenous Australian culture. In this episode, we invited Creative Director/Founder and designer Liandra G...
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#42 - Bhutan 🇧🇹with Nic Newling from 2021-01-25T22:45
Kuzo zung po la! In 2015, Emma took on the Trek to Happiness with Black Dog Institute and travelled to the incredible country of Bhutan. The trek was to raise funds for mental health and what bett...
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#41 - Trekking the PCT with Leigh Foster from 2021-01-18T22:15
Are you a fan of big treks? Well our guest this week Leigh Foster takes trekking to the next level! A friend of Emma's since high school, Leigh was sharing her journeys on Facebook and Emma who a...
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#40 - Indonesia and Bali 🌴 from 2021-01-11T22:59
Selamat Datang! This week we are off to Indonesia! A country in Asia made up of more than 17,000 islands! This was the 7th country that Emma visited overall, and 5/195 UN recognised countries that...
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#39 - Danielle Phyland - Packing tips from 2021-01-06T00:50:58
Crucial to the travel experience is the art of packing a bag. Whether it's a suitcase, a backpack or a swag, everyone has a packing style. Danielle Phyland from The Adventures of Poss&Ruby joins u...
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#38 - Tanzania with Tara&Loth Mollel from 2020-12-28T20:50:36
Jambo and Karibu Rafiki! This week we're off to the majestically beautiful Tanzania. Jambo means hello, karibu means welcome and rafiki is friend.Emma was fortunate enough to visit Tanzania twice....
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#37 - Christmas 2020 from 2020-12-22T08:40:09
We wish you a Merry Christmas! It's 2020 and the world looks a bit different this year but Christmas is NOT cancelled! We are here sharing our many wonderful memories of Christmas around the worl...
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#36 - Travel Advisor Rachelle Matheson from 2020-12-14T19:10:53
Travel in 2020 has looked pretty different and the role of the travel agent has become even more important than ever in navigating the new conditions for travel. Rachelle Matheson, owner of Jigsaw...
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#35 - Vietnam from 2020-12-08T05:30:41
Good morning Vietnam 🇻🇳! Xin chao! This week we’re our tips and favourite experience in the exotic and fascinating country of Vietnam. Darius has been once and Emma has been three times (South, C...
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#34 - Accessible Travel - Kent McKelvie from 2020-12-02T22:35
This week we have not one, but TWO episodes for you! Kent McKelvie joins us today to talk about his experiences travelling as a Wheelchair Tennis Player. Kent is a friend of Emma's and he approac...
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#33 - Travel Without Limits - Julie Jones from 2020-11-30T22:25:01
International Day of People with Disability (IDPWD) is 3 December 2020, and we were so grateful to have Julie Jones come onto the podcast to talk about accessible travel. She so wonderfully calls i...
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#32 - China from 2020-11-23T22:40:54
Ni Hau! This week we’re exploring China. Darius had his first visit in 2007 and Emma went in 2013, then again in 2018. They go into details about Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. Come with us as w...
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#31 - Debora Ducci - Underwater photographer from 2020-11-17T08:30:33
To say our wedding day was memorable, is an understatement! We took part in the most incredible underwater photo shoot, named "Trash the Dress" with the phenomenal Debora Ducci and we now have thes...
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#30 - Suzy Sainovski on travel for work and leisure from 2020-11-10T07:42:27
If you love a good travel story, chat to Suzy! With more than 60 countries under her belt, maybe 80, she's not quite sure - but it's a lot - this woman has an impressive selection of stories to c...
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#29 - Pregnancy Journey - I do not enjoy it from 2020-11-02T21:20:52
Strap yourselves in! This is honest, raw and real. At the time of recording, Emma was 27 weeks and 5 days pregnant. This is somewhat of an announcement but also a bit of a PSA about what the pregn...
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#28 - Mexico from 2020-10-27T10:14:52
VIVA MEXICO! After living in Mexico in 2009 and falling in love with the country, Emma has been raving about this vibrant nation ever since.In 2013, a lovely Mexican lady was visiting Australia a...
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#27 - How Emma eloped to Mexico! from 2020-10-20T07:06:56
Sneaky squirrels Emma and Mathew planned their secret wedding in just three months and had the best day, and trip, of their lives in February 2020. Here was their announcement: "At 9 am on the 29t...
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#26 - Amanda Kendle - The Thoughtful Travel Podcast from 2020-10-13T05:01:30
Amanda Kendle is a leader in the Australian Travel Podcast scene. When Emma started to connect with Amanda through the Australian Podcasters Collaborative, the pair hit it off instantly and sharing...
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#25 - New Zealand from 2020-10-06T10:21:54
Fond memories and lots of laughs ensued with this episode about our nearest foreign neighbour, New Zealand! Emma and Darius share their memories from a number of trips to the stunning island nation...
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#24 - A real life farmer's wife from 2020-09-29T08:25:25
When we got our first listener email, we were ecstatic! The fact that it was from a mutual friend of Darius and I was even better and we decided we must have her on the show!! Meet Millie! Millie ...
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#23 - Living the island life in Ibiza from 2020-09-22T04:23:57
Have you ever dreamed of moving to a stunning island in the Mediterranean and setting up a whole new life? Well Annemarie Duperouzel did just that! This talented chef started out with a small drea...
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#21 - Magical Cuzzy Bill from USA from 2020-09-08T10:02:08
A very close one to Emma's heart! This is the first episode where she welcomes a family member onto the podcast! William Hunter, aka Bill "Magic 500" Hunter is Emma's first cousin twice removed, mo...
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#20 - Podcaster and Traveller, Gail Lovelace Menasco from 2020-09-01T10:08:49
Gail Lovelace Menasco, Producer and Host of Experiences You Should Have Podcast, has always been an adventurer at heart. She learned to SCUBA dive at 16 and went on her first shark diving trip as a...
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#19 - Kate Toon - Podcaster Extraordinaire from 2020-08-24T21:59
We're not going to lie, this was an exciting one! Kate Toon is a rock star podcaster and a super cool entrepreneur so it was a privilege to have her come and join us so early on in the Lovelly Trav...
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#18 - Japan from 2020-08-17T16:03:53
Konnichi wa! Watashi wa Emma des. Welcome to our Japan episode! Darius and Emma have both visited the beautiful country of Japan and they share their adventures. They also discuss the love of Japa...
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#17 - The Gold Coast! from 2020-08-11T13:35:38
Emma posts A LOT about the Gold Coast over on Lovelly Travels and so we thought we really needed an episode about her home town in Queensland, Australia. Beaches that stretch for kilometres, a fa...
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#16 - Talking Frankly with Alison Hallworth from 2020-08-04T09:04:10
This week we're talking frankly with Alison Hallworth! Yes, this is an excellent play on words because Alison's brilliant blog is called ... Talking Frankly! She writes about everything from housew...
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#15 - Spain with local, Pedro from 2020-07-28T08:01:52
Hola! Bienvenido a Espania. Don't worry, we won't do the whole episode in Spanish! But this week are off to beautiful Spain. And we're so excited to have our first non-host local on the show. Tal...
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#14 - Covid-19 Chat Teaser from 2020-07-24T08:54:22
It's no secret that we are in the midst of a pandemic. It's July 2020 and this has been impacting the world for 6 months, but more intensely for 4 months. We launched this podcast in May 2020, duri...
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# 13 - Grace Arach, Not for Profit Founder from 2020-07-21T08:13:57
Grace Arach shares with Emma her story of hope. Originally from Uganda and now living in Australia, Grace is a social worker who has also started a foundation to support people who have been throug...
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#12 - The Netherlands from 2020-07-14T06:53:22
This week Emma and Darius take us off to the land of the Dutch, where windmills are a plenty and cycling is ... everywhere, The Netherlands. Emma's first trip to The Netherlands (Country #39/ 195...
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#11 - Danielle Colley on Mt Kilimanjaro from 2020-07-06T20:18:39
Danielle Colley lives an adventurous life. She takes her positive outlook and applies it to all that she does, and she's not afraid of a challenge. So when Emma heard that she'd trekked Mt Kilimanj...
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#10 - The United Kingdom from 2020-06-29T10:04:47
Did you know that Emma is a dual citizen? Australian born with English parents, Emma has her heart very much between these two places. Her first visit was at the age of 2 and she's since been anot...
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#9 - Elena Gabrielle and Story Party Tour of the World from 2020-06-22T19:44:53
People tell Emma that she travels a lot! Well, they clearly haven't met Elena Gabrielle. She is currently on a small pause due to the pandemic, but otherwise, she's touring the world with the int...
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#8 - Epic European Roadtrip from 2020-06-16T06:16:15
Can you visit 4 countries in 4 days? Sure you can! Emma and Darius set out on a mission in November 2019 to visit this row of countries in Europe to prove a point - it can be done. As Emma's on a ...
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#7 - The life of a travel blogger - Danielle Phyland from 2020-06-08T12:15:07
This week Emma welcomes the first podcast guest, Chief adventurer from The Adventures of Poss and Ruby, Danielle Phyland. Stay tuned for a monkey attack story that you won't want to miss. YES! Mo...
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#6 - Emma's Mental Health Journey from 2020-06-02T04:54:19
One of the biggest reasons for launching Lovelly Travels instagram and then on to the podcast was to spread awareness about mental health. Emma "Lovelly" Lovell has been travelling the world since ...
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#5 - Guten Tag Germany! from 2020-05-29T09:06:12
Darius is from Germany. Emma has been to Germany 10 times. So it seemed appropriate that this was one of our earliest episodes. It's 13/ 195 on Emma's UN recognised country list but we've skipped i...
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#4 - Exploring Australia from 2020-05-24T09:41:13
Sausage sizzles, kangaroos, crocodiles and more! G'day and welcome to the first of our country episodes, AUSTRALIA! Of course we had to start with Emma's home country and in fact where Darius spent...
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#3 - Meet Darius! from 2020-05-20T18:30:58
He sounds Aussie but he's in fact German! Meet Darius! This man of many accents is the co-pilot for Lovelly Travels and has been Emma's good friend for more than 20 years. Together they've had adve...
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#2 - Get to know Emma! from 2020-05-20T11:29:16
Isn't she Lovelly! Yes, she is! Let's get to know our host some more, the lovely Emma Lovell. The podcast is named after Emma and we'll share more about her mission and learn some fun facts about h...
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#1 - Welcome to Lovelly Travels Podcast from 2020-05-18T19:45:50
You've tuned into the Lovelly Travels Podcast where we talk about all things travel and adventure. My name is Emma Lovell and I am Lovelly! I have a mission to visit every UN recognised country in ...
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Trailer - Lovelly Travels Podcast from 2020-05-17T12:11:52
Welcome to the Lovelly Travels Podcast where we talk about all things travel and adventure. I'm your host, Emma "Lovelly" Lovell and introducing my co-pilot, Darius! Each week we'll be talking to ...
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