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Do not forget to submit your best article on your favourite city to this week’s Carnival of Cities that I am hosting here on Monday Oct, 8th.
One entry per blog, and keep it family friendly please. Submit your post with this form.
I look forward to reading your submissions.
To celebrate the Major League Baseball Playoffs, Exit Row Seat is running our first competition. Baseball constantly drove my travel in the United States (OK, I’m a little obsessed) taking me to Chicago, New York, Southern California and the ultimate baseball trip to Cooperstown to visit the Hall of Fame. Where has baseball taken you over the years, a memorable trip to the Little League World Series or a pilgrimage to Fenway Park? I want to hear about the journey, and why it was special.
Write a short story about your most memorable baseball vacation/trip, and email it to contact@exitrowseat.com (write Baseball Competition in the Title).
Limit your prose to less than 300 words.
It’s that simple.
Entries close after the last out of the 2008 World Series, and a winning entry selected at random to win the prize.
All entries will be published at Exit Row Seat throughout the Competition.
You retain the rights to your article but grant Exit Row Seat a non-exclusive right to publish the article here.
No profanity or adult themes.
You may add your website url to the article but spam or overt commercial entries will be rejected.
Over 100 Baseball Cards hand selected from my personal collection including limited editions and game used cards.
Over to you, send me your baseball stories today.
Exit Row Seat is hosting the Carnival of Cities on Monday, October 8th, 2007.
Submit your best recent post about any aspect of one city using this form on Blog Carnival. Tell us about the city on only locals know, the fabulous festival that happens each year or where to find the best food and drink.
Deadline is 2 p.m. Eastern, Sunday October 7th, 2007.
Would you like to host a future Carnival of Cities, read the guidelines and submit your site for consideration.
Stopped at the roadside I can hear the low rumble growing through the hills like thunder burbling softly in the distance. As it draws nearer the rumble is transformed into a roar and the road warriors appear around the bend, knees scraping along the tarmac, heads tilted into the turn they zip past and disappear into the hills. On any fine Queensland weekend, and there a lot of them, you find motorcyclists and country craft fans hugging the road between Maleny and Mapleton above the Sunshine Coast.
Anyone who rides a motorcycle knows that the riding is best in the twisties, and the Maleny road to Mapleton links together a series of corners that I never grow tired of riding. Best if all, there are plenty shops and cafes along the way to keep your pillion happy and a great pub for lunch at Mapleton.
For a romantic weekend, book a room at one of the local inns and combine a exploration of the area with the excitement of Australia Zoo. Do it on a motorcycle and you have one of my perfect weekend getaways.
Hike the 1.3 kilometre Wompoo circuit through cool rainforest of Mapleton Falls National Park.
A Devonshire Tea at one of the numerous cafes along the route.
Scour the local galleries for your next art acquisition or handy piece of pottery.
Lunch at the Mapleton pub. Good hearty meals and Queensland’s best beer.
The magnificent flora and fauna of the rainforest parks.
Fantastic panoramas over the Sunshine Coast from every vantage point.
The impromptu concourse d’elegance of motorcycles outside the Mapleton Pub. (Look but do not touch, their owners are watching from the veranda.)
Photo borrowed from Jigg’s Photostream. (CC: Some Rights Reserved)
The Australian is reporting that BBC Travel has bought Lonely Planet from the founders, Tony and Maureen Wheeler who retain a 25% stake in the company. Let’s hope the BBC maintains the vision and continues to support us travellers with the vast array of material provided by Lonely Planet.