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Struth! Ready Teddy Go!

Struth! Ready Teddy Go!

IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that growing in popularity in the United States is Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day – celebrated annually by lovers of these cute and cuddly little companions on October 11th. Devotees dress their Teddy Bears […]

Struth! United we stand

Struth! United we stand

 IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says United Airlines, America’s second largest carrier, is licking its wounds after accidentally giving away hundreds – or possibly even more – air tickets by mistake last Thursday.Social media went into overdrive when intending passengers booking flights […]

Struth! Juvenile Boobies too much for Facebook

Struth! Juvenile Boobies too much for Facebook

IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says the Christmas Island Tourism Association and birdwatchers are crying foul over Facebook’s refusal to run an advertisement for the annual Christmas Island Bird & Nature Week that this year, according to the ad, “would feature juvenile […]

Struth! Just gone fishing … for 13 years

Struth! Just gone fishing … for 13 years

IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says while plenty of bottles have been re-united with those who’ve tossed them overboard from ships many years before, in Canada a family’s been re-united with their 6m half-cabin fishing boat that was blown out to sea […]

Struth! Greeks pissed with drunken Brits

Struth! Greeks pissed with drunken Brits

IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says mayors of a number of popular tourist centres in Greece are considering establishing out-of-town tourist zones to which to shunt rowdy British holidaymakers. The mayors of Zakynthos, Crete, Corfu, Rhodes and Kos are meeting in October […]

Struth! Morris for mayor – in between cat naps

Struth! Morris for mayor – in between cat naps

IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says our pollies should take note of what’s just happened in the Mexican city of Xalapa – in the Mayoral elections there, an unusual candidate for wearing the Mayoral robes that we told you about several weeks […]

Struth! There’s no sataying some people

Struth! There’s no sataying some people

IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that on a recent flight with Malaysia Airlines from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, a passenger near him complained to the flight attendants that “he had paid a lot of money to fly Business Class, and did […]

Struth! Mythical restaurant tops TripAdvisor

 IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that in England a seafood restaurant shot to number 29 placing of 63 restaurants at Brixham in South Devon in just three months, after garnering rave reviews on TripAdvisor including being rated “excellent” by seven out […]

Struth! That’s not the Spirit

Struth! That’s not the Spirit

Police Forcibly Removing Lady from Spirit Airlines Flight IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a woman has appeared in court in America after getting drunk, swearing, yelling racist abuse and making obscene gestures to flight attendants – while on her way to […]

Struth! Cape Town’s bridge to nowhere

Struth! Cape Town’s bridge to nowhere

IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says South Africa’s Cape Town may finally see the completion of a 14km elevated freeway that was started in the 1970s to both ease inner-city traffic congestion, and to give a speedy crossing from the inland suburbs […]