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CRUISE HERE ON OUR FIRST MEGA-LINER FROM JUST $110 PER DAY
CRUISECO has nine opportunities to sail aboard the first mega-liner to cruise Australian and South Pacific waters – the 138,000 tonne Voyager of the Seas – between November 2012 and April 2013, and with exclusive Cruiseco discounts of up to $300pp prices start from as low as just $110pp per day. Included are twin-share accommodation, […]
Struth! Summit Drive a Smashing Success
In his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis tells how a group of adventurers got to the top of Europe’s highest mountain, Mt Elbrus in Russia, the hard way – by a LandRover that they drove, winched, pushed and cajoled to the top that’s 5642m […]
Struth! Summit Drive a Smashing Success
In his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis tells how a group of adventurers got to the top of Europe’s highest mountain, Mt Elbrus in Russia, the hard way – by a LandRover that they drove, winched, pushed and cajoled to the top that’s 5642m […]
LUISA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
David Ellis IF ever there’s a town that’s a ‘must-visit’ for romantics or chocoholics it’s Perugia in Italy. And if you’re both, you’ll find yourself in Seventh Heaven: One of the town’s biggest factories makes chocolates called Kisses – and there’s a street that’s so narrow it’s officially named Woman Kisser Lane, and whose tradition […]
LUISA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
David Ellis IF ever there’s a town that’s a ‘must-visit’ for romantics or chocoholics it’s Perugia in Italy. And if you’re both, you’ll find yourself in Seventh Heaven: One of the town’s biggest factories makes chocolates called Kisses – and there’s a street that’s so narrow it’s officially named Woman Kisser Lane, and whose tradition […]
CHASING UP NEWCASTLE’S COLONIAL PAST
David Ellis HAD it not been for one of the more bizarre maritime chases in Australia’s colonial history, it could have been years before the now-Hunter Valley’s rich agricultural lands and coal seams were to be opened up to early settlement – including to go on to become one of Australia’s premier winemaking regions. In […]
CHASING UP NEWCASTLE’S COLONIAL PAST
David Ellis HAD it not been for one of the more bizarre maritime chases in Australia’s colonial history, it could have been years before the now-Hunter Valley’s rich agricultural lands and coal seams were to be opened up to early settlement – including to go on to become one of Australia’s premier winemaking regions. In […]
STRUTH! Mexico’s tunnel of love
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says you’ll never be troubled by gawking invaders when you stay at the Capella Pedregal resort outside Mexico’s Cabo San Lucas: the only way you can get into this beachside haven is by a private […]
STRUTH! Mexico’s tunnel of love
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says you’ll never be troubled by gawking invaders when you stay at the Capella Pedregal resort outside Mexico’s Cabo San Lucas: the only way you can get into this beachside haven is by a private […]
JILTED SYDNEY BRIDE MADE A DICKENS OF A YARN
David Ellis FANS of 19th century British writer Charles Dickens are flocking to England for celebrations to mark the bicentennial of his birth on February 12 1812, and one story that’s sure to be told over and again is that of the tragic life of a young Sydney woman, Eliza Donnithorne – whom Dickens […]
