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HOUGHTON BOTTLES-UP 175 YEARS – WHAT A CLASSIC
WHAT’s in a name: many still think ofWhite Classic as Houghton’s White Burgundy. Wc12Sep11 David Ellis HOUGHTON’S White Classic is a virtual chapter in itself in the book of the Australian wine industry. Originally created as Houghton’s White Burgundy by the legendary Jack Mann in 1937, it was made by him for an amazing fifty-one […]
Titanic 100 Years Anniversary Expedition
The RMS Titanic was the brainchild of the famous White Star Line, which specialised in luxury passenger vessels, and Harland & Wolff, the Irish shipyard that designed and built her. 268 metres long, Titanic was not only the largest moving object ever built by man, she was also the most opulent. More than 14,000 […]
Titanic 100 Years Anniversary Expedition
The RMS Titanic was the brainchild of the famous White Star Line, which specialised in luxury passenger vessels, and Harland & Wolff, the Irish shipyard that designed and built her. 268 metres long, Titanic was not only the largest moving object ever built by man, she was also the most opulent. More than 14,000 […]
Coral Princess Cruises releases Kimberley ‘Waterfall Season” Savings
Australia’s pioneer of small-ship expedition cruising Coral Princess Cruises is offering ‘Waterfall Season” specials of between 15 and 25 per cent off normal prices on their 10-night Kimberley Coast expeditions. The savings are valid on April 2012 departures aboard their state-of-the-art 72 passenger small ship Oceanic Discoverer or the intimate 35 metre catamaran Coral Princess. […]
Coral Princess Cruises releases Kimberley ‘Waterfall Season" Savings
Australia’s pioneer of small-ship expedition cruising Coral Princess Cruises is offering ‘Waterfall Season” specials of between 15 and 25 per cent off normal prices on their 10-night Kimberley Coast expeditions. The savings are valid on April 2012 departures aboard their state-of-the-art 72 passenger small ship Oceanic Discoverer or the intimate 35 metre catamaran Coral Princess. […]
Cold war sites on Arctic cruise
Aurora Expeditions members at Bukhta Legzdina in the Russian Arctic. Picture: Dylan Coker A POLAR bear clambering a cliff face hunting eggs; 24-hour daylight; glaciers mirrored in seas next to fields of flowers … weird and wonderful things happen in the Arctic Circle. In these cold reaches Novaya Zemlya is a little-known Russian outcrop of […]
Cold war sites on Arctic cruise
Aurora Expeditions members at Bukhta Legzdina in the Russian Arctic. Picture: Dylan Coker A POLAR bear clambering a cliff face hunting eggs; 24-hour daylight; glaciers mirrored in seas next to fields of flowers … weird and wonderful things happen in the Arctic Circle. In these cold reaches Novaya Zemlya is a little-known Russian outcrop of […]
Nile Cruise – Tuscany Umbria – Luna Park – Wollongong
TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook Nile cruising There is an 11-day tour, including a Nile cruise, of Egypt with return airfare from Melbourne flying with Etihad Airways from $3480, which is $880 per person less than the normal land only package. The deal is on offer from October 1 until December 20 2011 and that includes […]
Nile Cruise – Tuscany Umbria – Luna Park – Wollongong
TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook Nile cruising There is an 11-day tour, including a Nile cruise, of Egypt with return airfare from Melbourne flying with Etihad Airways from $3480, which is $880 per person less than the normal land only package. The deal is on offer from October 1 until December 20 2011 and that includes […]
$1.5M Birdsville Airport upgrade
Birdsville Airport (BVI) showing upgraded strip (Stuart Edwards) Transport Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk today opened the $1.5 million upgrade of Birdsville Airport, improving passenger safety and comfort. Ms Palaszczuk said the work included a new airport terminal, resealing the pavement, installing new runway edge lighting and extending the apron area. She said the upgrades were jointly […]
