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RICH IN HISTORY, BUT NOT FOR THE CELLAR

RICH IN HISTORY, BUT NOT FOR THE CELLAR

IDEAL partner with your favouritepastas and creamy sauces. Wc04Apr11 David Ellis ANDREW Margan won’t be the least offended if you don’t even think of the word ‘cellar’ when buying a bottle of his 2010 Margan Hunter Valley Verdelho. Because this is a more-ish wine that once you’ve enjoyed the first bottle you’ll be looking for […]

Mornington Peninsula – Silversea – Lake Okareka Lodge – Masala Dandenong – Russia

Mornington Peninsula – Silversea – Lake Okareka Lodge – Masala Dandenong – Russia

TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook A top spot from which to escape Apart from the fact that most of the disaster zones, in Victoria and Queensland, have returned to normal business, Aussie domestic travel and tourism offer some fantastic holiday options.  In this week’s report I’m suggesting a couple of days R & R on the […]

Mornington Peninsula – Silversea – Lake Okareka Lodge – Masala Dandenong – Russia

Mornington Peninsula – Silversea – Lake Okareka Lodge – Masala Dandenong – Russia

TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook A top spot from which to escape Apart from the fact that most of the disaster zones, in Victoria and Queensland, have returned to normal business, Aussie domestic travel and tourism offer some fantastic holiday options.  In this week’s report I’m suggesting a couple of days R & R on the […]

Out of This World – the Top Five Remote Island Destinations for the Eco-Traveller

Out of This World – the Top Five Remote Island Destinations for the Eco-Traveller

2011 Cruise Passenger MagazineAdventure Cruise Guide Media Release: 4 April 2011 Cruise Passenger Magazine’s Adventure Cruise Guide Names the Top Five Remote Island Destinations Accessible Only by Expedition Vessel. Our planet is transforming every day. The climate is changing, forests are vanishing, endangered species disappear daily and the polar ice is melting at an alarming […]

Out of This World – the Top Five Remote Island Destinations for the Eco-Traveller

Out of This World – the Top Five Remote Island Destinations for the Eco-Traveller

2011 Cruise Passenger MagazineAdventure Cruise Guide Media Release: 4 April 2011 Cruise Passenger Magazine’s Adventure Cruise Guide Names the Top Five Remote Island Destinations Accessible Only by Expedition Vessel. Our planet is transforming every day. The climate is changing, forests are vanishing, endangered species disappear daily and the polar ice is melting at an alarming […]

SMH: Wild on the peninsula

SMH: Wild on the peninsula

By boat … Zodiac cruising near Bukhta Russkaya. Photo: Louise Southerden Among the oversized bears and birds of Kamchatka, Louise Southerden hears stories of war and adventure. It’s a blue-sky day as we file down the gangway of the ship and onto waiting Zodiacs. Bukhta Russkaya (Russia Bay) has everything that makes the Russian Far […]

SMH: Wild on the peninsula

SMH: Wild on the peninsula

By boat … Zodiac cruising near Bukhta Russkaya. Photo: Louise Southerden Among the oversized bears and birds of Kamchatka, Louise Southerden hears stories of war and adventure. It’s a blue-sky day as we file down the gangway of the ship and onto waiting Zodiacs. Bukhta Russkaya (Russia Bay) has everything that makes the Russian Far […]

Antarctic adventure: In search of Captain Scott on a long voyage to the frozen South

Antarctic adventure: In search of Captain Scott on a long voyage to the frozen South

By Roderick Gilchrist We had been at sea for five days, battered incessantly by 40ft waves, when The Orion’s engines cut out and we were left at the mercy of the most dangerous ocean in the world. Our stabilisers, and every technical advantage over the schooners of old, were useless as we listed in latitudes […]

Antarctic adventure: In search of Captain Scott on a long voyage to the frozen South

Antarctic adventure: In search of Captain Scott on a long voyage to the frozen South

By Roderick Gilchrist We had been at sea for five days, battered incessantly by 40ft waves, when The Orion’s engines cut out and we were left at the mercy of the most dangerous ocean in the world. Our stabilisers, and every technical advantage over the schooners of old, were useless as we listed in latitudes […]

Sydney Announced as Host City for Dreamtime 2011

Sydney Announced as Host City for Dreamtime 2011

Tourism Australia today announced Sydney has been selected as host city for Dreamtime 2011, Australia’s premier trade marketing activity for international business events buyers.  More than 100 business events decision makers and 20 media from key international markets will be invited to participate in the five day Dreamtime itinerary. The event begins on 13 November […]