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Strong Aussie Dollar means great savings on European holidays

Strong Aussie Dollar means great savings on European holidays

Despite a forecast increase in the number of Australians travelling to Europe this year, Aussie travellers are still being offered a range of huge savings from a number of travel wholesalers.  With added confidence in their economic situations, thousands of Australians have already made plans to head to Europe this year, and those still to […]

Plancius to Visit Palmer Station in Antarctica

Plancius to Visit Palmer Station in Antarctica

Palmer Station is located at 64°46′ S, 64°03′ W, on a protected harbor on the southwestern coast of Anvers Island off the Antarctica Peninsula. Palmer is the only U.S. Antarctic station north of the Antarctic Circle. The temperature is mild, with monthly averages ranging from minus 10°C in July and August to 2°C in January […]

Plancius to Visit Palmer Station in Antarctica

Plancius to Visit Palmer Station in Antarctica

Palmer Station is located at 64°46′ S, 64°03′ W, on a protected harbor on the southwestern coast of Anvers Island off the Antarctica Peninsula. Palmer is the only U.S. Antarctic station north of the Antarctic Circle. The temperature is mild, with monthly averages ranging from minus 10°C in July and August to 2°C in January […]

AMA Waterways announce new ship for Mekong

Just months after launching the Mekong River program, AMA Waterways announced it is building a second ship that will sail to Vietnam and Cambodia starting in late spring 2011. When completed, the ship will join La Marguerite in offering seven-day Mekong river cruises between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Siem Reap, Cambodia. The two […]

AMA Waterways announce new ship for Mekong

Just months after launching the Mekong River program, AMA Waterways announced it is building a second ship that will sail to Vietnam and Cambodia starting in late spring 2011. When completed, the ship will join La Marguerite in offering seven-day Mekong river cruises between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Siem Reap, Cambodia. The two […]

COUPLE OF TARTS ALMOST CAUSE FOR DIVORCE

COUPLE OF TARTS ALMOST CAUSE FOR DIVORCE

david ellis IN the absence of my wife who was attempting to wreak as much havoc as possible to her credit card in the shortest time available, a travel-writing colleague and myself made the near-fatal decision of asking our Lisbon hotel barman where we could find a couple of local tarts – and if it […]

COUPLE OF TARTS ALMOST CAUSE FOR DIVORCE

COUPLE OF TARTS ALMOST CAUSE FOR DIVORCE

david ellis IN the absence of my wife who was attempting to wreak as much havoc as possible to her credit card in the shortest time available, a travel-writing colleague and myself made the near-fatal decision of asking our Lisbon hotel barman where we could find a couple of local tarts – and if it […]

Wild Way To Start Queen Mary 2 Cruise To Sydney

Wild Way To Start Queen Mary 2 Cruise To Sydney

TWO totally contrasting dream-for holidays have been brought together by ecruising.travel into one magical 28-night escape in January and February next year – an African safari into the legendary Masai Mara, and a 5-star cruise from Cape Town to Sydney aboard the grand Queen Mary 2. With pre- and post-safari stop-overs, the entire package embraces […]

Wild Way To Start Queen Mary 2 Cruise To Sydney

Wild Way To Start Queen Mary 2 Cruise To Sydney

TWO totally contrasting dream-for holidays have been brought together by ecruising.travel into one magical 28-night escape in January and February next year – an African safari into the legendary Masai Mara, and a 5-star cruise from Cape Town to Sydney aboard the grand Queen Mary 2. With pre- and post-safari stop-overs, the entire package embraces […]

A MELBOURNE ADVENTURE OF GASTRONOMICAL PROPORTIONS

THIS WEEK’S HOTTEST DEAL FROM BLUE HOLIDAYS DAY TRIP TO MELBOURNE FOR LUNCH   Virgin Blue is teaming up with Blue Holidays and Tourism Victoria during the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival to offer a day of epicurean exploration in Australia’s capital of taste. Each year Melbourne Food and Wine Festival reaches into the laneways, […]