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New Direct Flights Non-Stop Between Brisbane and the Solomon Islands Take Off

New Direct Flights Non-Stop Between Brisbane and the Solomon Islands Take Off

Virgin Blue’s sister airline, Pacific Blue, will take off from Brisbane International Airport at 10.10am this morning on its inaugural flight to the Solomon Islands, the third new island destination the airline has launched in just four weeks. Pacific Blue will fly direct between Brisbane and Honiara twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday) using a […]

New Direct Flights Non-Stop Between Brisbane and the Solomon Islands Take Off

New Direct Flights Non-Stop Between Brisbane and the Solomon Islands Take Off

Virgin Blue’s sister airline, Pacific Blue, will take off from Brisbane International Airport at 10.10am this morning on its inaugural flight to the Solomon Islands, the third new island destination the airline has launched in just four weeks. Pacific Blue will fly direct between Brisbane and Honiara twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday) using a […]

Wilderness camp wins tourism award

Source: thewest.com.auAn Aboriginal-owned wilderness camp in the State’s rugged north was the star of last night’s 2008 WA Tourism Awards.Kooljaman, located 220km north of Broome at Cape Leveque, won the inaugural Indigenous Tourism award, the Qantas Award for Excellence in Sustainable Tourism and was inducted into the Ecotourism Hall of Fame.The camp offers a variety […]

Wilderness camp wins tourism award

Wilderness camp wins tourism award

Source: thewest.com.au An Aboriginal-owned wilderness camp in the State’s rugged north was the star of last night’s 2008 WA Tourism Awards. Kooljaman, located 220km north of Broome at Cape Leveque, won the inaugural Indigenous Tourism award, the Qantas Award for Excellence in Sustainable Tourism and was inducted into the Ecotourism Hall of Fame. The camp […]

Wilderness camp wins tourism award

Wilderness camp wins tourism award

Source: thewest.com.au An Aboriginal-owned wilderness camp in the State’s rugged north was the star of last night’s 2008 WA Tourism Awards. Kooljaman, located 220km north of Broome at Cape Leveque, won the inaugural Indigenous Tourism award, the Qantas Award for Excellence in Sustainable Tourism and was inducted into the Ecotourism Hall of Fame. The camp […]

‘THE PATRON’ JOINS WORLD BENCHMARKS

‘THE PATRON’ JOINS WORLD BENCHMARKS

Wc01Dec08 wine with david ellis FEW wines are spoken about in the same reverential terms as Grange or Chateau Margaux, so when just one is included in talk when it turns to world benchmarks, that wine must surely be something exceptional. And Brand’s Laira recently-released The Patron 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon really can be called exceptional, […]

‘THE PATRON’ JOINS WORLD BENCHMARKS

‘THE PATRON’ JOINS WORLD BENCHMARKS

Wc01Dec08 wine with david ellis FEW wines are spoken about in the same reverential terms as Grange or Chateau Margaux, so when just one is included in talk when it turns to world benchmarks, that wine must surely be something exceptional. And Brand’s Laira recently-released The Patron 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon really can be called exceptional, […]

PRAGUE GETS A BANG OUT OF NEW YEAR

PRAGUE GETS A BANG OUT OF NEW YEAR

david ellis IT’S the snow that does it, bouncing the extraordinary New Year fireworks off Prague’s white-capped buildings, parks and streets like some huge movie-lot reflector, so that the whole city seems ablaze in a double-dazzle of flashing white, electric blue, orange, red, purple, green and gold…. And under-foot it crunches icily as we sway […]

PRAGUE GETS A BANG OUT OF NEW YEAR

PRAGUE GETS A BANG OUT OF NEW YEAR

david ellis IT’S the snow that does it, bouncing the extraordinary New Year fireworks off Prague’s white-capped buildings, parks and streets like some huge movie-lot reflector, so that the whole city seems ablaze in a double-dazzle of flashing white, electric blue, orange, red, purple, green and gold…. And under-foot it crunches icily as we sway […]

‘Australia’ Film Shines Spotlight On El Questro Wilderness Park

‘Australia’ Film Shines Spotlight On El Questro Wilderness Park

Voyages Hotels & Resorts is preparing for a strong 2009 season at El Questro Wilderness Park, following the region’s starring role in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia movie. The magnificent Cockburn Range, located entirely on the million-acre El Questro Wilderness Park, provides much of the backdrop for many scenes in Australia, including the cattle droving shots, water […]