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SYMPHONIA ALBERINO – PLAY IT AGAIN SAM
Wc20Oct08 YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN FOR W/B 20 OCTOBER 2008wine with david ellis THERE’s every chance you’ve never heard of Alberino, but if King Valley, Victoria winemaker Sam Miranda has his way it won’t be long before it’s on popular wine lists across Australia. Likened by many who know it to New Zealand-style Sauvignon […]
Ann is award winner
Your FREE Travel Briefs for w/c October 20 2008. Travel Briefs By John Crook New Europe and Britain brochure Globus has more than 80 tour options for its 2009 season, from Portugal to Turkey and Sicily to Lapland. If tours are booked by December 15, 2008, there’s a saving of $450 per couple on tours of […]
ROCKY ENCOUNTERS OF THE BEAR FIND
david ellis with john crook IT’S a bit like the mystery of the one sock in the washing machine. There are signs everywhere warning of the presence of bears. And how dangerous bears can be. The friendly staff at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge constantly repeat the warnings, and fellow guests tell us of their […]
Negotiating The Exchange Rates Snare
– with immediate comparison and purchase power in 14 different currencies Freefalling economies and turbulent world currency exchange rates present a real challenge to travellers who book online. Travellers can take comfort from the certainty offered by online booking operator – HotelClub.com To the consumer this means ‘what you see is what you get’ and […]
Emirates tracks Australian cricket team travels online
Emirates, the official airline of Cricket Australia, today launched an online team tracker that allows cricket fans to map the international and domestic travel of the Australian players. Available on the official Cricket Australia website, the interactive map details the journeys of the team for the past 18 months and will be updated as […]
ROCKY HORROR SHOW PACKAGES WITH SOFITEL
Fun and fabulous musical packages at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins 17 OCTOBER 2008: Feel like doing the time warp again? This time, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins Street is serving up our favourite rock’n’roll musical – Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show – with a likeable luxury twist. To celebrate the Rocky Horror Show now playing at […]
PORT EXCURSIONS INCLUDED WITH ADVENTURE CRUISES
Spirit of Adventure is giving cruise-goers extra value with its discovery cruise packages to some of the world’s more unusual destinations in 2009, by including guided excursions to main attractions and landmarks in the majority of ports to be visited by its ships, Spirit of Adventure and Quest for Adventure that has just come out […]
WILD WAYS OF KEEPING ON TRACK
david ellis THE Mt Lyell Mining Company had good reason for the motto it affixed to the front of the first locomotive it ran from Tasmania’s western port of Strahan to it’s copper mine thirty-five tortuous kilometres away in the wild coastal hinterland. It read “Labour Omnia Vincit,” Latin for “We Find A Way Or […]
‘Australia’ film will boost cruise visitors, says Minister
Speaking to Seatrade Insider today, Australia’s Minister for Tourism, Martin Ferguson, said ‘the cruise ship industry is a very positive area of growth and benefit to Australia.’ Ferguson said he believes the soon-to-be-released Twentieth Century Fox Film ‘Australia’ will encourage international fly/float passengers to make longer pre- and post-cruise stopovers to explore the outback. He […]
Coral Princess Cruises Awarded “Top Gong” at Tourism Awards
Coral Princess Cruises was recognised at the Tropical North Queensland (TNQ) Tourism Awards on Saturday night, taking out the top tourism award category of Major Tour and Transport Operator for the company’s three, four and seven-night Great Barrier Reef cruises. In Coral Princess Cruises’ 25th anniversary year, the tourism award is welcome acknowledgement of the […]
