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Perisher Blue: Season wrap up!
Perisher Blue is cruising through its 16th week of what has been an amazing season both on and off the slopes. 17cm of snow settled in the Resort on Monday 15 September bringing the total to 28cm since the beginning of September. Amazingly, more snow is predicted for later today! These snowfalls coupled with a […]
Amazing New Years Eve Two Nights Cruise
Why not sleep on Sydney Harbour this New Years Eve and be right in the middle of all the harbour action, fireworks and parties with Captain Cook Cruises special two nights New Years Eve cruise aboard the MV Captain Cook’s Explorer. The cruise departs No.1 King St Wharf Darling Harbour on Tuesday 30 December 2008 […]
Refresh your Inner Spirit with the Korean Templestay Program
Whether you’re weary of the world or just looking for a very different experience the Templestay Korea program offers a unique environment to reinvigorate both body and soul and refresh your inner spirit. Templestay Korea offers a two day experience staying overnight in one of Korea’s stunning Buddhist temples and a chance to relax and […]
Cruise Weekly Comment: Niche Cruising
Cruise Weekly – Comment by Roderick Eime It’s true, some people just shouldn’t go expedition cruising. Lamenting with a good friend who was just back from a stint as expedition leader, we discussed some of the people we had both encountered over years of adventure cruising. Expedition cruising is a niche product and it just […]
Afghan precinct a winner
Travel briefs for distribution w/c September 22 TRAVEL BRIEFSBy John Crookwww.thetravelman.net Christmas in Europe Spend Christmas in an 800-year-old Austrian coaching inn, and a traditional Italian feast in a 2000–year-old Roman fortress. Eight wonderful days travelling from Frankfurt to Luzern is on offer, along with other options. Commencing December 21 this fully escorted tour comes […]
STEEL YOURSELF FOR THIS ISLAND IN THE SUN…
david ellis I ASK my wife to pinch me, drawing one of those long-suffering looks that can be conjured up only by long-suffering wives. “It’s just to know that I’ve not died and gone to heaven,” I tell her. We’re gazing across from breakfast on the deck of our little cruise ship to a minute […]
All New CURL Magazine Out Soon
Curl Magazine – Goes Global. Curl Magazine has just celebrated its 3rd year, going from success to success. Issue #17, which will be on shelves early October, sees the combination of CURL NZ and CURL AUSTRALIA publications into one “global” magazine simply called CURL. This issue we focus on surfing’s ‘Silent Assassin”, Amee Donohoe this […]
OPENING OF TARKINE HOTEL AT CORINNA
In the late 1890s, the remaining hotel on the south bank of the Pieman River poured final drinks for a thirsty pioneer. The spirit of those pioneers is honoured with the opening of the Tarkine Hotel and Tannin Restaurant at Corinna on Tasmania’s west coast some 110 years later. Corinna, the old mining town that […]
FREE AIR TO JOIN ANTARCTIC CRUISES FROM NEW ZEALAND
CruiseMart is offering free return air and a night’s accommodation at Invercargill in New Zealand to join two cruises to Antarctica aboard the boutique expedition ship Orion in December of this year and January 2009. And as well as this exclusive offer the December 2008 cruise will feature onboard talks and tips by renowned photographer, […]
Six Weeks Cruising Sydney to Asia and Dubai
An extraordinary 44-nights aboard Cunard’s grand Queen Victoria from Sydney to Asia and Dubai in 2010 has been described as “the embodiment of the good life, the splendour and romance of a bygone era with modern-day luxuries, an endless round of dinners and elegant soirees, and five-star pampering in the finest British traditions…” Queen Victoria […]
