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A VINTAGE TALE FROM THE VIENNA WOODS
david ellis IT’s best known for St.Stephan’s Cathedral, the Schönbrunn Castle, it’s Boys’ Choir, the Danube, and something about Tales in its Woods. But David Ellis discovers there’s another side to Vienna: it’s the only capital city in the world with a thriving commercial wine industry within its city limits. It takes less than 20 […]
South Africa
John Savage Just a short update on the last trip. Former footballers, Dave Jolly, Tim Pickup, Tim’s two daughters Carly and Loren and I flew to South Africa to watch some Rugby and take on the scenery, wines, food and people. It was an outstanding success arriving home last night after two nights in BKK. […]
SLIPPERY CONVICT BOTTLED-UP AT LAST
david ellis WHEN the colourful convict Moondyne Joe was sentenced to Fremantle Prison in 1871, the authorities reckoned that despite having escaped more times than anyone else from prisons and lock-ups, Joe had finally met his match. In fact so positive was Western Australia’s Governor Hampton that his newly revamped prison was escape-proof, he promised […]
SLIPPERY CONVICT BOTTLED-UP AT LAST
david ellis WHEN the colourful convict Moondyne Joe was sentenced to Fremantle Prison in 1871, the authorities reckoned that despite having escaped more times than anyone else from prisons and lock-ups, Joe had finally met his match. In fact so positive was Western Australia’s Governor Hampton that his newly revamped prison was escape-proof, he promised […]
Vila: The happiest place on Earth
A hammock strung between two palm trees (tick), some wild concoction in hand (tick), kicking back and watching the palm fronds sway in the breeze (tick): a tropical island getaway a little over three hours from Australia? Confirmed. Recently voted the happiest place on Earth, it’s no wonder that Vanuatu draws more and more visitors […]
HEAR, HEAR FOR A TRIO OF OPTIMISTES
Wc15Sep08 wine with david ellis AFTER growing some of the best fruit in NSW’s Mudgee district and seeing local winemakers scooping up the medals with the wines that came from it, Steven and Sharlene Dadd took the plunge several years ago and decided to go into the winemaking business themselves. They got great support for […]
HOW BRAZIL HELPED FIRE UP OUR HISTORY
david ellis MOST of us believe it’s a fair bet that when Captain Arthur Phillip and his officers, civil servants and their families celebrated the arrival of their First Fleet in Port Jackson in January of 1788, they raised glasses filled with rum or brandy. After all, they’d hadn’t put around 3500 litres of the […]
Explore Europe on Carnival’s new era of cruise ships
12-night European voyages with Travel the World, from $1,249pp twin shareFrom the glamorous ports of the Mediterranean to the fairytale cities of Northern Europe, take in the sights of Europe on Travel the World’s newly released 12-night itineraries on Carnival Cruise Lines. This fantastic selection of European cruises marks the start of a new era […]
Explore Europe on Carnival’s new era of cruise ships
12-night European voyages with Travel the World, from $1,249pp twin share From the glamorous ports of the Mediterranean to the fairytale cities of Northern Europe, take in the sights of Europe on Travel the World’s newly released 12-night itineraries on Carnival Cruise Lines. This fantastic selection of European cruises marks the start of a new […]
Explore Europe on Carnival’s new era of cruise ships
12-night European voyages with Travel the World, from $1,249pp twin share From the glamorous ports of the Mediterranean to the fairytale cities of Northern Europe, take in the sights of Europe on Travel the World’s newly released 12-night itineraries on Carnival Cruise Lines. This fantastic selection of European cruises marks the start of a new […]
