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SAMOAN HOTEL HOOKED ON HISTORY

SAMOAN HOTEL HOOKED ON HISTORY

david  ellis YOU’VE got to admire  a bloke who invests a million bucks or so in building a boutique hotel in  Samoa, and then names it after a  hooker. But hey, this is the South Pacific and Tom Drabble is a Kiwi. But he’s a Kiwi  with business acumen, imagination – and a  nice sense of humour to go with it. […]

TACKLING THE BIG ONES THAT DON’T GET AWAY

TACKLING THE BIG ONES THAT DON’T GET AWAY

A fishing safari  that sees your first catch of the week a fighting 55-pound (25kg) Nile Perch, is  something most anglers only dream about. But more and more  Australians are heading to Egypt to fish for these Barramundi-like monsters that  are known locally as “buffaloes,” and one who returned home recently told of a  total bag of over forty fish […]

TACKLING THE BIG ONES THAT DON’T GET AWAY

TACKLING THE BIG ONES THAT DON’T GET AWAY

A fishing safari  that sees your first catch of the week a fighting 55-pound (25kg) Nile Perch, is  something most anglers only dream about. But more and more  Australians are heading to Egypt to fish for these Barramundi-like monsters that  are known locally as “buffaloes,” and one who returned home recently told of a  total bag of over forty fish […]

SKYPE LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST NON-STOP NOMAD

SKYPE LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST NON-STOP NOMAD ….longest human product demo in perpetual motion for 33 days…. LONDON, 5 May, 2008: Skype today launches ‘The Skype Nomad’, an ambitious attempt to create a live, worldwide, human demonstration of how Skype can now be used anywhere and on the move. Skype has recruited Australian writer Rebecca Campbell […]

SKYPE LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST NON-STOP NOMAD

SKYPE LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST NON-STOP NOMAD ….longest human product demo in perpetual motion for 33 days…. LONDON, 5 May, 2008: Skype today launches ‘The Skype Nomad’, an ambitious attempt to create a live, worldwide, human demonstration of how Skype can now be used anywhere and on the move. Skype has recruited Australian writer Rebecca Campbell […]

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS IN AUSTRALIA WITH SPECIAL “LA HANAU” (BIRTHDAY) AIRFARES TO HAWAII

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS IN AUSTRALIA WITH SPECIAL “LA HANAU” (BIRTHDAY) AIRFARES TO HAWAII It is four years this month since Hawaiian Airlines launched nonstop flights from Australia to Hawaii – and to celebrate, the airline has introduced special “La Hanau”, or birthday, fares to Honolulu and the neighbour islands of Maui, Kauai and […]

Free air and free nights

Travel Briefs By John Crook Free air and free nights Cruising with gratuities included in the price. That’s a real drawcard these days and it applies to the 35-night cruise from Athens to Sydney, via Port Said, the Suez Canal, Asian ports, Cairns and Brisbane. The Princess Daphne offers a wonderful mix of yester-year ambience […]

Free air and free nights

Travel Briefs By John Crook Free air and free nights Cruising with gratuities included in the price. That’s a real drawcard these days and it applies to the 35-night cruise from Athens to Sydney, via Port Said, the Suez Canal, Asian ports, Cairns and Brisbane. The Princess Daphne offers a wonderful mix of yester-year ambience […]

WHITE AGE REALLY IS IMPORTANT

WHITE AGE REALLY IS IMPORTANT

Wc05May08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning 5 May 2008 wine with david ellis WHAT do you do when you’ve a great winemaking team with all the skills to go that one step forward, you’ve access to the very best of fruit, but you don’t have a label that you think a resultant wine […]

WHITE AGE REALLY IS IMPORTANT

WHITE AGE REALLY IS IMPORTANT

Wc05May08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning 5 May 2008 wine with david ellis WHAT do you do when you’ve a great winemaking team with all the skills to go that one step forward, you’ve access to the very best of fruit, but you don’t have a label that you think a resultant wine […]