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PENFOLDS’ BINS BREAK NEW GROUND
Wc31Mar08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for 31 March 2008 wine with david ellis PENFOLDS’ BINS BREAK NEW GROUND THE annual release of Penfolds’ Bin range is always much anticipatedby aficionados, and this year’s Bins that have just hit the shelvesare sure to have the faithful lining up for their favourite numbersfor investment purposes or special-occasion […]
PENFOLDS’ BINS BREAK NEW GROUND
Wc31Mar08 YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for 31 March 2008 wine with david ellis PENFOLDS’ BINS BREAK NEW GROUND THE annual release of Penfolds’ Bin range is always much anticipatedby aficionados, and this year’s Bins that have just hit the shelvesare sure to have the faithful lining up for their favourite numbersfor investment purposes or special-occasion […]
WINE LOVERS CRUSH ON LEEDS CASTLE
FOR WEEK BEGINNING 31 MARCH 2008; PHOTO CAPTIONS AT END OF ITEM WINE LOVERS CRUSH ON LEEDS CASTLE david ellis WHEN William the Conqueror decided to take over England in 1066, hegave one of his invasion’s cushier jobs to his half-brother, BishopOdo of Bayeux. Odo was told to take hold of a small wooden fortress […]
WINE LOVERS CRUSH ON LEEDS CASTLE
FOR WEEK BEGINNING 31 MARCH 2008; PHOTO CAPTIONS AT END OF ITEM WINE LOVERS CRUSH ON LEEDS CASTLE david ellis WHEN William the Conqueror decided to take over England in 1066, hegave one of his invasion’s cushier jobs to his half-brother, BishopOdo of Bayeux. Odo was told to take hold of a small wooden fortress […]
Announcing the Maiden Voyage to the North Pole of the World’s Newest, Largest and Most Sophisticated Icebreaker, 50 Years of Victory
Quark Expeditions, world leader in polar adventure travel, has chartered the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Years of Victory for expeditions to the North Pole in 2008. Twenty years in the making, Victory, the largest Arktika-class vessel ever built, has a spoon-shaped bow, and an all-new automated digital control system. A stainless steel ice belt 18 feet […]
Ruggers Sydney, Brisbane and Perth
Travel briefs/tips March31-08 TRAVEL TIPS By John Crook www.thetravelman.net Ruggers Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. In the world of rugby the big one is the Bledisloe Cup. That’s when the Kiwis and the Aussies battle it out. This year the Wallabies and the All Blacks grunt and groan in Brisbane on September 13. Other flag waving […]
Ruggers Sydney, Brisbane and Perth
Travel briefs/tips March31-08 TRAVEL TIPS By John Crook www.thetravelman.net Ruggers Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. In the world of rugby the big one is the Bledisloe Cup. That’s when the Kiwis and the Aussies battle it out. This year the Wallabies and the All Blacks grunt and groan in Brisbane on September 13. Other flag waving […]
Palin’s Travel Tonic
Michael Palin, that icon of independent travel, actor, comedian and grandfather made his seventh visit to Australia to promote his latest book and TV series, New Europe. Roderick Eime hounded him, and his PR people, for two weeks to get this interview. Almost one thousand expectant guests crammed the auditorium, a record-breaking sellout for the […]
Great Aussie Cruise with Real Bite
The enormous chunk of tuna flesh bobbed on the end of the line supported by a small foam ball. Matt ladled great gobs of minced gills and guts onto the surface creating a lumpy, letterbox red slick just behind the boat. Then he struck. We’d seen his ominous black shadow patrolling beneath us like a […]
Rocky Road to Egypt’s Ruins
David Ellis THE ancient tombs of many of Egypt’s most famous rulers, with their treasure-troves of sculptures, paintings, hieroglyphics and carvings, are amazing enough in themselves, but the fact that they were ever discovered in the first place is nothing short of a miracle. Hidden among rocky ravines in a sea of shifting sands on […]
