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GOING ROBINSON CRUSOE IN VANUATU
GOING ROBINSON CRUSOE IN VANUATU david ellis SO you wanna go Robinson Crusoe. There’s a little place in the South Pacific that’s just what you’relooking for, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to do some planningif you’re thinking of really escaping to a people-free paradise. Because despite no one living on this miniscule 1.5-square […]
GOING ROBINSON CRUSOE IN VANUATU
GOING ROBINSON CRUSOE IN VANUATUdavid ellis SO you wanna go Robinson Crusoe. There’s a little place in the South Pacific that’s just what you’relooking for, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to do some planningif you’re thinking of really escaping to a people-free paradise. Because despite no one living on this miniscule 1.5-square kilometredot […]
GOING ROBINSON CRUSOE IN VANUATU
GOING ROBINSON CRUSOE IN VANUATU david ellis SO you wanna go Robinson Crusoe. There’s a little place in the South Pacific that’s just what you’relooking for, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to do some planningif you’re thinking of really escaping to a people-free paradise. Because despite no one living on this miniscule 1.5-square […]
A GOOD BREAKFAST STARTS THE DAY WELL
A GOOD BREAKFAST STARTS THE DAY WELL david ovens The great Namibian stand-off was close to breaking point. The scene: At one of a limited number of waterholes shrunken by theblazing southern African sun. The players: A small herd of zebra and a pride of nine lions includinga couple of cubs at foot. The status: […]
ROMAN HOLIDAY – STAYING AT ONE’S USUAL PALACE
ROMAN HOLIDAY – STAYING AT ONE’S USUAL PALACE david ellis THERE’s something rather nice about telling mates you’re heading off to Rome, and rather than telling them you’ll be staying at your usual pub, saying you’ll be staying at your usual palace. And for good measure, mentioning that your palace once starred in one of […]
CHRISTMAS IDEA’S ON THE CARD
YOUR WEEKLY “TRAVELLERS GOOD BUYS” Week beginning 12 November 2007 travellers good buys: with david ellis CHRISTMAS IDEA’S ON THE CARD IF shopping’s not your go, but you’ve a special someone you want to give a special something, Accor Hotels has a Christmas Gift Card they can use towards stays in any of its ninety […]
CHRISTMAS IDEA’S ON THE CARD
YOUR WEEKLY “TRAVELLERS GOOD BUYS” Week beginning 12 November 2007 travellers good buys: with david ellis CHRISTMAS IDEA’S ON THE CARD IF shopping’s not your go, but you’ve a special someone you want to give a special something, Accor Hotels has a Christmas Gift Card they can use towards stays in any of its ninety […]
GREAT DROP FROM BEST OF THE BEST
WHEN you enjoy a vintage that produces fruit that’s described as “overall excellent,” and you choose just the very top 25% of that fruit for your wine, you can expect to come up with a top drop. Wynns’ Chief Winemaker, Sue Hodder did just that with the 2005 Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon, a classic that […]
GREAT DROP FROM BEST OF THE BEST
WHEN you enjoy a vintage that produces fruit that’s described as “overall excellent,” and you choose just the very top 25% of that fruit for your wine, you can expect to come up with a top drop. Wynns’ Chief Winemaker, Sue Hodder did just that with the 2005 Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon, a classic that […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Ferngrove’s Symbol Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
ONE FOR LUNCH: THINGS went anything but well in 2007 for makers in Western Australia’s Frankland River region 300km south of Perth: rainfall was fifteen per cent below normal, and consecutive days of 39-degree temperatures in March elevated baumes and shrank the fruit. Ferngrove Wines’ Senior Winemaker, Kim Horton decided under such conditions to harvest […]
