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SPECIAL BUBBLY FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS
IF you’ve a special occasion coming up, a really special occasion that calls for a really special bubbly to go with it, give yourself and friends a treat with a bottle of Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 1998. This wine is made only from those vintages where all the conditions are met for […]
WHALE OF A TIME AT NEW RESORT
YOUR WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN “travellers good buys” DAVID ELLIS Week beginning: 16 April 2007 travel tips: with david ellis WHALE OF A TIME AT NEW RESORT THE Peppers group has opened a luxury 5-star resort at Queensland’swhale-watching capital, Hervey Bay just 3-hours drive north ofBrisbane. The Pier Resort’s Opening price from $321pp twin-shareincludes 2-nights in […]
WHALE OF A TIME AT NEW RESORT
YOUR WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN “travellers good buys” DAVID ELLIS Week beginning: 16 April 2007 travel tips: with david ellis WHALE OF A TIME AT NEW RESORT THE Peppers group has opened a luxury 5-star resort at Queensland’swhale-watching capital, Hervey Bay just 3-hours drive north ofBrisbane. The Pier Resort’s Opening price from $321pp twin-shareincludes 2-nights in […]
West ‘n’ Wild
fromBleak and bereft to the untrained eye, the wonders of Western Australia’s Coral Coast are now front-and-centre on the world eco-tourism stage. Ocean’s Roderick Eime sails aboard True North for an intimate look at our extraordinary Western shore. “There she is!” cried Greg our champion fisherman. His trained eyes, aided by Polaroid sunglasses, spotted the […]
The Massacre on the Abrolhus
It was the middle of a moonlit night on 4 June 1629 when the brand new Dutch East Indiaman, Batavia, struck Morning Reef in the Abrolhus Islands. This event was the beginning of one of the most horrific tales of human savagery ever. About half of the 268 survivors, including women and children, were systematically […]
The Search for HMAS Sydney
STOP PRESS: HMAS Sydney Found ! About 4pm on 19 November 1941, the lookout on HMAS Sydney reported an unidentified merchant ship near Shark Bay. An exchange of signals aroused the suspicions of Captain Burnett RAN, and he closed in for a closer look at the mysterious 8500 tonne vessel. When the two ships were […]
Dirk Wos Heere
In October 1616, after a long and arduous traverse of the Indian Ocean, a 700 tonne trading ship, Eendracht, of the Dutch East India Company (the VOC) came “unexpectedly” upon some islands. It was not completely unusual for the Dutch to sight Australia if they had been blown off course or had become lost on […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Evans & Tate’s 2006 Margaret River Chardonnay
Evans & Tate have released a stunning Margaret River 2006 Chardonnay that’s both fine and delicate but with wonderfully full white peach, melon and citrus flavours. At $20.99 it’s once again one of those Evans & Tate wines you’d be happy to pay above this for such outstanding quality; enjoy it with char-grilled salmon, baked […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: Evans & Tate’s 2006 Margaret River Chardonnay
Evans & Tate have released a stunning Margaret River 2006 Chardonnay that’s both fine and delicate but with wonderfully full white peach, melon and citrus flavours. At $20.99 it’s once again one of those Evans & Tate wines you’d be happy to pay above this for such outstanding quality; enjoy it with char-grilled salmon, baked […]
PENFOLDS BIN REDS DO IT AGAIN
FEW wines are awaited with as much anticipation by aficionados of good reds as Penfolds annual release of its Bins Range. First launched by legendary Max Schubert in 1960 (Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz) and named after the particular bin or rack in the cellar where they were stored, these wines consistently win acclaim for their […]
