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Noosa Alive!
There are endless ways to feel alive in Noosa, Australia’s favourite beach destination, with sensational deals now available around May and June and spectacular events including the Noosa International Food and Wine Festival (15-18 May) and the Noosa Long Weekend Festival (18-27 July). Head tovisitnoosa.com.au for some great Noosa Alive deals including: Accommodation Deals Stay beachfront […]
Indulge in a ‘Taste of Manly’ with Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific
Enhance your experience of the 28th Taste of Manly Food Wine & Sustainability Festival with Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific hotel this June. ‘A Taste of Manly’ package is available for those wanting a beachfront weekend escape like no other. Experience a sensory explosion at the Festival on Saturday 31 May to Sunday 1 June, with […]
Victoria Sleeps More With New and Improved Accommodation
Melbourne ended 2013 with strong room occupancy rates, an increase in new hotel openings and impressive revamps, this high note continues in 2014 with a number of new and exciting developments and renovations. Melbourne’s accommodation room stock increased 31.8% from June Quarter 2003 to June Quarter 2013, with an additional +6,702 rooms. Occupancy rates increased […]
New Product on Offer in Western Australia
Here is a selection of new and revitalised accommodation, attractions, tours and food and wine products that have occurred throughout Western Australia during the last 12 months. The following abbreviations indicate the region in which the products and services can be found: EP: Experience Perth ASW: Australia’s South West ACC: Australia’s Coral Coast AGO: Australia’s Golden Outback ANW: Australia’s North […]
Modern and Royal Families Set to Boost Australian Tourism
Tourism Australia is hoping two well publicised ‘happy family’ visits Down Under will inject further energy into the recent return to growth from Australia’s traditional Western tourism markets. Tourism Australia’s Managing Director, John O’Sullivan, said the family visits – first by the cast of US sitcom ‘Modern Family’ and more recently by the British royal […]
Captain Cook Cruises Whale Watching cruises
Have a Whale of a time with Captain Cook Cruises The 2014 Whale Watching season commences 17 May, and Captain Cook Cruises are offering passengers a unique experience to view the annual migration with cruises from Sydney. All Whale Watching Cruises come with a whale guarantee; if a whale is not spotted, passengers are […]
The two men who created the myth of the Anzac
KEEPING THE MEMORY, TWO MEN OF ANZAC David Ellis AS thousands of Australians and New Zealanders descend on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula for Anzac Day, and millions at home and abroad honour the importance of the day, most likely few will give thought to two Australians whose quietly-played roles were so important in having […]
Bus leaps London’s Tower Bridge
BUS DRIVER’S TOWERING LEAP OF FAITH David Ellis AS evening began falling across London on December 30 1952, bus driver Albert Gunter most have wondered if he’d lapsed into a nightmare as he started driving his Number 78 bus across Tower Bridge straddling the River Thames. For the centre of the bridge […]
Struth! Island of Ideas for dreamers
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a philanthropic author and inspirational speaker in Sweden in offering a week-long holiday free of charge on one of two islands he owns off Stockholm for entrepreneurs, inventors, writers and pure-dreamers to seek mental inspiration for […]
AdventureSmith and Coral Princess team up
#expeditioncruising AdventureSmith Explorations and Coral Princess CruisesOffer Distinctive Australia/South Pacific Programs Small ship cruise expert AdventureSmith Explorations announces that its clients may now request to sail the fragile eco-system of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in one of two cruising vessels purpose-built for this destination. Through a new booking/promotional relationship with Coral Princess Cruises, these Australian owned, […]
