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Struth! Uranium tailplane a weighty problem
The first 747-100s carried depleted uranium in their tails IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says not many of us knew it, but we used to fly around the world in aircraft whose tailplanes carried big quantities of depleted uranium (DU). Because bizarrely […]
LEGO Titanic
Scott Fowler of Kirkland, Washington spent eight months building this Lego Titanic. The 35 year old father-of -2 built 7’4″ inch sections to construct this 22′ LEGO creation. It contains more than 250,000 pieces and cost Fowler more than $15,000 to build using specifications and diagrams he found on the Internet. “I wanted to build […]
Somerset Maugham Steams into Samoa
GETTING HOOKED ON A SAMOA LEGEND David Ellis IT’S by no means the wettest place in the world, but a visit there in 1920 convinced English author Somerset Maugham it was certainly one of them – so much so that when he penned one of his most famous short stories about the characters […]
Somerset Maugham Steams into Samoa
GETTING HOOKED ON A SAMOA LEGEND David Ellis IT’S by no means the wettest place in the world, but a visit there in 1920 convinced English author Somerset Maugham it was certainly one of them – so much so that when he penned one of his most famous short stories about the characters he encountered […]
Struth! No such thing as a stupid question. Maybe.
Wales – definitely open in winter (wales.com) IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says travel agents get used to fielding some pretty oddball questions, and a recent survey amongst agents brought these pearlers to light: Are there any lakes in England’s Lakes District? […]
Back to Burma – and forward to Myanmar
BURMA’S PAST IS MYANMAR’S FUTURE David Ellis with Malcolm Andrews THEY may have changed the country’s name from Burma to Myanmar and its capital from Rangoon to Yangon, but the ambience of the British Empire lives on in the bar at the grand old Strand Hotel. Relaxing in wicker chairs, moustachioed […]
Struth! Family irate with Alex Cross
Movie still from the ‘violent’ crime thriller “Alex Cross” IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a flight from Denver to Baltimore in the United States was diverted to Chicago earlier this month after just an hour in flight, because a family complained […]
COMPANY’S GOT HISTORY ALL BOTTLED UP
CHEW over history with this and acold-weather’s lamb, pork or veal casserole. Wc20May13 David Ellis RIDDOCH Coonawarra’s a company one could easily write a fascinating book or three about, beginning with Scottish-born pioneer John Riddoch who rode the wool boom of the 1860s, and 30 years later planted Coonawarra’s first wine grapes in 1891. Along […]
Travel industry braces as Aussie dollar plunges
by Peter Needham source: ozforex.com The sharp fall in the value of the Australian dollar last week will affect tourism, but the extent will depend on trends over a longer period. The currency dipped sharply and slumped below parity with the US dollar. It has now been below parity for a week. It slid to […]
Travel industry braces as Aussie dollar plunges
by Peter Needham source: ozforex.com The sharp fall in the value of the Australian dollar last week will affect tourism, but the extent will depend on trends over a longer period. The currency dipped sharply and slumped below parity with the US dollar. It has now been below parity for a week. It slid to […]
