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Struth! Mowin’ em down with this ride-on regatta
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that while most of us see getting out the lawnmower as a chore, there are growing numbers in this country who salivate over their mowers for another reason – they modify and race aboard them at […]
Struth! Americans have this holiday licked
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that in America locals and visitors alike have just licked their way through more ice cream in 24 hours than any other day of the year. But it had nothing to do with the […]
Struth! That’s no way to park a Lambo
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a hotel car-park valet in India has been given indefinite leave “to recover psychologically” from having crashed a guest’s shiny white Lamborghini sports car – first into the back of another car, and then into a […]
Struth! On the nose. Australia’s biggest truffle.
TED Smith with his record-breaking 1.172kg NSW Southern Highlands truffle. IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says the Southern Highlands of NSW has produced Australia’s biggest-ever truffle that scaled-in at a whopping 1.172kgs (approx 2.5lbs.) And Ted and Barbara Smith who own Yelverton […]
Struth! World’s narrowest house a hit
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says Warsaw in Poland is claiming title to having the world’s narrowest house – it’s just 72cm (28ins) at its narrowest point and 122cm (48ins) at its widest, and is jammed into an alleyway between two huge […]
Struth! Big Bangers Theory in Bowral
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says they take their snags seriously in the Southern Highlands of NSW, with an expected 300-plus aficionados putting their home-creations to the judges in this year’s third annual Bowral Tulip Time Battle of the Bangers competition. […]
Struth! Faking it in First Class
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a Chinese man who recently made international headlines by dining free in an airline’s First Class Lounge for almost a year, may not be the trail-blazer he’s been made out to be – it seems he […]
Struth! Dubai’s getaway cars worth millions
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that in Dubai they’ve got a problem with abandoned cars – not clapped-out old heaps left abandoned in the streets, but sparkling luxury, big price-tag saloons, 4WDs and sports cars being dumped to clutter-up airport car […]
Struth! New twist to public float
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says tourists marvel at a number of Indian “levitators” who spend their days seemingly suspended in mid-air with an arms resting languidly on top of a wooden stick on Rome’s Via degli Annibaldi – while gullible passers-by […]
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 […]
