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VERY SPECIAL RED FOR VERY SPECIAL OCCASION

VERY SPECIAL RED FOR VERY SPECIAL OCCASION

david ellis VERY special occasions call for very special wines, and up there with the very best special-occasion reds is Mount Pleasant’s 2005 Hunter Valley Maurice O’Shea Shiraz. Hand-nurtured from the start with the selection of individual bunches of fruit from 125-year old vines on the Old Hill Vineyard, through the winemaking process and into […]

VERY SPECIAL RED FOR VERY SPECIAL OCCASION

VERY SPECIAL RED FOR VERY SPECIAL OCCASION

david ellis VERY special occasions call for very special wines, and up there with the very best special-occasion reds is Mount Pleasant’s 2005 Hunter Valley Maurice O’Shea Shiraz. Hand-nurtured from the start with the selection of individual bunches of fruit from 125-year old vines on the Old Hill Vineyard, through the winemaking process and into […]

Fall into Autumn with Vacations & Travel!

Fall into Autumn with Vacations & Travel!

The autumn 2009 issue of Vacations & Travel is out now, with 204 pages of intriguing stories, travel news and stunning photography, plus a bonus 68-page supplement on Australia, a 36-page supplement on Oman and a 20-page lift-out on Bali. In short, an amazing 324 pages of the best in travel, still for just AU$9.95. […]

Fall into Autumn with Vacations & Travel!

Fall into Autumn with Vacations & Travel!

The autumn 2009 issue of Vacations & Travel is out now, with 204 pages of intriguing stories, travel news and stunning photography, plus a bonus 68-page supplement on Australia, a 36-page supplement on Oman and a 20-page lift-out on Bali. In short, an amazing 324 pages of the best in travel, still for just AU$9.95. […]

The Ultimate Australian Souvenir?

The Ultimate Australian Souvenir?

Finding your own take-home treasure in the real Australian outback. Pearler Strolling along Dampier Terrace in Broome, you know you’re in the expensive part of town. Lined up along the street adjacent Roebuck Bay are all the big names in Australian pearling; Linneys, Kailis and Paspaley. Sprinkled amongst the big ticket families are galleries, stores […]

Cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic

Cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic

LONDON – British travel firm Miles Morgan Travel are accepting bookings for a cruise that will commemorate the Titanic‘s tragic voyage in April 1912. The specialist agency has chartered Fred Olsen’s Balmoral for the historic cruise in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The cruise will follow the ship’s […]

Cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic

Cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic

LONDON – British travel firm Miles Morgan Travel are accepting bookings for a cruise that will commemorate the Titanic‘s tragic voyage in April 1912. The specialist agency has chartered Fred Olsen’s Balmoral for the historic cruise in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The cruise will follow the ship’s […]

Expedition Cruising: Growing Niche, Rich in Revenue

Expedition Cruising: Growing Niche, Rich in Revenue

by Dori Saltzman – Travel TradeExpedition cruising is an increasingly popular niche product that agents can recommend to clients looking for a new experience in cruise vacations. Sometimes confused with small ship cruising, the similarities between the two basically stop at the size of the ships. “Traditional small ship cruising is different from expeditions in […]

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World

To have Billy Connolly as a personal tour guide through some of the world’s most dramatic landscapes—from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the fabled Northwest Passage – is to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience. With his idiosyncratic humour, Billy searches for the beauty of ordinariness and bumps into all manner of weird and wonderful people […]

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World

In the summer of 2008 Billy Connolly sets sail on a ten-week journey from ocean to ocean: from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by way of the North West Passage – a fabled route deep within the Arctic Circle that has thwarted explorers and fortune-hunters for centuries. For other adventurers, the North West Passage has […]