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Extraordinary, dry snow, upside of the big chill!
A classic late winter pattern- aseries of cold fronts crossing south eastern Australia – has sent the snow fraternity into raptures. About 20cm of freshies is now blanketing Falls Creek Alpine Resort and it’s has been snowing all day taking the resort’s snowdepth to well over 1.5metres (in the resort’s Village Bowl). The mercury dipped […]
Extraordinary, dry snow, upside of the big chill!
A classic late winter pattern- aseries of cold fronts crossing south eastern Australia – has sent the snow fraternity into raptures. About 20cm of freshies is now blanketing Falls Creek Alpine Resort and it’s has been snowing all day taking the resort’s snowdepth to well over 1.5metres (in the resort’s Village Bowl). The mercury dipped […]
Sun Princess: Cruise around the continent
TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook Oz hotel group with Europe connections Adina Apartment Hotels offers overnight accommodation in Copenhagen, in a one-bedroom apartment with a full breakfast for two included, along with two tickets to the beautiful Tivoli Gardens. Add to the list inclusions of two tickets to the wonderful Tivoli Gardens. Priced from approx AUD$298. […]
Sun Princess: Cruise around the continent
TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook Oz hotel group with Europe connections Adina Apartment Hotels offers overnight accommodation in Copenhagen, in a one-bedroom apartment with a full breakfast for two included, along with two tickets to the beautiful Tivoli Gardens. Add to the list inclusions of two tickets to the wonderful Tivoli Gardens. Priced from approx AUD$298. […]
The Dangers of Travel
Since that fateful day in September 2001, our attention has been drawn to all manner of travel dangers. Our lives are limited by our fears, and we all know someone who’s too scared to fly. Some people, of course, are mortified at the thought of even walking out the door. All of life’s a risk, […]
SILVERSEA’S PRINCE ALBERT II SET TO EXPLORE FRENCH POLYNESIA FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER 2009
Ultra-luxury Silversea Cruises has revealed details of its 2009 schedule of expeditions for the Prince Albert II, calling for the 132-guest luxury expedition ship’s deployment in French Polynesia from mid-March to late October 2009. The ship’s positioning in Tahiti is the result of numerous efforts and successful meetings between Silversea and the French Polynesian government.An […]
Escape with a friend to the Edgewater Resort & Spa, Cook Islands
Escape the winter chills and head off with a friend to the magical Cook Islands. For a limited time the Edgewater Resort & Spa is offering reduced rates for mates and throwing in an Island night Umukai dinner and show, resort gift and $100 food and beverage credit per room. Valid for sale to 31 […]
Escape with a friend to the Edgewater Resort & Spa, Cook Islands
Escape the winter chills and head off with a friend to the magical Cook Islands. For a limited time the Edgewater Resort & Spa is offering reduced rates for mates and throwing in an Island night Umukai dinner and show, resort gift and $100 food and beverage credit per room. Valid for sale to 31 […]
Cruise Weekly Comment: Top End
Cruise Weekly – Comment by Roderick Eime Historically, modern expedition cruising goes back to Lindblad’s Antarctic cruises of the 1960s, while in our region, Coral Princess Cruises founder, Tony Briggs was one of the first to offer extended cruises on the Great Barrier Reef with a converted, Fairmile class, WWII-era submarine chaser in the early […]
Leaving a Carbon Footprint
Everywhere you turn lately, it seems, people are talking about climate change, global warming, carbon offsets and lower emissions. Is it just hype and bluster, as some would have us believe, or is it the end of the world as we know it? Roderick Eime looks at the arguments. It would appear that even our […]
