18 February 2008 BRINGING DREAM CUISINE TO THE FAMILY TABLE Five-star recipes that have earned SeaDream Yacht Club the world’shighest accolades for Cuisine Excellence are now available for thosewith a passion for creating fine food at home. The company has released a mouth-watering cookbook titled DreamCuisine, featuring more than 90 of its top recipes created […]
18 February 2008 BRINGING DREAM CUISINE TO THE FAMILY TABLE Five-star recipes that have earned SeaDream Yacht Club the world’shighest accolades for Cuisine Excellence are now available for thosewith a passion for creating fine food at home. The company has released a mouth-watering cookbook titled DreamCuisine, featuring more than 90 of its top recipes created […]
FOR WEEK BEGINNING 31 MARCH 2008; PHOTO CAPTIONS AT END OF ITEM WINE LOVERS CRUSH ON LEEDS CASTLE david ellis WHEN William the Conqueror decided to take over England in 1066, hegave one of his invasion’s cushier jobs to his half-brother, BishopOdo of Bayeux. Odo was told to take hold of a small wooden fortress […]
FOR WEEK BEGINNING 31 MARCH 2008; PHOTO CAPTIONS AT END OF ITEM WINE LOVERS CRUSH ON LEEDS CASTLE david ellis WHEN William the Conqueror decided to take over England in 1066, hegave one of his invasion’s cushier jobs to his half-brother, BishopOdo of Bayeux. Odo was told to take hold of a small wooden fortress […]
Travel briefs/tips March31-08 TRAVEL TIPS By John Crook www.thetravelman.net Ruggers Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. In the world of rugby the big one is the Bledisloe Cup. That’s when the Kiwis and the Aussies battle it out. This year the Wallabies and the All Blacks grunt and groan in Brisbane on September 13. Other flag waving […]
Travel briefs/tips March31-08 TRAVEL TIPS By John Crook www.thetravelman.net Ruggers Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. In the world of rugby the big one is the Bledisloe Cup. That’s when the Kiwis and the Aussies battle it out. This year the Wallabies and the All Blacks grunt and groan in Brisbane on September 13. Other flag waving […]
Michael Palin, that icon of independent travel, actor, comedian and grandfather made his seventh visit to Australia to promote his latest book and TV series, New Europe. Roderick Eime hounded him, and his PR people, for two weeks to get this interview. Almost one thousand expectant guests crammed the auditorium, a record-breaking sellout for the […]
The enormous chunk of tuna flesh bobbed on the end of the line supported by a small foam ball. Matt ladled great gobs of minced gills and guts onto the surface creating a lumpy, letterbox red slick just behind the boat. Then he struck. We’d seen his ominous black shadow patrolling beneath us like a […]
David Ellis THE ancient tombs of many of Egypt’s most famous rulers, with their treasure-troves of sculptures, paintings, hieroglyphics and carvings, are amazing enough in themselves, but the fact that they were ever discovered in the first place is nothing short of a miracle. Hidden among rocky ravines in a sea of shifting sands on […]
Australasia’s largest inland lake was created by an enormous volcanic eruption less than two thousand years ago. Today it’s a hive of activity for lots of different reasons. Roderick Eime visits. Adrenalin junkies swarm to Taupo and the lake for sky-diving, jet-boating and waterskiing. Motorsport fans congregate in droves for the annual A1GP and fishermen […]