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Adventure Associates under new management (again)
Leading adventure travel company, Adventure Associates, has been sold to explorer, mountaineer and adventure tourism industry pioneer, Greg Mortimer, in partnership with experienced explorers and adventure travel operators, Sue Werner and Henrik Lovendahl. Greg Mortimer founded Aurora Expeditions in the early 1990s with his wife Margaret after working together on the Australian Bicentennial Antarctic Expedition, […]
Opera on the Irrawaddy
A fully-hosted musical charter on Myanmar’s Irrawaddy River – February, 2014. As you travel along the river from Mandalay to Rangoon, you may recall the famous Kipling poem, ” Mandalay” which tells of a British soldier’s longing to be once again on an old paddle steamer chunking along the ‘road’ (river) to Mandalay. Set in the era of British Colonisation of […]
Einstein, Vivaldi and Geoffrey Rush – the Arts Centre and Mantra Southbank Bring You Eclectic Melbourne!
Culture vultures will revel in the variety of events on show at Arts Centre Melbourne with partner hotel Mantra Southbank offering fantastic deals in the heart of the city’s entertainment precinct. From operatic theatre inspired by Einstein; to a musical celebration of the seasons or an eclectic homage to great Australian actor Geoffrey Rush – […]
Einstein, Vivaldi and Geoffrey Rush – the Arts Centre and Mantra Southbank Bring You Eclectic Melbourne!
Culture vultures will revel in the variety of events on show at Arts Centre Melbourne with partner hotel Mantra Southbank offering fantastic deals in the heart of the city’s entertainment precinct. From operatic theatre inspired by Einstein; to a musical celebration of the seasons or an eclectic homage to great Australian actor Geoffrey Rush – […]
Free Prague Extension with Avalon Waterways Cruises
Luxury river cruise specialist Avalon Waterways is offering a bonus three-night stay among the gothic spires of Prague with several departures of its most popular European cruise itinerary. The Prague extension is normally valued at $2000 per couple and is offered free with select departures of Avalon’s 15-day Magnificent Europe cruise between Amsterdam and […]
Free Prague Extension with Avalon Waterways Cruises
Luxury river cruise specialist Avalon Waterways is offering a bonus three-night stay among the gothic spires of Prague with several departures of its most popular European cruise itinerary. The Prague extension is normally valued at $2000 per couple and is offered free with select departures of Avalon’s 15-day Magnificent Europe cruise between Amsterdam […]
Free Prague Extension with Avalon Waterways Cruises
Luxury river cruise specialist Avalon Waterways is offering a bonus three-night stay among the gothic spires of Prague with several departures of its most popular European cruise itinerary. The Prague extension is normally valued at $2000 per couple and is offered free with select departures of Avalon’s 15-day Magnificent Europe cruise between Amsterdam and Budapest […]
New Faces at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Following the recent appointment of its new General Manager Erkin Aytekin in May 2013, the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth this month welcomes three new senior executives to the hotel. Geoffrey Webb Geoffrey Webb joins the hotel as Director of Sales & Marketing, responsible for both the business and leisure sectors, as well as the marketing and […]
2012 VINTAGE PROVES LUCKY NUMBER 13
PERFECT this time of year with braisedlamb shanks and potato mash. Wc01Jul13 David Ellis 2012 proved Lucky Number 13 for Cumulus Estate Wines in the Orange region of Central Western NSW, with its Rolling label seeing its first-ever red using grenache and mourvedre fruit from vineyards planted back in 1999. Until then the two varieties […]
Shongololo Express: South Africa’s dream train
WITCH-DOCTOR ON TRACK TO RAIL’S SUCCESS David Ellis MOST blokes dream at some stage of owning a train, something for a table-top maybe, or if really lucky, to run around the garage walls. But for Leon Plutsick, dreaming of owning his own train meant going one step further than most. Growing up in South Africa […]
