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ON TRACK PRESERVING OUR STEAMY PAST
David Ellis WHAT ever it is about trains that attracts people – and it seems the older the trains, the more the attraction – Trainworks has struck gold doing it with the largest rail museum in the Southern Hemisphere. And located at Thirlmere around just an hour’s drive southwest of Sydney’s CBD, it attracts 34,000 […]
CLEANING UP THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE
JUAN FERNANDEZ’ Robinson Crusoe Island ALEXANDER Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe’s) cave home for four years and four months STATUE of Alexander Selkirk in his home town of Lower Largo, Scotland DANIEL Defoe’s original book MODERN day Robinson Crusoe Islanders survive on small tourist trade and lobster fishing David Ellis WHEN a cantankerous, foul-mouthed seaman named Alexander […]
GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S TRAIN FOR THOUGHT
David Ellis WHEN the Seventh Earl of Hopetoun, a Scottish aristocrat, politician and one-time Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria, was appointed first Governor-General of the new Commonwealth of Australia, it was felt he should have his own railway carriage to journey around the countryside to meet his people – albeit that this countryside would be […]
Struth! Mail delivered by boot
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wonderous in the world of travel, David Ellis finds South Africa’s postal service actually began 150 years before European settlement of the country – and that the first letter “posted” there was literally given the boot. It was back in 1500 when ships of many […]
EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS CITY STAY PACKGES
EASTERN European holiday specialists Beyond Travel have just released a selection of special short stay city packages during the Christmas season in Munich, Prague, Salzburg and Vienna, perfect for stopovers or pre and post river cruise holidays. The five day packages have been designed to show case the best of these cities during the festive […]
EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS CITY STAY PACKGES
EASTERN European holiday specialists Beyond Travel have just released a selection of special short stay city packages during the Christmas season in Munich, Prague, Salzburg and Vienna, perfect for stopovers or pre and post river cruise holidays. The five day packages have been designed to show case the best of these cities during the festive […]
EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS CITY STAY PACKGES
EASTERN European holiday specialists Beyond Travel have just released a selection of special short stay city packages during the Christmas season in Munich, Prague, Salzburg and Vienna, perfect for stopovers or pre and post river cruise holidays. The five day packages have been designed to show case the best of these cities during the festive […]
Hurtigruten’s 2013/14 Explorer Brochure features New Voyages, Additional Departures & Savings up to 25%
Travelers seeking adventure in remote landscapes will be hard-pressed to choose between the array of voyages detailed in Hurtigruten’s new 83-page full-color Explorer Voyager brochure, which details 21 itineraries, ranging from seven to 19 days, including three new voyages, additional departure dates for its Spitsbergen and Transatlantic routes and savings up to 25%. Travelers can […]
Hurtigruten’s 2013/14 Explorer Brochure features New Voyages, Additional Departures & Savings up to 25%
Travelers seeking adventure in remote landscapes will be hard-pressed to choose between the array of voyages detailed in Hurtigruten’s new 83-page full-color Explorer Voyager brochure, which details 21 itineraries, ranging from seven to 19 days, including three new voyages, additional departure dates for its Spitsbergen and Transatlantic routes and savings up to 25%. Travelers can […]
TAKE YOUR TASTEBUDS ON A GOURMET FOOD TRAIL WITH PEPPERS RETREATS
The newly launched ‘Peppers Gourmet Food Trail’ is a gastronomic celebration of fine food and dining with an array of events and packages at 23 Peppers Retreats and Resorts across Australia. Peppers began as a small collection of intimate boutique retreats 25 years ago where culinary excellence was the focus, establishing a relationship with food […]
