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KEEPING AN EVEN KEEL IN A BUBBLY SEA
David Ellis FOR Mustapha the ship’s parrot, the lure of a life before the mast proved to be a fatal attraction. As the elegant barquentine Star Flyer ploughed majestically through the Andaman Sea, Mustapha, hampered by clipped wings, laboriously climbed high into the rigging, sadly surveyed the indulgent scene 60 metres below on deck…..then dived, beak-first […]
KEEPING AN EVEN KEEL IN A BUBBLY SEA
David Ellis FOR Mustapha the ship’s parrot, the lure of a life before the mast proved to be a fatal attraction. As the elegant barquentine Star Flyer ploughed majestically through the Andaman Sea, Mustapha, hampered by clipped wings, laboriously climbed high into the rigging, sadly surveyed the indulgent scene 60 metres below on deck…..then dived, beak-first […]
Struth! Talk About Tower Envy
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says plans by the Saudi Arabian royal family to build an office, hotel and shopping tower that will soar 1.6km high (one mile) into the sky are being greeted by anything but enthusiasm. Newspaper columnists, talk-back radio […]
Struth! Talk About Tower Envy
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says plans by the Saudi Arabian royal family to build an office, hotel and shopping tower that will soar 1.6km high (one mile) into the sky are being greeted by anything but enthusiasm. Newspaper columnists, talk-back radio […]
SPOOKED BY SPIRIT OF VANUATU’S RACEDAY
David Ellis WHEN a group of expatriate Aussies in Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila decided that life without a racetrack just wasn’t the same as back home, they decided if they couldn’t get to a racetrack, they’d get a racetrack to them. So they went in search of a bit of land on which a handful […]
SPOOKED BY SPIRIT OF VANUATU’S RACEDAY
David Ellis WHEN a group of expatriate Aussies in Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila decided that life without a racetrack just wasn’t the same as back home, they decided if they couldn’t get to a racetrack, they’d get a racetrack to them. So they went in search of a bit of land on which a handful […]
Struth! Liberace Museum a Fading Star
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas is hoping to re-open on a new site in Las Vegas, after closing its doors late last year after 31 years honouring the flamboyant star. “In some ways, the museum […]
Struth! Liberace Museum a Fading Star
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas is hoping to re-open on a new site in Las Vegas, after closing its doors late last year after 31 years honouring the flamboyant star. “In some ways, the museum […]
HOTEL IS ALL A MATTER OF IMPRESSIONS
David Ellis IT’S not every day you check into a big-name resort and find that the lady at the Front Desk is a Director. Or when you go for a well-earned drink in the bar, you’re served by a Director there too – and when its time for […]
HOTEL IS ALL A MATTER OF IMPRESSIONS
David Ellis IT’S not every day you check into a big-name resort and find that the lady at the Front Desk is a Director. Or when you go for a well-earned drink in the bar, you’re served by a Director there too – and when its time for […]
