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Struth! UK’s Most northerly hotel a derelict award-winner
John O’Groats “derelict hotel and sheds lurking with tourist intent” STRUTH ! David Ellis looks at the more weird wacky and wondrous in the world of travel IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that a popular British tourist destination has just won […]
Melbourne: Classic Hotels Define the City
David Ellis with John Rozentals THERE may only be a few CBD blocks separating Melbourne’s Adelphi and Windsor hotels, but in terms of style they might as well be in different galaxies — and both very desirable galaxies at that. The Adelphi, in Flinders Lane, just a hop from Federation Square, City Square, Flinders Street […]
Struth! Beach bums urged to cover up
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that whether you want to believe it or not, that bastion of the bikini and skimpy dress, the Mediterranean is under threat. Because authorities from France’s Riviera to Italy in the east and Spain […]
Struth! Beach bums urged to cover up
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says that whether you want to believe it or not, that bastion of the bikini and skimpy dress, the Mediterranean is under threat. Because authorities from France’s Riviera to Italy in the east and Spain […]
MYSTERY SOLVED TO GOING ROBINSON CRUSOE
david ellis SO you wanna go Robinson Crusoe… There’s a little place in the South Pacific that’s just for you. But that doesn’t mean you won’t need to do some planning if you’re thinking of really escaping to a people-free paradise. Because despite no one living on this miniscule 1.5-square kilometre oceanic dot that has […]
MYSTERY SOLVED TO GOING ROBINSON CRUSOE
david ellis SO you wanna go Robinson Crusoe… There’s a little place in the South Pacific that’s just for you. But that doesn’t mean you won’t need to do some planning if you’re thinking of really escaping to a people-free paradise. Because despite no one living on this miniscule 1.5-square kilometre oceanic dot that has […]
Struth! Venice’s first female gondolier
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says its taken 900 years, but Venice has finally got its first-ever fully-licenced female gondolier. Blonde mother of two, Giorgia Boscolo (24) last week passed her final exams after 400 hours of instruction that included […]
Struth! Venice’s first female gondolier
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says its taken 900 years, but Venice has finally got its first-ever fully-licenced female gondolier. Blonde mother of two, Giorgia Boscolo (24) last week passed her final exams after 400 hours of instruction that included […]
PLAY THE PLANTER IN YESTER-YEAR HAWAII
David Ellis THINK Hawaii and the theatre of the mind conjures up pictures of bustling Honolulu, ice-cream stands and T-shirt shops, outriggers off Waikiki, surfboards and sunset cocktails, cornbeef hash, and prime rib topped with lobster tail… And high-rise hotels and resorts sprawling to the horizon. But close the eyes and imagine an Hawaii of […]
Cliveden House: WEEKEND OF SEX, SPIES, LIES AND DOWNFALLS
THE Astor’s sprawling Cliveden House on 150ha on the banks of the River Thames. David Ellis FORTY NINE years ago this month British socialites, the 2nd Viscount and Lady Astor invited some friends to their stately Cliveden House on the banks of the Thames just outside London, for a summer’s weekend of partying, tennis, croquet, […]
