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FOR A GRAPE ESCAPE, HOME IS THE HUNTER
TRANQUILITY: Holman Estate house provides anescape from the Hunter’s touristy hustle and bustle David Ellis and John Rozentals IF getting it right in real estate jargon means position, position, position, then it’s a safe bet that the Hunter Valley’s Holman Estate guest house is one place that’s got it right. Located right in the middle […]
PICTURESQUE KURANDA RAIL LINE A STAB IN THE DARK
David Ellis JOHN Robb knew how to turn a quid, and when the Queensland government couldn’t get anyone to finish a railway line from the mosquito-ridden port of Cairns to the wealthy, but remote, farmlands and mining areas “up the range” behind town, he decided in his largesse to come to their aid. It was […]
PICTURESQUE RAIL LINE A STAB IN THE DARK
David Ellis JOHN Robb knew how to turn a quid, and when the Queensland government couldn’t get anyone to finish a railway line from the mosquito-ridden port of Cairns to the wealthy, but remote, farmlands and mining areas “up the range” behind town, he decided in his largesse to come to their aid. It was […]
PICTURESQUE RAIL LINE A STAB IN THE DARK
David Ellis JOHN Robb knew how to turn a quid, and when the Queensland government couldn’t get anyone to finish a railway line from the mosquito-ridden port of Cairns to the wealthy, but remote, farmlands and mining areas “up the range” behind town, he decided in his largesse to come to their aid. It was […]
SNUGGLING UP FOR THE NIGHT – THAT’S THE SPIRIT
david ellis AN American guest at the Prince of Wales Hotel in the Canadian Rockies confided to his mates how he’d almost – just almost – sworn off the grog, after a session on the hootch that had left him confronting more in the way of spirits than he’d bargained on. After a successful day’s […]
SNUGGLING UP FOR THE NIGHT – THAT’S THE SPIRIT
david ellis AN American guest at the Prince of Wales Hotel in the Canadian Rockies confided to his mates how he’d almost – just almost – sworn off the grog, after a session on the hootch that had left him confronting more in the way of spirits than he’d bargained on. After a successful day’s […]
DEVOUT ‘BORN AGAIN’ SLAVE TRADER’S AMAZING GRACE
david ellis with malcolm andrews YOU can’t go far in England without coming across some link with slavery: much of the country’s early wealth came from the trade. Even Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles II both played major roles, Barclays Bank was founded by families whose fortunes came from slavery, and The National Gallery […]
DEVOUT ‘BORN AGAIN’ SLAVE TRADER’S AMAZING GRACE
david ellis with malcolm andrews YOU can’t go far in England without coming across some link with slavery: much of the country’s early wealth came from the trade. Even Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles II both played major roles, Barclays Bank was founded by families whose fortunes came from slavery, and The National Gallery […]
HEADS HAVE IT ON WILD BORNEO JUNGLE CRUISE
david ellis WE wonder if we’re in some kind of a time-warp. Snuggling up to our wharf in Borneo’s jungle township of Sibu is an oddly-shaped little passenger ship with a circular bow and equally circular forward superstructure. She could, we think, be something straight out of a Kipling tale of Borneo’s Raj, or Mark […]
HEADS HAVE IT ON WILD BORNEO JUNGLE CRUISE
david ellis WE wonder if we’re in some kind of a time-warp. Snuggling up to our wharf in Borneo’s jungle township of Sibu is an oddly-shaped little passenger ship with a circular bow and equally circular forward superstructure. She could, we think, be something straight out of a Kipling tale of Borneo’s Raj, or Mark […]
