{"id":12046,"date":"2010-09-05T23:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T23:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/yangtze-river-cruise-2\/"},"modified":"2010-09-05T23:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T23:49:00","slug":"yangtze-river-cruise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2010\/09\/yangtze-river-cruise-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yangtze River Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/TIQsfn5oIRI\/AAAAAAAALcM\/mA10nHd_ptM\/s1600\/Yangtze+River+Day+two+3+Lesser+Gorges+larger+river+boat-758240.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/TIQsfn5oIRI\/AAAAAAAALcM\/mA10nHd_ptM\/s320\/Yangtze+River+Day+two+3+Lesser+Gorges+larger+river+boat-758240.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TRAVEL BRIEFS<\/p>\n<p>John Crook\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tall ships for wooden boat festival<\/p>\n<p>The biennial Australian wooden boat festival awaits your visit when the festivities get underway from February 11, next year.\u00a0 Unlike so many other festivals this one offers free admission.\u00a0 There will be around 620 crafted wooden boats, an extensive model boat collection, through to boat handling demonstrations.\u00a0 Too good to miss.\u00a0 So whilst this may be an early plug, I&#8217;m so aware that it&#8217;s events such as these which so often see the &#8216;house full&#8217; sign.\u00a0 More information closer to the event.\u00a0 In the meantime google\u00a0 Australian wooden boat festival. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Yangtze is one heck of an attraction<\/p>\n<p>The 15-day Majestic Yangtze itinerary is on offer from $4235 per person, twin share. Departures from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth cover all the highlights including a four-night cruise.\u00a0\u00a0 This is an ideal tour for those passengers who want to get the most out of their China visit.\u00a0 There are other packages on offer.\u00a0 Check them out by calling 1300 727 998 or visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/\">www.wendywutours.com.au<\/a> \u00a0<br \/> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Free holiday activities in Ballarat<\/p>\n<p>The September school holidays mean that Sovereign Hill operates free holiday activities including panning for gold.\u00a0 One of the real highlights for the kids is the junior red coats, &#8211; for conditions and inclusions,\u00a0 check it out by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovereignhill.com.au\/\">www.sovereignhill.com.au<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lapland here we come<\/p>\n<p>Time is running out to take advantage of a 20% discount on Bentours&#8217; 2010 Christmas Lapland tour.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a five-day tour based on Santa&#8217;s home town of Rovaniemi from 23-27 December 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The package combines\u00a0 accommodation in a quality hotel, meals including a traditional buffet Christmas dinner and\u00a0 a cram packed program of activities.\u00a0 The offer is valid for new bookings made before 20 September 2010. Get in touch with Bentours on 1800 221 712 for details of optional extras or go visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bentours.com.au\/\">www.bentours.com.au<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s lakes and alpine experiences<\/p>\n<p>Avoid the beaten tracks of the romantic lakes district and the lower Alpine highlands, and be sure to do consider those tours which take in some of the smaller villages.\u00a0 Experience Italian life, walk through the streets of Verona for a\u00a0 touch of Romeo and Juliet.\u00a0 So much to see and so much to do. For all the info, prices and inclusions go visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolinasusi.com.au\/\">www.carolinasusi.com.au<\/a> or call (07) 3396 8652.\u00a0<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>Visual : Yangtze River Cruise<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook\u00a0 Tall ships for wooden boat festival The biennial Australian wooden boat festival awaits your visit when the festivities get underway from February 11, next year.\u00a0 Unlike so many other festivals this one offers free admission.\u00a0 There will be around 620 crafted wooden boats, an extensive model boat collection, through to boat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}