{"id":12088,"date":"2010-01-25T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/cruising-the-french-winelands-2\/"},"modified":"2010-01-25T00:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T00:28:00","slug":"cruising-the-french-winelands-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2010\/01\/cruising-the-french-winelands-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruising the French winelands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Travel briefs for w\/c January 25 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TRAVEL BRIEFS<\/p>\n

John Crook\u00a0<\/p>\n

A sub-tropical twist to weddings<\/p>\n

Queensland’s Cooloola Cove, Tin Can Bay, and Rainbow Beach are the latest to join the ‘let’s get married’ destinations.\u00a0\u00a0 Picturesque waterways and scenery to behold,- in fact, a slice of paradise.\u00a0 The wedding season in this part of the world is continuous.\u00a0 To assist in the planning of such an important event, first move is to check the Cooloola Coast wedding and functions guide by going to\u00a0 www.yourweddingguide.com.au<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

Melbourne counting down<\/p>\n

Sydnesiders have loved it, with the end of their run in sight.\u00a0 However, from February 13, Melbourne welcomes in the 10th anniversary of\u00a0 Mamma Mia, at Her Majesty’s Theatre.\u00a0 Then it’s the turn of Perth theatre-goers (June 5 to August 1) and Brisbane starts its season from August 10.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a not-to-be-missed show.\u00a0 Tickets through www.mamma-mia.com.au<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cruising the French winelands<\/p>\n

Check this one out!!\u00a0 A week aboard the world’s highest-rated boutique motor-cruiser, travelling from Amsterdam to Bordeaux,\u00a0 six nights through the French winelands on a deluxe hotel barge.\u00a0 These tours focus on a fully-escorted 21 day fly\/cruise in July next year.\u00a0 Prices start from $31,400 per person twin-share ex Sydney or Melbourne.\u00a0 There’s more with this package, including a seven-night sailing aboard the 112 passenger SeaDream 1 visiting French ports, Jersey, the Brittany Islands and on and on, including all meals, transfers, guides, entries and gratuities. Check out the extras.\u00a0 Business class airfares apply.\u00a0 Call 1800 083 141 or visit www.farhorizons.com.au<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

Hot summer special<\/p>\n

Here’s the perfect escape, relaxing aboard a Willandra houseboat for four or more nights in February. An extra night is for free.\u00a0 For tariffs and conditions contact the operators direct.\u00a0 To give an idea of costs the tariff for a deluxe houseboat is from $1500 for two adults and two children (under 12 years) for four nights.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s such a variety of vessels and options, so it’s easy to reserve one which suits your budget, from deluxe, luxury and super luxury.\u00a0 Call (03) 5024 7770 or email\u00a0 relax@willandrahouseboats.com.au<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

Healthy exchange rate<\/p>\n

As opposed to the Kiwi dollar we Aussies are reaping real benefits on our currency.\u00a0 Low cost direct airfares to Queenstown make the shaky isles even more attractive.\u00a0\u00a0 Pacific Blue offers two flights a week from Sydney, preparing snow-hounds\u00a0 for a top season.\u00a0 Add the ground package and it still makes terrific sense.\u00a0 A Queenstown package is priced from $489 per person share and in Wanaka a winter holiday is priced from $479 and those prices include seven nights. Subject to change.\u00a0 Check those packages by ringing (02) 9267 1655 or 1300 136 997. Get ready for a bumper season.\u00a0
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* Please note conditions may apply to these packages\u00a0 and prices are subject to change and availability.\u00a0 This information is provided as a guide only.\u00a0 Check with your travel agency.\u00a0\u00a0 Block out periods may apply.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Need a holiday ?\u00a0 We’re archived on\u00a0 http:\/\/travellersgoodbuys.info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Travel briefs for w\/c January 25 2010.\u00a0 TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook\u00a0 A sub-tropical twist to weddings Queensland’s Cooloola Cove, Tin Can Bay, and Rainbow Beach are the latest to join the ‘let’s get married’ destinations.\u00a0\u00a0 Picturesque waterways and scenery to behold,- in fact, a slice of paradise.\u00a0 The wedding season in this part of the […]<\/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-12088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12088","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=12088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}