{"id":5898,"date":"2009-07-06T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/spend-new-years-eve-in-antarctica\/"},"modified":"2009-07-06T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T00:40:00","slug":"spend-new-years-eve-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/07\/spend-new-years-eve-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Spend New Years Eve in Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TRAVEL BRIEFS<\/p>\n

John Crook\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unique dining experience<\/p>\n

Dine at a secluded bush setting under a canopy of stars and sample the hospitality of real\u00a0 country folk.\u00a0 The location is Rawnsley Park Station in South Australia’s beautiful Flinders Ranges.\u00a0 This dining experience is scheduled July 25, August 8 and 22, September 5 and 19 and also October 17.\u00a0\u00a0 Cost is $155 per person and the inclusions are a five-course banquet,\u00a0 with wines to complement each course. Check on the transfers to the site. For details and reservations for the Starlight Banquet, telephone (08) 8648 0030.\u00a0 Now, just don’t turn up without a reservation as you could be dreadfully disappointed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kakadu awaits<\/p>\n

Here’s a chance to visit the outback with its prehistoric landscape and crocodiles, in an area which has virtually been untouched by mankind.\u00a0 It’s remote, exciting and memorable.\u00a0\u00a0 The five-night escape package into the tropical Top End includes five-days of 4WD hire, a Kakadu Yellow Water cruise and a day-long\u00a0 Arnhem Land safari.\u00a0\u00a0 There are two-nights accommodation in Darwin and three-nights accommodation at Gagudju Crocodile Holiday Inn.\u00a0 Valid for sale until March 20 2010 and for travel until March 31 2010. Flights are not included. For bookings, telephone\u00a0 Travel Associates 1800 044 066.\u00a0 Conditions apply.\u00a0
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Thredbo is the answer<\/p>\n

Ski the fields at Thredbo but stay in the comfort of Canberra’s Olims Hotel.\u00a0 The offer is for a special ski package for two adults and two children (under 14 years of age), staying two nights in a deluxe room, with daily breakfasts and return bus transfers to the snow capped mountains at Thredbo.\u00a0 The deal includes unrestricted lift pass, hire of skis, stocks and boots.\u00a0 The normal price would be $1165, however, at www.totaltravel.com.au<\/a> the offer is available from $899.\u00a0 Book before August 31 and stay between now and August 31 2009. <\/p>\n

50% savings in Vietnam<\/p>\n

There is a saving of 50% at six participating Accor hotels in Vietnam.\u00a0 The next release of participating hotels is for stays during July 17 and September 30 2009.\u00a0 The hotels include Novotel’s at Ha Long Bay, Nha Trang, Dalat and Novotel Ocean Dune Golf and Resort at Phan Thiet, where the rate is US$45 per room plus taxes and service. For bookings and conditions visit www.accorhotels.com<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

New Year’s Eve 2010<\/p>\n

Be an early bird and you should be surprised and delighted at the deal-on-offer which will have you aboard the Australian expedition cruise ship Orion sailing south from New Zealand to Antarctica.\u00a0\u00a0 The deal gives you your return air travel for free from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane to join Orion.\u00a0 Also, CruiseMart includes a night’s accommodation pre-cruise in Dunedin, for free.\u00a0\u00a0 Early bird bookings for the 18 night cruise, which must be booked by September 24 2009,\u00a0 start from $19,112 per person, twin share.\u00a0 For departure details and conditions ring 1300 305 920 or visit www.cruisemart.com.au<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

South America here I come<\/p>\n

You can save $300 per person on a comprehensive tour of the highlights of South America, however, bookings need to be made by July 31 2009.\u00a0 Travel is valid until December 31 2009.\u00a0 Including return airfares and taxes ex Australia, the Splendours of South America\u00a0 tour is priced from $8530.\u00a0 That includes 21 nights’ accommodation with daily breakfasts, some meals, plenty of sightseeing, air and land transportation within South America and airport transfers.<\/p>\n

Contact Adventure World on 1300 363 055. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TRAVEL BRIEFS John Crook\u00a0 Unique dining experience Dine at a secluded bush setting under a canopy of stars and sample the hospitality of real\u00a0 country folk.\u00a0 The location is Rawnsley Park Station in South Australia’s beautiful Flinders Ranges.\u00a0 This dining experience is scheduled July 25, August 8 and 22, September 5 and 19 and also […]<\/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-5898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5898","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=5898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}