YOUR WEEKLY “TRAVELLERS GOOD BUYS”<\/p>\n
Week beginning 20 August 2007<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
travel tips: with david ellis<\/p>\n
CRIKEY \u2013 THERE’S A CROCODILE UPSTAIRS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
VISITORS to Cairns can get a taste of rainforest wildlife without ADVENTURE World have a new selection of small group tours of India, BOOK 5-nights at the family-oriented Turtle Beach Resort on the Gold KIDS getting out of school for a holiday in Fiji can find themselves NINE days from St Petersburg to Moscow includes Nevsky Prospekt, the TRUE: Today’s average mega-liner uses as much electricity in a day as YOUR WEEKLY “TRAVELLERS GOOD BUYS” Week beginning 20 August 2007 travel tips: with david ellis CRIKEY \u2013 THERE’S A CROCODILE UPSTAIRS VISITORS to Cairns can get a taste of rainforest wildlife withouthaving to leave their 5-star hotel: the Sofitel Reef Casino Cairns hasa unique 20-metre high glass Rainforest Dome on its roof that’s hometo around […]<\/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-6039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039","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=6039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
having to leave their 5-star hotel: the Sofitel Reef Casino Cairns has
a unique 20-metre high glass Rainforest Dome on its roof that’s home
to around 100 wildlife species including free-flying birds, koalas, a
cassowary and a 4-metre crocodile. The hotel has a current 2-night
package that includes twin-share and breakfasts daily from $470 per
couple; the hotel has four restaurants, bars, gym, spa, rooftop pool
and casino; details 1300 65 65 65 or www.whereelse.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Vietnam, Turkey and China for a maximum of just 15 guests; they
include major attractions of countries visited, return air, 4- or
5-star hotels (some of them heritage palaces,) transfers, most meals,
sightseeing, entries, and an escort and local guides. As an example a
14-day India package is priced from $5827pp twin-share. Get a brochure
on 1300 363 055 or www.adventureworld.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Coast between October 8 and December 23 and from January 21 to March
18 2008, and kids up to 14-years will stay free, get some meals \u2013 and
to top it off the resort will give you a $30 petrol voucher. The
5-nights costs from $875 for two adults and children sharing a
2-bedroom apartment; the resort has four pools, spas, tennis, saunas,
theatrette, putting greens, gym, games room, children’s playgrounds
and licenced caf\u00e9. Details 13 88 33 or www.sunloverholidays.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
back in the classroom: Treasure Island Resort just off Fiji’s
‘mainland’ has a children’s program that includes visiting a
‘mainland’ Chief’s village and spending a day in class Fiji-style. The
program also includes many watersports, mini-golf, volleyball, spear
throwing, dancing, treasure hunts and games; a family package for two
adults and two children under 12 years sharing an Ocean View Bur\u00e9
starts from $2122 for 5-nights, including all meals, soft drinks for
the kids, morning and afternoon teas, canap\u00e9s, and a Weekly Cocktail
Party. Available to 15 December with air extra; (02) 9997 1515 or
www.fiji-treasure.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hermitage at the Winter Palace and the Summer Gardens at Peterhof in
St Petersburg, the Kremlin, and Red Square, Gorky Park and Sculpture
Park in Moscow. From $1349pp includes 7-nights twin-share in 3-star
hotels, an overnight sleeper train, breakfasts daily, tour leader and
a Moscow Metro Card; available on select dates to October 2008 with
air extra. Details 1800 069 063 or www.studentflights.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
a city of 50,000 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"