{"id":6045,"date":"2007-07-02T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-02T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/alaskas-wild-taste-of-gold\/"},"modified":"2007-07-02T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-02T10:10:00","slug":"alaskas-wild-taste-of-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2007\/07\/alaskas-wild-taste-of-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"ALASKA\u2019S WILD TASTE OF GOLD\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YOUR WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN “travellers good buys” DAVID ELLIS<\/p>\n

Week beginning 2 July 2007<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

travel tips: with david ellis<\/p>\n

ALASKA’S WILD TASTE OF GOLD\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

SEAFOOD lovers thinking of an Alaska cruise shouldn’t look past
Holland America Line’s latest temptation: throughout this year’s
cruise season, all their ships sailing Alaska will feature a Wild
Alaska Seafood Dinner three times weekly. Menu ideas include starters
of Avocado & Tomato Dungeness Crab Salad, maybe a Smoked Ketchikan
Salmon Chowder, and for mains, delights like Herb-crusted Alaskan
Weathervane Scallops or Ginger-glazed Alaska Black Cod \u2013 and to
finish, the company’s signature Gold Rush Baked Alaska dusted with
edible gold. Seven-night cruises from Vancouver to Anchorage start
from $1319pp twin-share, plus air, from July to September. Details
from Travel the World on (02) 8296 7072 or www.traveltheworld.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

CANBERRA’s popular yester-year Hotel Ainslie that’s now Olims Canberra
All Seasons, is celebrating 80 years in business with overnight stays
to December 31 from an apt $80pp twin-share, with a bottle of bubbly
on arrival and full breakfasts included. The English deco-style hotel
with all today’s mod-cons is set amid landscaped gardens and has a
Thai restaurant, courtyard bistro and beer garden, cocktail bar, and
lounge with cosy fireplaces. It’s just four blocks from Canberra’s
CBD. Details 1300 65 65 65 or www.stay@olimshotel.com<\/p>\n

MUNICH’s two-week-long Oktoberfest, an annual celebration of beer,
sausages and sauerkraut, kicks off on September 28 with 3-night
packages from London starting from $339pp including return travel from
there to Munich, twin-share in pre-erected tents at a modern campsite,
full English breakfasts daily and shuttle-bus transfers daily to the
festival. Details from Overseas Working Holidays on 1300 651 639 or
www.owh.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

On sale to September 20.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

RETREAT to the bush in the secluded deep south of Tasmania with a
drive-and-stay package that includes 3-nights at the self-catering
Huon Bush Retreat cabins and 3-days car hire from just $267pp
twin-share. The Retreat’s licenced restaurant features organic meals
with Tasmanian wines and beers available, and guests can take yoga
classes, enjoy a massage, hike the forest or simply lounge by the wood
fire. Available to October 31 but must be booked by October 24;
details including costs of air to Huonville from Flight Centre on 131
600.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

WANNABE chefs can learn the secrets of Thai cooking in the homes of
professional Thai chefs as part of a 4-night package that includes
twin-share hotel in Chiang Mai, 3-days of cooking lessons, breakfasts
daily, 3-lunches, and transfers from airport to hotel and hotel to
chef’s homes. There’re also visits to bazaars, temples and museums;
price starts from $350pp plus air until October 31; phone Student
Flights or visit www.studentflights.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

TRUE: If you’re visiting Griffith in NSW’s Riverina wine country and
call into Westend Estate, owner\/winemaker Bill Calabria will offer you
a taste of his award-winning product, but won’t join you: he’s a
rarity in the winemaking world in that he’s a teetotaler, who doesn’t
even drink his own product because of an allergy to fruit acid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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