Nirvana for the wild at heart
Rafting the rapids. By boat or bike, paddling or pachyderm, the Island of the Gods is heaven for the adventurer. There’s more to Bali than the nightclubs and Kuta’s beaches: […]
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Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
TRAVEL DEALS 22 April
AUSTRALIA Cradle Mountain, APT Tours. $ SOUTH AUSTRALIA Surf, swim or shipwreck hunt, Kangaroo Island’s beaches cater for all comers, including the white-sand Vivonne Bay, often considered Australia’s best beach. […]
Secrets from the grave revealed in Book of the Dead (aka The Mummy part II)
A ps to my post the other evening about The Mummy exhibition in Brisbane: I flicked open this morning’s papers to find a front page story that famous Egyptologist John […]
Top of Tassie on go-slow
“Far OUT!” says the man in my life. “There’s nothing here. Nothing! No McDonalds. No KFC. No Red Rooster.” Driving across the top of Tasmania, from Launceston to Burnie late […]
Priest keeps mum about temple secrets, now unwrapped by scientists
Looking inside the mummy to Nesperennub. Last week, I had a sneak peak at a 3000-year-old-man. Sounds a bit naughty, but he had all his clothes on, and more. Nesperennub […]
Putting the Gold Coast in your face
Risque … chocolate three ways at Salt Grill Restaurant, the Hilton Hotel. New food stars have come out to shine on the Gold Coast, leaving kebabs and burgers in the […]
Oh my goodness, Ballarat!
Oh my goodness! Miss Lulu snapped in Ballarat.
BRISBANE: We’re going north on an urban safari
Neither floods nor cyclones can dent the relentless reinvention of Brisbane, with celeb chefs and real espresso all over town. In a city where, traditionally, the word ‘hip’ is automatically […]
Dishing up the delish
Union Dining, Richmond Ready, set, eat! Give your tastebuds a workout in Melbourne’s newest restaurants. “DOES she like it?” asks celebrity chef and restaurateur George Calombaris as he hovers at […]
Schnitz gets the blitz as St Kilda hollers hola to Mexico
“Ah, remember the days when those older Russian ladies would do tits’n’schnitz at the Newmarket hotel?” The barfly was seriously asking if I remembered. No mate, not me. “It was […]