Meandering down a dark heavily graffitied laneway I fall behind the others. Drawn to the ugly, but somehow beautiful paintings, I pause to grudgingly admire these artworks covering the brick walls. Stumbling a little on the cobblestones underfoot to catch up, our group is waiting outside an unmarked doorway. A warm inviting rectangle of light [...]
Jo and Drew Wooler, the driving force behind Mojo Creations Floating Gallery, are holding an exhibition onboard their floating gallery on 10 April. It’s the last show before artist Jo departs for New York to exhibit her acclaimed work.
Currently moored at Keppel Bay Marina on Queensland’s Capricorn Coast, the exhibition features Jo’s stunning sculptures in [...]
Cunard Line has announced that the world’s most famous ship, its magnificent Queen Mary 2, will be based in Australia in 2012 for a history-making circumnavigation which will see her visit five states and the Northern Territory.
Queen Mary 2’s “Royal Circumnavigation of Australia” is a first for Cunard and will generate an economic windfall around [...]
Virgin Blue has announced plans to launch flights to one of Australia’s most iconic and revered tourist destinations.
From Monday 2 August 2010, the airline will begin direct flights from Sydney to Ayers Rock (Uluru), providing some much needed competition on the route.
Both Australian and international leisure travellers will have the opportunity to fly with Virgin [...]
Thursday 4 February 2010: The much anticipated Virgin Blue “The Lounge” is now open for business at Perth Airport, signalling a new, convenient and comfortable era for business and leisure Guests travelling to and from West Australia.
Plans for the airline to build a brand new 500 square metre lounge [...]
MAUI AND BRITZ PLEDGE TO ‘LEAVE NO TRACE®’
Tourism Holdings Australia Pty Ltd (thl) has joined a national campaign at the forefront of promoting environmentally friendly camping.
Australia’s largest campervan and motorhome operator has signed up to the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia’s (CMCA) eco-friendly Leave No Trace® scheme, with 33% of its entire Maui and [...]
Kilivila, the language spoken by the people of the far-flung Trobriand Islands in eastern Papua New Guinea, is broken up into 12 language families. Some estimates note that as few as 200 people speak the Budibud dialect in the Lachland Islands, making it fairly certain that before visiting the remote islands of the archipelago often [...]
Stepping gingerly into the long-tail boat, our heavy tread rocking the boat alarmingly, two young children in the stern peer curiously through long- lashed eyes. Offering them my best wide-mouthed, friendly grin, they respond with bashful smiles. Gesticulating to their mother, who has now cranked up the enormous diesel engine and is manoeuvring through other [...]
Planning a short escape from Australia, my initial dilemma is not deciding where to go, as I’ve already decided on Asia. My real dilemma is one of tantalising my taste buds, but which ones to satisfy? Sweet, nutty Indonesian char grilled chicken satays, or aromatic, hot and sour Thai laksa? Perhaps spicy Singapore noodles or [...]
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As a highly acclaimed Travel and Yachting Writer my articles appear in print and online publications globally. Travelling, researching and writing for much of the year, I’m guided by the ethics of the Australian Society of Travel Writers, the Australian Journalists Association. Oh, and my peers at Global Travel Writers, a syndicate of nine writers [...]
The soothing sight of the Broadwater, glimpsed through the Sheoaks lining the foreshore is a welcome relief after the giddy rush of high-adrenelin thrills, Gold Coast style. Cleverly positioned on a narrow sand spit between the Pacific Ocean and the Nerang River, Sea World Resort is the Holy Grail for water-babies seeking cool holiday fun.
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