Kate Cox puts her misgivings aside and embraces the comforts of a holiday resort - theme dinners and all.Proudly proclaiming a baby wouldn’t change anything, we sanctimoniously regaled each other with future dreams of backpacking through India with toddler-in-tow, hiring a campervan in which to drive our plus-one around Australia and trekking South America with […]
Latecomers bag bargains as cruise lines cut prices to fill ships. Mike Heard reports.Last-minute efforts by cruise lines to fill ships for particular sailings can lead to interesting pricing anomalies. Some of the best cabins on Cunard’s top-rated Queen Victoria are selling for less than cabins on Princess Cruises liner Dawn Princess, which will be […]
Canberra is the least popular capital city in Australia for tourists to visit for a holiday, a survey has found.This is despite tha national capital being home to various attractions such as the National Museum of Australia, the National Gallery and the Australian War Memorial.When asked “which Australian city would you least like to holiday […]
Clare Barry visits a seaside town famous for its music festival.With their town’s aristocratic, turreted facades and right-royal title, the people of Queenscliff might have been expected to choose a classical theme when a music festival was mooted a dozen or so years ago.“People thought, we’ve got such a beautiful place, we’re crazy not to […]
At over $30 million a ticket it is not cheap, but rich adventurers will still pay for a dream trip into orbit despite a global financial crisis, US space tourist Richard Garriott said Monday.Three days after returning to Earth from a trip to the International Space Station, Garriott told a news briefing at Russia’s Star […]
Looking to bring back a unique souvenir from your next overseas holiday?How about some new breasts from Brazil, a yummy mummy make over from Thailand or perhaps that designer vagina you have always wanted from Malaysia - a steal at just $7,700 which includes 10 nights accommodation in a five star hotel!Medical tourism is a […]
Germany will not participate in EU proposals for airports to use full-body scanner security checks, which have raised privacy issues, its interior ministry said Friday.“I can tell you in all clarity that we will not take part in this nonsense,” a spokeswoman for the interior ministry told a regular news conference.The executive European Commission proposed […]
For a long time Sydney had been living in the shadow of the hip Melbourne social scene.But licensing laws passed in NSW in July made way for the re-introduction of the wine bar to Sydney-siders.Since then, a handful of wine bars have been popping up around town, but the manager of one of these says […]
India’s largest private carrier Jet Airways is planning to slash the pay of its top 200 executives by 25-30 percent as it battles soaring costs and an economic slowdown, a report said Tuesday.The salary cuts would affect staff earning more than a million rupees (A$31,000) a month, The Economic Times reported, citing an unnamed senior […]
Somewhere along the way cowardice led to a leap of faith, writes self-confessed scaredy-cat David Wilson.Splashdown Krabi! There is a new sport on Koh Poda island that has been described as “total euphoria”. The distinctively stark limestone pinnacle Koh Poda rises up from the sea on the horizon. The tide is high. No sign of […]