Tag: Travel
Brisbane muddies the waters
1 week, 1 day ago
No matter how much the government wants the Portside cruise ship terminal at Hamilton in Brisbane(now found to be inadequate) to work, or how much makeshift effort has been spent on the disastrous use of the Fisherman Islands wharves to take super liners, the Brisbane River as a cruise ship destination is a dud…
Related Tags: leisure, qld, travel
World's largest cruise ship takes shape
1 week, 3 days ago
Royal Caribbean Cruises has announced Oasis of the Seas will set off on a historic seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean voyage from the ship’s homeport in Fort Lauderdale in Florida, on December 12, 2009…
Fleeting sense of history
1 week, 6 days ago
In the mood for a watery adventure, James Cook style? The Australian National Maritime Museum is looking for adventurous sea-dogs to sail its replica of Cook’s Endeavour from Sydney to Brisbane and back…
Related Tags: leisure, nsw, qld, travel
Australia's best island escapes
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Luxury, tick. Beauty, tick. Sunshine, well, sometimes. Australia’s best islands have more to offer than palm trees and sand…
Hotel cool
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Flip Byrnes sleeps in an igloo and eats whale blubber for dinner in the Arctic…
Proud old ship takes last tour
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Five levels down in the belly of the retired HMAS Canberra frigate we are in pitch black and a musty smell of old paint and dank water fills our lungs…
Related Tags: leisure, travel, vic
Giants of deep on a grand tour
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Two years ago I was in London when a five-metre whale got disoriented and swam 60 kilometres up the River Thames, blowing air out of its spout opposite Parliament and drawing large crowds and TV crews. The story gripped the nation for days, with the media giving the unfortunate mammal the sort of attention normally reserved for other larger-than-life creatures, such as Britney Spears. “Free Willy”, ran one tabloid headline as attempts to save the whale got under way…
Related Tags: leisure, nsw, travel
Affordable luxury for Whitsunday winter holidays
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Making the decision of where to spend your next winter holiday is easy when you start to dream of sailing the warm waters of the Great Barrier Reef on Australia’s Whitsundays…
Related Businesses: Whitsunday Rent A Yacht
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Penguins make debut
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Phillip Island is poised to join the superliner cruising circuit, albeit briefly…
Summer sailing in China, Korea and Japan
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Costa Cruises, Europe’s leading cruise company, is launching a series of all-new cruises between China, Japan and Korea starting from July: offering ‘hot’ new options for travelers in Asia looking for a short summer break…
