Sitting on a huge drift-log on a very wide beach, I watched the incoming tide occasionally defeat the Heaphy River's narrow mouth, crashing into the outflow and sending waves rippling swiftly along the river for a hundred metres. In the background, spectacular, sonorous waves pounded and plumed over Heaphy Bluff.Full Story.
Cambodia - Phnom Penh
If you're heading to Phnom Penh, rent the movie first so you’ve a feel
for the city with its proud but crumbling French architecture, and
dusty hurly burly streets that have little changed from when the movie
was shot eight years. Full Story.
Egypt - Up & Down The River
The land of the Pharaohs needs no pointing out on a map; however the
Egyptian government would do well to invest in street directories for
the locust swarm of cabs in the streets of Cairo. Full Story.
Cairns - Kuranda Railway
Ask travel agents to book you on the 1.5hr trip up the rainforest
mountain on the Kuranda Railway, and back down to Cairns on the Skyrail
cableway when making Cairns holiday reservations – it’ll prove a day
you’ll long remember. Full Story.
Hawaii - Greenwell Farms Coffee
When Tom Greenwell talks about coffee, especially coffee from Hawaii’s
Kona Coast, he does so with a passion — and an authority that comes
from this fourth-generation grower of one of the world’s most valuable products. Full Story.
France -Excitement, Romantce, Paris
From the narrow streets and smokey caf�s of the Left
Bank to the treasures of the Louvre to the splendour of the
Eiffel Tower and omnipotent Notre Dame, Paris makes for a
seductive holiday any time of year. Full Story.
Spain - Spanish for Beginners
Need a relaxing change from snow-capped mountains, flowing streams and
splendid seascapes? Try the tranquil streets, quiet charm and early
nights of downtown Barcelona. Full Story.
Canada - Prince Of Wales Hotel
You’ll find the Prince of Wales Hotel a delightful retreat on a North
America summer holiday, particularly if you are into long walks,
canoeing, sailing, fishing and other myriad outdoor adventures – and
good dining. Full Story.
Peru -Lima: The City of Kings
Nested on the banks of the Rio Rimac, Lima
was founded in 1535 by
the Spanish and is Peru's largest city. It is home to some eight
million people and bathed in summer sunshine from December to February. Full Story.
Hawaii - The Honolulu Surfing Museum
For anyone with even the merest interest in surfing, it’s a must-visit
when in Honolulu. Central is a vast collection of surfboards dating
back to the 1930s. David Ellis has more. Full Story.
New Zealand - Charlotte Jane Boutique Hotel
Students of New Zealand’s one-time Miss
Gibson’s Private School for Girls would have trouble coming to grips
today with the new-found life of their old school. Full Story.
Borneo - Rajang River
We explore remote “heart of Borneo” forts of the 19th century British
Rajahs Brooke, fruit and vegetable farms, sago-making factories,
village schools where the kids sing us songs and show us their
favourite games, and go on jungle walks. Full Story.
Malaysia - Caving In Kuching
In the Malaysian province of Sarawak is a town called Kuching,
which is surrounded by limestone caves. But there's no lights nor
platforms here - it's pitch black and unchanged from the way it was
millions of years ago. Full Story.
Arizona
- Bisbee
Bisbee, 130kms south-east of Tucson and 15km
north of the Mexico
border, was once one of America’s toughest Wild West mining towns,
sporting a couple of hundred saloons and brothels. Full Story.
Germany - The Best & Worst Of Berlin
KaDeWe is not usually included in Berlin sightseeing tours; you do it
in your own time after the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Bellevue
Palace, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Memorial Church, City Hall and Boulevard Unter
den Linden. Full
Story
Australia -Alice Springs : The Ghan
The 2,979km journey takes 48 hours and is considered one of the world’s
great train trips, linking Australia’s southern coast with its north;
and today’s “new” line from Adelaide to Alice Springs runs about 160km
west of the original, that was closed in 1980 due to regular flooding. Full Story.
America - Silverwood Theme Park
Located near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho just outside Spokane, Washington,
Silverwood Theme park is a true gem. It is a rarity of a regional theme
park that has as much to offer as many of the more well know locales in
California and the east coast. Full
Story
Europe -Barcelona
Visit this Mediterranean metropolis a few times, and you
start to wonder if it will ever take a breather. But that
hasn’t crossed Barcelona’s mind since the end of
the stifling Franco regime in 1975. Full Story.
Australia - Port Moresby
One of the most unusual cruise, coach and rail tours next year for
those wanting to see as much as possible in a single holiday, takes in
Port Moresby, our Top End, Western Australia’s wine region and
across-Australia by rail. Full
Story
Australia -Cruise Queen Mary II To South Africa's Game Parks
CruiseMart have brought together two totally diverse holidaying
concepts – luxury cruising and wild animal game-viewing – into one
spectacular 24-night fly, cruise and stay package from Sydney to South
Africa in March next year. Full Story.
Australia - Kakadu's Top End
Once you've left the safe confines of a fenced carpark and
strolled out amongst the Aboriginal rock art galleries, under
the dizzying precipices, through the narrow chasms, your mind is almost
ready to accept the sight of some gigantic dinosaurs. Full
Story
Pacific Islands -Fiji
Fiji is about four hours flying time from
Sydney and is two hours off to the north of New Zealand. It has two
main islands - Viti Levu and Vanua Levu - although there are more than
300 islands in the group. Full Story.
South America
- Pantanal
This ecologically abundant region is anything but a swampy
wasteland and is billed by many experts as the world's largest
remaining wetland system playing host to over 650 species
of birds, 80 species of mammals, 50 species of reptiles, 250
species of fish and more than 90,000 types of plants. Full
Story
England -Visiting Fawlty Towers
the Hotel Gleneagles at Torquay in England’s Devon, a delightful
holiday bolt-hole, but forty years ago a questionable inspiration for
BBC-TV’s smash-hit Fawlty Towers – even though physically the hotel
itself never featured in the series. Full Story.
New
Zealand Travel Stories
Our roaming travel writers have written so
many descriptive stories on the Land of the Long White Cloud that we've
dedicated an entire area to the Commonwealth country. Herein you'll
find travel stories from both the North and South islands. Recent
articles: Orakei Korako; Napier; NZ Wind Farms.NZ Index.
Sure, you can read the
weather forecasts and check out the latest reports, but why bother when
you can see exactly what's happening on the mountain? Click here
for our comprehensive snow cam page, covering Victoria, New South Wales
and Tasmania.
If you need to check up
on the what the surf is doing - right here, right now - our extensive
surf cam page will be just the ticket, covering Queensland, New South
Wales, Western Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Click here for the full list.
