Lost in Wayne’s World driving a Bentley
IF YOU are going to get lost it might as well be while you are driving a Bentley. That’s my opinion anyway. It wasn’t my fault. Getting lost that is. I blame Wayne, my co-pilot. We were driving a Bentley from Brisbane to Noosa for …
Coming face-to-face with Lebanese immigration
Lebanese immigration officials may not like passports stamped in Israel, but the rest of the population is welcoming THE Lebanese immigration officer’s hand was hovering over my wife’s passport. He was just about to stamp it when he stopped, looked up and said that we …
All aboard Via Rail from Vancouver to Jasper!
MY WIFE has a rather romantic view of train travel. We decided to put that to the test on a Via Rail trip from Vancouver to Jasper. Perhaps her love of trains goes back to her childhood in the UK, where she often caught the …
Time for a Whitsunday Hayman Island feast!
I’M on Hayman Island sitting at the Fontaine Bench in the kitchen of one of the island’s exclusive restaurants and I’m starting to struggle. The food is the problem. Not the quality, rather the quantity. The Fontaine Bench is set so two guests can dine …
Something in the air at Venice Beach
THERE’S a lingering smell filling the air as we cycle along the 35km South Bay bicycle trail to Venice Beach. It’s not the smell of the Pacific Ocean, as you would expect. Or even the wafting flavours from the myriad exotic diners and inventive fast-food …
Naturally wild about Kangaroo Island
Visitors to Kangaroo Island can savour its rugged isolation in fine style, writes Brian Crisp THE bitumen road disappears not long after we leave Penneshaw, the gateway to South Australia’s Kangaroo Island. For a little while, at least, it is replaced by a concrete carriageway that takes us towards Cape …
Local guide to Hong Kong
Who better to ask? Here’s a local guide to Hong Kong from five people who know the city better than most. Olivier Moies-Delval Manager, Novotel Hong Kong Nathan Road, Kowloon OLIVIER Moies-Delval is from Belgium, married to a Dutch woman and has two sons. He has …
24 hours in Singapore
Whether it’s food, shopping or the sights, there’s plenty to do in 24 hours in Singapore Brian Crisp hits the ground running on a one-day stopover in Singapore. He did a lot of eating but also found some hidden gems. 9am Tiong Bahru Market is …
Meeting Macau’s famous fortune teller
THERE’S something strangely reassuring about meeting Macau’s famous fortune teller who has 30cm-long sprouts of hair protruding from parts of his face. As he stares at me above his thick glasses, I’m at least confident that he looks the part. It’s not what he says …
Green Thunder captures Carnival’s Spirit
THE thumping beat of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck fills the air and the sky is dark. The air moist. It feels as if danger is present all around and I’m in panic mode. I don’t like rides. I don’t like heights. Why am I doing about the …
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