Human Nature: Viva Las Vegas
I get the lowdown from Qantas ambassadors Human Nature about what to do when you visit their adopted home town, Las Vegas. Q: What does the word Vegas mean to Human Nature? Phil Burton: At the moment it means hot. Actually it’s anything you want it …
Twiggy launches a cruising game-changer
ALMOST half a century after being discovered as a 16-year-old, Twiggy remains a fashion touchstone. So much so that emerging models today are still being referred to as “Twiggy-like’’. She was the world’s first supermodel and at 64 she is now the face of Marks …
Mirage? No it’s real at Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast
BRIDES always manage to steal the show the Sheraton Mirage on the Gold Coast. It is Friday afternoon, the clock just a few ticks away from three, and a beautiful young twenty-something Katy Perry look-alike dressed in a white marshmallow gown has everyone’s attention. Her …
All roads lead to Tamworth Country Music Festival
The Tamworth Country Music Festival stole our bass player. I’m not sure if it happened on Friday at the Court House Hotel or Saturday night at the Family Hotel. Perhaps it was the Sunday session at the front bar of The Longyard. But we knew …
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 …
Gods drive me crazy at Cameron Club Golf Course
I am One over after eight holes at the Cameron Club Golf Course. My second to the par four ninth is sitting about three metres from the pin. Today is THE day I whisper. Every player hopes _ no prays _ that one day the …
Lord Howe really is Lord Wow
IF Lord Howe Island is not on your bucket list, then you should immediately add it. Apparently only 49 per cent of Australians are aware of this tiny remote island, which is about a two-hour flight east from Brisbane or Sydney. Put simply, it is …
Cecil Peak your interest by helicopter
Picnic spots don’t come much higher than the one on NZ’s Cecil Peak. Brian Crisp was on cloud nine. I AM surrounded by ghosts. Although standing on solid ground, everything around me is moving.Some things move faster than others. Shapes form. Become recognisable. And then …
Hold Stirling Castle and you control Scotland
There’s no better time to visit Stirling Castle than early morning when the mist is rolling over the hills and the cold air is still grabbing the breath from your chest. Stirling Castle was the favourite residence of the Stewart kings and queens, arguably the …
Big Brother for Baby Boomers
I prefer the phrase Big Brother for Baby Boomers. But one person crudely called it schoolies for geriatrics when a group of our friends shared a house for a weekend retreat. If you think the challenges of a houseful of 20-somethings is interesting enough to …