Tamborine Mountain high!
Put away the iPads, smartphones and any other electronic devices. Cedar Creek Lodges is the ideal holiday for the active family that needs a technology detox. There’s horse riding through the lush greenery of the Tamborine Mountain hinterland and swimming in the deep black rock …
A winter tale in Victoria, Canada
Victoria was feeling the cold. Winter had unexpectedly hit emptying the streets except for a few brave souls, rugged up against the wind. You could see their breath rising toward the Canadian sky as people scurried to get back indoors. Victoria historically has Canada’s mildest …
Dubai’s best seafood restaurant is a water wonderland
I was about to order the Sole for dinner. After all I was sitting in Ossiano, just voted Dubai’s best seafood restaurant. It made perfect sense really, but then I looked out beyond the menu and for a second lost myself in the view. I could …
JFK’s last moments captured at 6th Floor Museum
More than fifty years on, the crime scene that replays JFK’s last moments look almost the same. I’m standing on the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository building looking down to the grassy knoll that rises from the north side of Elm …
3-minute InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort trip
NOT all holidays have to involve a lot of travel. My last journey was to the InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort. It took three minutes by car from my Hope Island home.. Trips for me nearly always mean flights, long drives and a complete change of …
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 …
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 …