CANBERRA | Tue Feb 7, 2012 1:51am EST CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia imposed new travel bans and financial sanctions on Syrian leaders on Tuesday as it steps up actions to force an end to violence against Syria’s civilian population. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said more than 5,000 people had been killed in a year of [...]
Get the adrenalin pumping in Green Thunder, the fastest and steepest water slide at sea. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied Take your Pick: On Carnival Spirit there’s plenty to do. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied TRAVEL editor Brian Crisp savours the Australian flavour and special thrills on board Carnival Spirit. The thumping beat of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck fills [...]
By Peter Myers LONDON | Fri Feb 3, 2012 12:50pm EST LONDON (Reuters) – Welcome to the airport terminal of the future. There are self-service bag drops but no check-in desks. Your passage is seamless, punctuated behind the scenes only by discrete Near Field Communication (NFC) sensors. Occasionally you stop to scan your NFC-enabled smartphone [...]
Melbourne Airport has been voted Australia’s favourite airport. Picture: Richard Cisar-wright Source: The Daily Telegraph Travel website Wotif.com has conducted a survey to determine Australia’s best and worst airports. Picture: File photo Source: The Courier-Mail MELBOURNE Airport has been voted the nation’s favourite airport in a survey of 32,000 Australians. It scored 29.5 per cent [...]
SYDNEY, February 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Jetabroad say increasing numbers of international passengers travelled from Melbourne and Sydney airports to Asia in 2011- Australia’s leading online travel agency, Jetabroad, have highlighted the increase in Aussies travelling to Asia via Sydney and Melbourne airports. Taking advantage of cheap flights available through favourable currency exchanges, [...]
STEPHANIE HOLMES WINE COUNTRY: Tour operator Sean Blocksidge on the Cape to Cape track with a guest. Across the Tasman, even Sydney and Melbourne have had more rain than these traditionally sunny cities are used to. If there’s one place you can rely on for good weather, according to almost everyone I meet while there, [...]
ADELAIDE: Australia wrapped up a 298-run win over India to sweep the series 4-0 early on the final day of the fourth Test at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday. The end was swift with the Australians snapping up the final four wickets in an hour to dismiss India for 201 and inflict a fourth heavy [...]
