The Australian | Travel and IndulgenceNews, views and information from the pages of The AustralianVillage appeal- September 19, 2008 WOOLLAHRA in Sydney's inner east is a suburb of tree-lined streets and gracious Victorian terraces, antique stores, designer boutiques, fine-food purveyors and white-walled galleries.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24355464-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss Ready to launch- September 19, 2008 THE rounded stern deck is my belvedere over the Bosphorus. I watch the domes, minarets, towers, tenements and high-rise hotels of Istanbul's shabby yet sublime skyline recede through the cloud of gulls that hangs over the ferry's churning wake.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24355462-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss Gone bush- September 19, 2008 WE are belting across the flood plain, skimming over pale pink lotuses and mauve and white lilies, sending up clouds of birds in great arcs, like the showering fireworks of Roman candles. With noise-cancelling headphones clamped over our khaki caps and cameras tightly clutched, this is a safari with a difference. We may feel as if we are low-level flying, but we are aboard a revved-up airboat, identical to those used in the Florida Everglades. And like that fabled wetland expanse of reed and...http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24355466-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss Town and country- September 19, 2008 A WINDY, wet day fails to dim spirits in downtown Melbourne, where the bustling alleys crisscrossing Flinders Lane throng with rugged-up citizens juggling coffees and brollies.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24355480-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss It's a steal- September 19, 2008 MY car, an ageing relic held together by little more than goodwill and my small son's ceaseless supply of squashed sultanas, has played a starring role in many family adventures.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24355477-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss Off their trolleys- September 19, 2008 I HAVE learned that peas don't fly. I am taking a quick course on how a business-class airline meal is assembled and I discover that, celebrity chefs aside, produce can have its own altitude problems.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24355472-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss Cups runneth over- September 12, 2008 IF the famous dog at Gundagai could get off its tucker box, it would immediately head to protect one of the town's other prized possessions: the Snake Gully Cup.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24319941-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss Sicilian sojourn- September 12, 2008 FROM the sky, the trail of the Aeolian Islands leads you like stepping stones to Sicily.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24319901-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss The White House years- September 12, 2008 A visit to the Virginia homes of four US presidents is a powerful experiencehttp://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24319905-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss On the shores of the Dead Sea- September 12, 2008 PULLING aside the curtain of my room at Israel's Kibbutz Ein Gedi Hotel at 6am, I am confronted by a crimson altar hundreds of metres high.http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24319934-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss |