Travel
Cuckoo clocks, windmills add to magic of river cruise
'There's nothing nicer than to have a fairytale come true, and a romantic cruise along the Rhine brings back childhood memories of castles, dragons and maidens in distress.'
Living tales of the Rhine
Myths and fables are often hard to prove wrong but sometimes it can happen.
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Visitors stuck in tallest building's elevator
It must have been a terrifying moment for visitors to the world's tallest tower, which only opened last month.
February 10, 2010, 6:44 am
Sydney ready to ring in new year
Sydney is poised to ring in the Year of the Tiger, with Chinese New Year celebrations kicking off across the city on Friday, offering up lashings of all-things Chinese.
February 9, 2010, 12:51 pm
$200m airport security boost
The Federal Government will spend $200 million to boost airport security following the failed Christmas Day bomb plot.
February 9, 2010, 10:15 am
Life off the West End
London is famous for its many West End theatre shows but Tim Richards enjoys some less-ritzy entertainment offerings.
February 9, 2010, 9:09 am
World's tallest building closes
The world's tallest skyscraper has closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks.
February 9, 2010, 7:03 am
One billion travellers to boost tourism
International tourism will surpass one billion travellers for the first time this year, a United Nations report says.
February 9, 2010, 6:50 am
Magic in Mauritius
After the Portuguese, the Dutch, the French and the British had had a go, the glitterati arrived to stake a claim on Mauritius.
February 8, 2010, 8:28 am
New flights to start Bali airfare war
An airfare war is expected to erupt on the Perth to Bali route when Strategic Airlines starts services from the middle of the year.
February 8, 2010, 6:15 am-
Days of cheap airfares over
Unprecedented airfare sales in the past 18 months have seen ticket prices at historic lows, but this could end soon with airline traffic leaping last month.
February 8, 2010, 6:12 am 
Dubai: from hub to destination
Like millions of other travellers, my only visit to Dubai had been in transit.
February 8, 2010, 6:10 am
Hidden places of Japan
Below the imposing statue in Nagasaki's Peace Park, local people wander past the 10m figure under a grey sky as a handful of tourists gathers in front to take photographs of the city's most famous attraction.
February 5, 2010, 10:00 am
Arise Sir Brutus, the giant croc
An old fellow named Brutus has been very good to the Bowman family at their Humpty Doo tourism operation on the Northern Territory's magnificent Adelaide River.
February 5, 2010, 6:00 am
Sienna's ready for backpacking adventure
Sienna Miller plans to go backpacking.
February 4, 2010, 10:16 am-
Plane's ice crashes into house
A couple were startled when a block of ice that apparently fell from a plane tore a hole in the roof of their garage and shook their house in a Las Vegas suburb.
February 4, 2010, 9:00 am 
Queensland holidays from $1
Tourism operators in Queensland's Whitsundays are selling everything from luxury-boat charters to three-night cruises and daytrips to Whitehaven Beach from $1.
February 4, 2010, 8:44 am
Twin liners offer ultimate luxury
Royal Caribbean International will offer cruises around Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Asia with Rhapsody of the Seas and Legend of the Seas embarking on a range of itineraries until March 2011. Cruises will range from four to 18 nights, visiting more than 40 different ports.
February 4, 2010, 6:20 am
A taste for more Arabian nights
"Before the 80s," my French tour guide Jean Francois offers over his shoulder, "there was nothing here."
February 4, 2010, 6:10 am
Holy opulence in Abu Dhabi
If there is an art to correctly tying a sheyla, the traditional Arabic headscarf worn by Muslim women, then I do not possess it.
February 3, 2010, 11:06 am-
Tourists told to cover up
Indonesia is cracking down on tourists who wear skimpy clothes to the country's most popular attraction.
February 3, 2010, 10:29 am
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Opinion
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Dennis Cometti
February 3, 2010, 5:29 pmThe rush to judge Andrew LovettAndrew Lovett has made an AFL living by being hard to catch. These days though it seems his luck has run out.The newly acquired St Kilda speedster has been suspended indefinitely by the club following an ongoing Victoria police investigation into sexual...
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Paul Murray
February 9, 2010, 5:23 pmPragmatic Canada could teach us somethingOne of the weirdest things about such a geographically isolated country as Australia is that so many of its residents think we are at the centre of the world, rather than just a small player in global politics. This overinflated sense of importance gets...
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Tiffany Fox
February 3, 2010, 11:01 amDo you want cheese with that?There is something about a step-ball-change that always sucks me in, so when So You Think You Can Dance returned at the weekend, I was glued to the screen.I love watching talented people do talented things. I enjoy watching them tackle something new and...
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