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Find position, panorama, and a parade of shiny navy ships at Sydney’s Embarkation Park One of Sydney’s best views is from Embarkation Park. It’s located at the Potts Point end of the famous Kings Cross thoroughfare, Victoria Street. In one visual sweep you get the works! Look for the naval ships docked at Garden Island,…
* This post may contain affiliate links. Excess All Areas may receive a small commission, at no cost to readers, if a purchase is made What makes a perfume a classic? Michael Edwards dissects the divas of scent in a tome that has this week been named Fragrance Book of the Year… Perfume is a…
* This post may contain affiliate links. Excess All Areas may receive a small commission, at no cost to readers, if a purchase is made The thrill of a new place often starts with a book. Here, travel writers share some surprising inspirations. Even with their wings clipped, travel writers are frequently asked to nominate…
After the terrorist attacks that rocked Colombo, Sri Lankan creatives shaped an arts-driven recovery that could become a template for a post-Covid-19 world… Over glossy Beijing duck and tiger prawn kung pao at the Shangri-La Hotel’s Shang Palace, Ajai Vir Singh is explaining how the arts community led Sri Lanka’s recovery after the Easter 2019…
From Japan to Canada, Switzerland to the Scottish Highlands, top-end train travel can be addictive. Just ask trainspotter Rylie Heathfield… As a boy, Rylie Heathfield could go one better than a bedroom full of Thomas The Tank Engine books and toys. Across the valley from his aunt and uncle’s property east of Melbourne was the…
From joss-sticks to beaded slippers to rattan chair repairs … ancient trades are part of the warp and weft of Penang’s heritage George Town Lee Beng Chuan is perched on a low orange stool in a cluttered workshop in George Town’s Muda Lane. Next to him is a yellow bucket containing a lump of brown…
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Explosions, shipwrecks, inventions, spirited redheads, duplicitous sea creatures and buried treasure … discover the Canadian Maritimes’ magnetic attractions via a unique museum trail On Canada’s Atlantic flank sit the three provinces that comprise what’s called the Canadian Maritimes: Nova Scotia with its umbilical cord to Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. As well…
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