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| Brisbane: Cinderella has some new shoes |
| When I think Australia, I think Sydney or Melbourne and briefly picture the Outback.But, although it's Australia's third-biggest city and attracts more international holidaymakers than Melbourne, I don't know much - well, anything... |
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Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00 p.m. |
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| Arthur's Pass: Out of the darkness and into the light |
| The darkness of the 8.5km long Otira tunnel marks the dramatic transition from one side of the Southern Alps to the other.Before the TranzAlpine train entered the tunnel we had been climbing up the ruggedly beautiful mountain... |
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Published: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Cass: Colourful character right on track |
| Sixty-three years ago when Rita Angus did her famous picture of Cass Railway Station - voted a few years ago as New Zealand's greatest painting - she depicted a small figure sitting on the platform, dwarfed by the surrounding mountains,... |
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Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00 p.m. |
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| England: Height of success |
| There was a time when I was convinced Birmingham was the most glamorous city in the universe. The year was 1984. I was 14 and obsessed with Duran Duran. The walls of my bedroom were smothered with pages ripped out of Smash Hits ... |
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Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:02 a.m. |
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| England: An Oxford wonderland |
| Never underestimate the benefits of tedium. Nearly 150 years ago, three little girls got so bored on a slow upstream row along the Thames from Oxford to a summer picnic that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson made up a story to amuse them on... |
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Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Northland: Float on |
| Unless you're lucky enough to be on a six-star cruise ship, staying overnight on a boat can often involve a lot of ducking under low doorways, squeezing into tiny shower cubicles and peering through murky portholes. Boats aren't exactly... |
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Published: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:15 p.m. |
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