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| Wales: Tiny village a mecca for book lovers |
| Attached to the ancient stone castle walls at Hay-on-Wye, just beside the Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe sign, were a couple of posters, one offering palm reading and the other an energising massage.Immediately above these signs, inside... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00 p.m. |
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| Auckland: Holiday on home turf |
| When winter's at its bluest what's a girl got to do but indulge in a spot of pampering. Well, that's what a friend and I decided was the answer to the season's leaden skies and chilly blasts. We'd ignore them and explore the side... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00 a.m. |
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| Cook Islands: A rocky road to Raro |
| In the thick of chaos lie the remnants of my dream.It was a dream of warm breezes, a romantic evening at the beach bar of an upmarket resort, watching the waves break on the distant reef with my wife by my side ... plus a couple... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| What I Pack: Kate Lineham |
| Do you travel light or heavy? Luggage reflects life. And one seems to get strangely heavier as one gets older. Cattle or first class? Cattle. Except for one magical and still inexplicable upgrade. I keep wearing the same clothes... |
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Published: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:30 a.m. |
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| Queensland: Creepy crawling |
| Ooh! That's a big ... !" These are four words you never want to hear from the guide who's walking ahead of you through the Australian bush. Particularly when said in tones of great surprise. And especially when the crucial fifth word... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00 p.m. |
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| Foreign food not to everyone's taste |
| I was sitting in a restaurant in Urumqi, in northern China, enjoying the spicy food smells from the kitchen, when a plaintive Australian voice quavered across the room, "I want steak, eggs and chips."A fellow Australia explained... |
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Published: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:30 a.m. |
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