Train Tours News
A Giant Awakened
Wednesday December 24, 2008
The game is in rude health and officials have plans in train to make sure it stays that way, reports Jesse Hogan.Fear And Buckling As The Tours Go On And On
Friday December 19, 2008
ONE man in a hotel room, at war with his mind. "I couldn't distinguish between what was real and what I imagined to be real . . . things, beings, beasts, bastards . . . attacked in waves, one after another, each worse than the one before. 'Oh God, Please, make it stop.' "Letters
Thursday October 2, 2008
Never again with drunks on the trainQ&a
Sunday September 7, 2008
Q My wife and I will be travelling to Tibet in April next year. Can Everest Base Camp tours be arranged in Lhasa once we arrive there? We would also like to travel by train to Beijing. G. LuckSoldiers To Be Deployed Longer
Thursday June 5, 2008
THE length of tours of duty for Australian troops sent on operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere will be increased from six months to eight months.Q&a
Sunday May 25, 2008
QThis July I will be in Paris on business for two weeks and will have time for a week's break. Can you recommend a six-day itinerary? This could be either several overnight or day trips from Paris or possibly a six-day loop trip taking in several points of interest. I would prefer to travel by train or coach.Monument Plan For Britain's Wartime Child Evacuees
Thursday May 1, 2008
MICHAEL ASPEL is known around the world as the front man for the BBC show Antiques Roadshow. Silver-haired, smooth, the epitome of an old-school Englishman, he tours the country bringing global audiences into British palaces and valuing family heirlooms from times long gone.Slow Train To Sugarland
Sunday February 10, 2008
Don Townshend peers into Cuba's prosperous past on a trip through the country's agricultural heartland.Encounter Of Note
Sunday February 3, 2008
Maria Visconti discovers an old Japanese art form with a modern twist.Sayonara Shiroyama
Sunday January 6, 2008
Juanita Fraser tours a shrine to the colourful heritage of the land of the rising sun.From Sea To Sea
Thursday October 5, 2006
Crossing Australia west to east, Fran Thompson fi nds an
Indian Pacific train journey one of dramatic dawns.Cockatoo Run Doubt Has 3801 Lovers Steamed Up
Monday August 28, 2006
The Cockatoo Run train journey could be axed later this year, a casualty of an ongoing custody dispute over the historic locomotive 3801. Reporter MEGAN LEVY and photographer SYLVIA LIBER jumped on board the Cockatoo Run to experience the enduring appeal of steam.Why Region's Favourite Train Journey Is At Risk
Saturday June 3, 2006
THE Cockatoo Run is likely to be axed at the end of the year when Australia's best known steam locomotive, the 3801, is placed in a museum.How To Be Suzie Howie, Showbiz Publicist
Wednesday February 15, 2006
I HAD no creative ambitions but from my early teens I knew that I wanted to be surrounded by creative people. So, when I decided to leave the convent and look for work I went looking at situations vacant with advertising agencies. I was 15, and in those days when employers could afford to take on and train kids, it took me just two weeks. Berry Currie Advertising hired me as a general PA to the creative department. I adored the job. It was the '60s, I was working with talented people such as John ...Escape Claws
Saturday February 4, 2006
Denise Cullen develops a consuming passion for crustaceans in the Tweed Valley.A Revealing Walk With Saints And Sinners
Sunday March 6, 2005
Where is the literary heart of Australia? Somewhere outback in the harsh sun, in Voss country? Or much nearer home? Melbourne's celebrated playground by the sea is the venue that keeps popping up: as a place where writers live and work; as a setting for their stories, histories and memoirs; and as a hotbed of crime, wild action and raffish bohemian atmosphere.
For information on St Kilda walking tours: www.portphillip.vic.gov.au or tel: 03 9209 6229.Timmins Takes It On Chin
Tuesday October 5, 2004
MISSING two Kangaroo tours with knee injuries was painful, being snubbed by the selectors yesterday was devastating for St George Illawarra lock Shaun Timmins.
The 28-year-old Dragon, the hero of NSW's State of Origin game one victory, was astonishingly left out of Australia's 25-man squad for the upcoming Tri-Nations series against New Zealand and Great Britain.Streak's Men Ready To Train, Not Play
Thursday April 29, 2004
The chance that Australia will be pitted against a stop-gap selection of Zimbabwean youngsters next month in perhaps the most lop-sided cricket series ever has increased after indications the country's player strike will be settled later rather than sooner.Mcpartland Wins Second Stage And Takes Lead
Thursday January 22, 2004
David McPartland, a professional cyclist for only two weeks, dreams of riding in the world's great tours. Patrick Jonker, a professional cyclist for 11 years, dreams of closing his career in his home town of Adelaide this week with victory in the Tour Down Under.Train Trip That Has Legs
Sunday January 11, 2004
Try an old-fashioned way to see this great continent, Terry Smyth writes.