Archive for the ‘Australia/N.Zealand’ Category

The Australian Tuscany

The Italian region of Tuscany has inspired legions of fans because of the area’s natural beauty, culture, food and wine. Now the region of southeastern Australia around Adelaide is beginning to draw similar raves, according to this travel article in the New York Times. “We searched all over the world for where we could start the kind of [...]

December 26, 2007 Australia/N.Zealand, culinary cultures 1 Comment

Australia and other great train journeys

Trains are a great way to travel and there are many great rail journeys in the world.  One such trip cuts across central Australia, from Adelaide to Darwin.  Beverly Beyette recently took that 1,850-mile train ride and wrote about it for the Los Angeles Times. All told, the trip takes 48 hours, two full days of [...]

January 8, 2007 Australia/N.Zealand, why we travel 0 Comments