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Abrolhos eye-opener is a real catch
The craypots were set last night in the Abrolhos Islands, and we board the King Diver fishing boat at 6.45am knowing that, taking into account the rock lobsters already on board the Eco Abrolhos expedition cruise catamaran, the crew can bring home 67 more from this pot pull.
Mane man Tom’s talents in train
Tom Curtain was horse training around south west WA, a bit down on his luck and, for the first time in his life, with his saddle and kit bag by his side, he stuck out his thumb to hitch hike.
Gut-wrenching landing
Aviation Editor Geoffrey Thomas launches a new series covering some of the bizarre, crazy and humorous things that have happened to him covering aviation over the past 48 years...
Colonial history still alive and kicking
The Rocks, once the haunt of “garrotters and delinquents”, are now reformed, refurbished and impeccably plumbed, writes JOHN BORTHWICK
Towering glory of the Big Apple
It was 90 years on May 1, 1931, that the Empire State Building was officially opened by president Herbert Hoover. It was a scene far removed from the formative year he spent in the West Australian Goldfields. STEPHEN SCOURFIELD investigates.
Where one size Fitz all
Esperance and the Fitzgerald coast feel like another world — an “island”, way out east, sort-of between us and the South Australian border, writes STEPHEN SCOURFIELD
Stomped by giant monsters
They've been stomped by giant monsters, swooped by flying superheroes, invaded by gun-wielding criminals and cursed by demons. But fortunately those grim events only occurred in movies, so these 10 film locations across Asia are still very attractive tourist destinations...
Melbourne exhibition makes an impression
“‘Impressionism’ was the term seized upon by those seeking to describe all that was new in Australian painting in the late nineteenth century. It provoked both admiration and derision.”
Falling for Karijini
“Hold on to your helmet with one hand and squeeze your nose with the other,” is the advice from my guide Sven Borg before I slide down a natural water slide and plunge 4m into a crystal clear freshwater pool below.