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| Belgium: A brushstroke with adventure |
| It's hard to believe anyone would choose the crackle of distant cannon fire and a very dated 360-degree wall painting over the in-your-face effects of movies and theme parks.But annually more than 200,000 people visit the Waterloo... |
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Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| More horror sites set to be added to busy tourism trail |
| The place where the body of Pol Pot, the former Khmer Rouge leader, was unceremoniously burned in a pile of rubbish is set to be the latest location from Cambodia's dark recent history to be transformed into a tourist spot.In... |
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Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:59 a.m. |
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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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