Going Going Gone
Newcastle Herald
Saturday August 9, 2008
Newcastle radio presenter John Clarke and wife Margaret have set out to share their love of France and its food. You can join them through French Chateau Stays from November 16 to 26 for seven or 10 days in south-west France. Available to just 10 guests, the trip costs $4500 per person for seven days or $6000 for 10 (land only) including accommodation, in-house meals, wine and sightseeing. See www.frenchchateaustays.com.au.
Light a Cuban cigar, sip a mojito and stroll the colonial streets during a three-day stay in Havana on offer from Flight Centre. Prices start from $422 per person twin share, for travel between September 2 to October 30, and include two nights at a four-star hotel, breakfast daily, half-day private city tour and private airport transfers. Airfares are excluded. Call 131 600. Escape the city and learn how to be a jackaroo or jillaroo with Overseas Working Holidays, spending six nights on a working station near Tamworth, priced from $840 per person multi-share including home-stay accommodation, meals, on-farm activities, personal horse-riding instruction and return rail transfers from Sydney. Call 1300 651639. Book before September 30 and save $1445 per person on Cruiseabout's 46-night voyage from Sydney to Dubai. Prices start from $9741 per person twin share on MS Rotterdam, which sails on February 11, 2009. The ship stops in Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and India. Call 1300 363428. There's a new 10-day Expedition Lord Howe at Capella Lodge, with rates including 10 nights at the lodge, all dining and beverages, expeditions and return airfares from $7500 per person, departing September 14. Call 02 99184355. See India's largest livestock auction and religious festival, the Pushkar Camel Festival, on a seven-night package from Flight Centre. The tour departs Delhi on November 9, 2008, priced from $1135 per person twin share for seven nights (including two nights on a sleeper train). Airfares not included. Call 131 600.
© 2008 Newcastle Herald
