Des Houghton
Wine & Travel Editor at Sky News Australia
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2 weeks ago |
skynews.com.au | Des Houghton
Tourists travelling to Queensland from interstate and abroad will have 45 new ecotourism experiences to choose from as the state prepares for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. Some will be in the World heritage listed Wet Tropics in the Daintree rainforest and Cape Tribulation rainforests and beaches.
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3 weeks ago |
skynews.com.au | Des Houghton
The British and Irish Lions will roar into Australia next month to bring drama and excitement for rugby fans while delivering a tourism windfall in excess of $150 million. Thousands of Australians have already bought tickets to cheer the Wallabies in what is a historic, brutal and thrilling football series. The Lions tour Australia every 12 years. Their first tour Down Under was in 1888 - before Australia was officially a nation.
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4 weeks ago |
skynews.com.au | Des Houghton
A new hilltop hotel in a tropical garden with its own beach has helped reignite a tourism boom in Singapore. It is one of a number of new hotels from Asia, Europe and Australia to make the hotel hot list this year. Raffles Sentosa is Singapore’s first all-villa hotel featuring 62 contemporary lodges, each with its own private pool. It is an ideal place for a mini break for travellers making the arduous trip to and from Europe.
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1 month ago |
couriermail.com.au | Des Houghton
Des HoughtonDon't miss out on the headlines from Des Houghton. Followed categories will be added to My News. If police find primary school children running wild in the middle of the night, should their parents be prosecuted for failing in their duty to safeguard them? Should dead-beat parents be held responsible, in part, for their children’s crimes? And should those same neglectful parents be made to pay for the damage to public property caused by their children in crime sprees?
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1 month ago |
skynews.com.au | Des Houghton
An American investment banker who was raised in a winemaking family in California has released Tasmania’s first bourbon-style whiskey at Rosevears in the Tamar Valley. Justin Turner had planned to build his whiskey distillery in the US, but all that changed when he fell head over heels in love with Taswegian Sarah-Jayne Hall. Ms Hall was working as a corporate lawyer in New York when their paths crossed on St Patrick’s Day in 2012.
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