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8 It was fantastic news to hear last week that ‘hopefully’ all interstate borders will be open by Christmas. I know this will be a massive relief to so many families who are longing to be reunited with loved ones after a long year of separation. And it’s also some positive news for the travel and tourism industry, let’s continue to keep our fingers crossed that this is the re-start the industry so desperately needs. Unfortunately, it still looks like it will be a while before international travel begins again, so it’s not looking good for my booked February cruise in Tahiti!! However plan B is formulating. Tasmania From the is beginning to seem like a great option ©Destination NSW to me, with this week’s ‘ inspo’ picture Publisher inspiring me to start planning. Our feature story this week is based on my absolute favourite part of the world. Jenny Piper The NSW South Coast – a road trip from Contents Sydney to Merimbula. If this inspires you 6 to take this route, a must stop is Jervis Bay with its white sands, natural beauty and abundant marine life. Allow time to 4 Destination spotlight take a dolphin watch cruise, you won’t be Discover where in the world you should disappointed. visit next Let’s all ‘keep dreaming’ of those 6 For foodies next adventures, start planning a 2021 Chicago’s best deep dish pizza holiday - visit your local travel agent for more ideas and special offers. And 7 In the news Catch up on the latest travel and cruise news follow us on Facebook and Instagram (@ travelcruiseweekly) for more stories to 8 Soaking up the south coast inspire those future travels. Myles Stedman explores one of the best road trip routes in NSW 12 Take Four 12 Crypts around the world 14 Keep your cruising dream alive Read all about our experience of Viking Akun and why it might be your next cruise 16 Cocktail Hour EDITORIAL PRODUCTION Suite 1, Level 2, 64 Talavera Rd Publisher – Jenny Piper Anna Piper Macquarie Park NSW 2113 Australia Take a sip and plan your next trip! anna.piper@traveldaily.com.au Tel: 1300 799 220 (+61 2 8007 6760) Contributors – Adam Bishop, Bruce Piper, 18 Puzzles Myles Stedman DESIGN Travel & Cruise Weekly is part of the Business Publishing Group family of Hear from a travel agent all about their ADVERTISING AND MARKETING Sarah Beyer publications. sarah.beyer@traveldaily.com.au cruise experience Sean Harrigan www.travelandcruiseweekly.com.au advertising@cruiseweekly.com.au Front cover image: Bruny Island Seals, Tas 2 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 ©Tourism Australia Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 3
Bay of Fires, Tasmania Located on Tasmania’s northeastern coast, the Bay of Fires is famous for its vibrant colours. Crystal clear water and white sandy beaches contrast with the striking orange of the lichen-covered boulders. With many hidden beaches and inlets to explore, be sure to check out this stunning area on your next Tassie holiday. Photo credit ©Stu Gibson 4 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 5
For foodies In the News ©DC Travel hopes hotel quarantine,” Hunt said, new approach called “Always adding the Government was Included”. Chicago’s Pizza Pie rise on vaccine looking to add progressive layers of safety in a series of Effective for reservations made after Wed 18 November, Health Minister Greg Hunt travel bubbles with other low all Celebrity fares include Chicago-style pizza, also neighbourhood, you’re at North Side, set among the this morning revealed that risk priority countries. unlimited wi-fi, beverages known as deep-dish or the place it all began. Uno brownstone houses for which an Australian-developed “In an ideal world, if the and gratuities, with the cruise deep pan pizza, is one of also serves pastas, steaks this part of Chicago is famed. COVID-19 vaccine was set to vaccination strategy is line’s CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo the most recognisable takes and burgers, but founder Ike complete as we anticipate, saying the move will make it on the Italian dough-based Sewell would be offended if Big G’s Pizza commence Phase 3 clinical trials before Christmas. then by the end of 2021 we’ll easier to book a cruise. dish there is. This high- you didn’t try the pizza style Located on Clark Street be very close to, I would “Today, nothing is more outside famous Wrigley Field, Initial data on safety and edged pizza can be found he invented and perfected in efficacy of the vaccine was put it this way, widespread luxurious than when things throughout the Midwest, but the 1940s. Big G’s is known for attracting international travel,” the are extra simple and extra Chicago Cubs fans as they very encouraging he said, and when you find yourself in Minister promised. special...we wanted to bring the Windy City, we suggest Peqoud’s Pizza make their way out of the with the program now ahead of schedule it’s possible that that big, wonderful feeling of Known for its own take on stadium and into the trendy heading to one of these iconic institutions to try Chicago-style pizza, featuring bars of affluent Wrigleyville. if the trials are successful, it could become generally Celebrity goes ‘everything is taken care of’ to life for our guests.” some. caramelised crusts, Peqoud’s is another Chicago institution Famed for serving its pizza by the slice, Big G’s is perfect available early in the third all-inclusive There’s also the option to add on an “Elevate” package Pizzeria Uno with a small number of if you’ve come to experience quarter of next year. That in turn “opens up Celebrity Cruises hasn’t offering unlimited premium This family-friendly pizza locations across the city. the Chicago creed that is been resting on its hands drinks and up to US$200 chain is found throughout This writer’s favourite is baseball - grab a slice of the possibility of travel for Australians, so they can travel during the pandemic pause, towards shore excursions, the city, but if you find found in the Lincoln Park deep-dish without paying last week unveiling a switch or the ultimate “Indulge” yourself in the River North neighbourhood on the city’s Wrigley Field prices. safely, they can return safely. “It reduces the need for to simplified pricing under a package with streaming wi-fi. 6 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 7
Pack your bags and empty for all levels and abilities. world. Make sure you take Soaking up the esky for a trip down the The company has a range of your swimmers as well – after south coast. Starting from lessons, from one day to 12 a brisk bushwalk the blue Sydney, head south, passing weeks, and their progams of the water coupled with through the National Park, also include delicious the stunning white sands is south coast to where you will find your food, beautiful scenery and so enticing it will be hard to first notable monument and wildlife experiences, allowing resist a dip. photo opportunity, the Sea travellers to experience much Jervis Bay is also a marine Cliff Bridge – New South more than just the waves if sanctuary and the wildlife beauty Wales’ answer to California’s they want. in the area has increased Bixby Creek Bridge. Be sure A little further down the dramatically in the past to savour your traversing coast is the famous Kiama 20 years since it was so of this bridge, as you are Blowhole, which under designated. Dolphin Watch travelling one of only seven certain conditions, can Cruises is one of the most off-shore parallel-to-coast spray 50 litres of water up experienced operators in the Australia is the kind of country that begs you to take a road bridges in the world. to 25 metres in the air, more bay, and will take cruisers From there, follow than enough to thoroughly to drop in on up to 120 trip; the cues are everywhere. From Highway 1, the longest Lawrence Hargrave Drive soak you and any travelling bottlenose dolphins in the national highway in the world, to iconic drives through the to Wollongong, and stop companion you may have region. For those after food NSW outback to Broken Hill, a road trip is an Aussie rite of for a coffee on the beach, brought. and wine experiences, head preferably from local After Kiama, your next stop to Cupitt’s Estate, a family run passage; Myles Stedman explores one of the best routes in institution Buck’s Café. If is Jervis Bay, where you can boutique combination winery, NSW, from Sydney to Merimbula over four days. coffee on the beach is not take the White Sand Walk cellar door, restaurant, bar, Australian enough for you, which winds through the microbrewery and fromagerie consider a surf lesson with coastal forest of Jervis Bay set in the coastal countryside Australian Surf Tours, which National Park and past some between Ulladulla and offers learn to surf programs of the purest sands in the Milton. If you’re looking for Opposite page: Sea Cliff Bridge is one of the few off-shore parallel-to-coast bridges in the world This page top: Take a dip in the turquoise waters of Jervis Bay Left: Take in the famous Kiama blowhole Right: Head to Cupitt’s Estate for food and wine experiences All images ©Destination NSW 8 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 9
a place to rest your head, try Bangalay Luxury Villas, located on Seven Mile Beach at Shoalhaven Heads. There are 16 fully self-contained villas and the onsite restaurant Bangalay Dining offers quality food from local producers. Next up is the coastal town of Narooma, the gateway to Montague Island – one of New South Wales’ best- kept secrets. It is here you can take in a wide array of animals, such as the native colony of seals and sea lions, and more than 90 bird species. If you prefer to stay From top: Experience on shore, Narooma is at the heart of the quality local food at Whether it’s a classic drive along the coast, a food and wine trail Oyster Coast, and there are no shortage Bangalay Dining through the countryside, or an epic Outback adventure, of locations at which you can sample See the coast from there’s a road trip for everyone in NSW. this Australian delicacy. The Sydney rock the sky with South Coast Seaplanes oyster, still heavily farmed in this area, is one of the local favourites. If you want Merimbula makes a Plan your next NSW road trip now. to take in Narooma from the sky, South great base to explore the Sapphire Coast visitnsw.com/love-nsw Coast Seaplanes offers a range of tour packages, or if they don’t suit they can Taste locally-farmed oysters on Captain arrange a bespoke adventure. Sponge’s Magical Soon after departing Narooma, you Oyster Tour will arrive on the Sapphire Coast. All images Merimbula makes a great base to visit ©Destination NSW and take in some of Australia’s best produce including wine, meat, oysters, seafood, olives, dairy, fruit & vegetables, honey, herbs, jams and eggs. Captain Sponge’s Magical Oyster Tour is a great way to taste the locally farmed oysters, with a two-hour on the water experience run by owner and Captain Brett Weingarth AKA “Sponge”. Make sure you take your time in this region to satisfy your tastebuds as well as enjoy the area’s stunning natural scenery. Soak up some of the outdoors when you stay at Tanja Lagoon Camp in Mimosa Rocks National Park. There are four luxurious self-contained safari tents at the camp, which overlook a coastal lagoon. Bushwalk, kayak, stargaze or simply sit back and relax in your queen-size bed. Travellers can easily do this road trip in four days one way. There’s so much to see and do that you’ll have to miss things on the way down – luckily you can take in some of what you’ve missed on the way back. 10 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 11
Take four Wawel Cathedral Crypts and catacombs around the world offer Poland is home to many examples of impressive fascinating glimpses into history. Here’s four to keep gothic architecture, so it makes sense you on your gothic radar. might find some interesting crypts in this region of eastern Europe as well. The country’s Wawel Cathedral is an exquisite example of gothic church construction, but it’s the morbid The Capuchin Crypt treasure that lies within that draws just as many visitors to this site. The building houses one of Italy seems to be the mecca for strange crypts and Poland’s oldest burial sites, with a pastiche of catacombs, most likely owing to its plethora of various leaders and monarchs laid to rest here ancient churches which are known to house dead from as early as the 14th century. Perhaps the bodies beneath many of their floors. If the site of most famous rulers interred here include Jan human remains doesn’t make you run for cover, III Sobieski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke check out The Capuchin Crypt located underneath of Lithuania from 1674 until his death, as well the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei as Tadeusz Kosciuszko, one of Poland’s most Cappuccini near Piazza Barberini in Rome, Italy. revered military leaders. Here you will find the skeletal remains of 3,700 ©Tourism WA bodies speculated to be Capuchin friars buried by their order. If its grim atmosphere wasn’t already abundantly obvious, you should note that The Marquis de Sade once noted a visit to the crypt was ©bklynben “well worth the effort”. Lenin’s Mausoleum Grand Masters Crypt For somewhere a little bit more current, why not stop in and visit the well-preserved A trip to this crypt is a bit of a two-for-one remains of Russia’s former leader Vladimir because it is located underneath the beautiful St Lenin. Resting peacefully inside a large John’s Co-Cathedral in Malta. When you are done glass coffin inside Lenin’s Mausoleum in gawking at the majesty of the temple’s grand Red Square, Moscow, visitors can gaze upon architecture, wander below deck to see the crypt the Russian revolutionary who presided containing the bodies of former Grand Masters over one of the bloodiest periods of of the Order of Malta, such as Philippe Villiers de Russian history - a far cry from his restful L’Isle-Adam, Claude de la Sengle, Jean Parisot de look forever inscribed on his face in death. Valette and Alof de Wignacourt. The remains are It’s hard not to feel a part of 20th century positioned underneath the church’s main altar history when visiting here, with Lenin’s body providing a macabre time warp into a ©Andy von der Wurm to emphasise their religious significance, with the stone sarcophagi decorated with baroque period of revolutionary uprising and violent sculptural decorations depicting various floral totalitarianism. themes and narratives. 12 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 13
Keep your cruising dream alive Travel agents are the best people to help you plan a cruise, they are experts in the product - they know the different cruise lines, what each offer, and what will suit your budget. But they have also experienced many cruises themselves! This week’s agent review comes from Craig Mathieson from Helloworld Toowoomba Ridge. APT - MS Island Sky, Kimberley Cruise: Broome to Darwin Dining The great place to eat was the alfresco dining area on the stern of the ship. The food was good, varied and served to you at the buffet and you got to enjoy the spectacular scenery. The main dining room was good, but the weather made outside the choice. The included drinks list is more than adequate, I found something for each occasion. Itinerary highlight The ship The absolute highlight was the excursions Small ship expedition cruising, does it get on the zodiacs. Getting on and off the any better? The ship’s décor is traditional, zodiacs is so slick even people using the cabins are huge and the service great. walking frames were going. The stunning So easy to find you way around and the scenery, the wildlife, the history, the lectures were interesting, informative, and interaction with local indigenous people often fun. The entertainment is intimate and a glass of bubbles on a beach as as the bar is small and you eat and the sun sets had you looking forward to explore with the entertainers. getting off the beautiful ship. Top tip for clients This is all inclusive, intimate, expedition cruising on a small ship. You won’t spend anything on this cruise and you will see so much that can only be seen from a small ship cruise with zodiacs. The crew are happy and it shows in the brilliant service. 14 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 15
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Sudoku FIENDISH Whose flag is this? Pub quiz Unscramble Complete the entire grid using the How many words can you make numbers 1-9. Numbers can only be used 1. Melbourne’s Flinders Street railway station is out of these nine letters? Every once in each row, column, and 3×3 box. located at the intersection of Flinders Street word needs to include the and which other major artery? letter in the centre, have four 2. When was petroleum first discovered in letters or more and not be a Saudi Arabia? proper noun or a plural. You a) In the 1910s can only use each letter once. b) In the 1920s There’s also one word that uses c) In the 1930s all nine letters. 3. Port Macquarie is located at the mouth of The green background and crescent of H R Y which river? this flag represent the majority Islamic 4. AYQ would be printed on your baggage tags if population of the nation, while the four you were headed to which airport? stars stand for the islands that make up A D I the country off the coast of Africa. 5. Approximately how many islands are in the That part of the flag was designed by a Whitsundays? French herald, and was the whole flag 6. What is the current flagship of Cunard Line? while the country was a still a territory of 7. Which airline is also known locally as www.sudokuoftheday.com – visit them and get a new Sudoku every day! France. After independence the stripes were added. Do you know whose flag it is? Zennikku? 8. Are there more indigenous Fijians or Indo- Fijians in Fiji? R R E 9. The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were Good – 21 words postponed by 12 months, and will now occur Very good – 31 words how many years after the city last hosted the Excellent – 41 words games? Pub quiz 10. The Empire State Building is built in what NOTE: We’ve used Chambers Dictionary architectural style? to decide what words are acceptable. 1. Prior to it moving to Melbourne, which city hosted the Australian Grand Prix? 2. Is Perth closer to Darwin or Melbourne? 3. By area, what is the largest country in the Arab world? 4. The Thomas Cook brand is kept alive by operations in which country? 5. Wild Life Sydney in Darling Harbour was formerly known as what? 6. The Hazards and Wineglass Bay are features of which Australian national park? Where in the 7. Asiana Airlines is based in which country? world? 8. New Orleans’ airport is named after who? This race track is most famous for 9. Bamboo Airways is an airline originating from which country? a motor race held each October. 10. What is the easternmost point of mainland Australia? Technically the track is classified 11. What South Australian town are these pictures spelling out? as a street circuit, as it is a public road when no racing events are being run. The track is unusual by modern standards, with the 6.2km + length having a 174m vertical difference in height between the highest and lowest points and numerous very steep grades. Do you know where in the world this race track is? 18 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 19
Pub quiz Museums and galleries word search 1. Prior to moving to Melbourne Park in the city’s downtown area, which suburb was the R I J K M U S E U M V U N S T See if you can find these Australian Open played in? words. They are hidden V A T I C A N Y Q Z Y F A I A horizontally, vertically 2. Mecca and which other city play host to the two holiest sites of Islam? 3. Which river flows through New Orleans? B I C O L F R Y Z A J F I L T and diagonally, forwards and backwards. 4. New South Wales’ Northern Rivers region draws its name from which three G R T N R O T L S L A I N O E waterways? 5. The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is located on which island? M U I P A T U R T C I Z O P M 6. How many states have territory in the Arctic and what are their names? T G G T E T O V Z A A I S O O 7. Nuku’alofa is the capital of which country? S Y E G I D I E R V Z G H R D 8. Are there more people in Albury or Wodonga? 9. Hervey Bay is known as a prime location to spot what animal? L Z E G E S U L D E B A T C E 10. Langtree Avenue is the main street in which town? F H A E A N H B O V J L I A R T G S K T T H M D P U L M M N O U K C D Z I E U F O E S O T Whose flag is this? Unscramble M Z G F V Y N K O W T S F D M B I R M S E E R Y O T N A K N How many words can you make out of these nine letters? Every O D A R P L E D O E S U M E Y word needs to include the centre letter, have four letters or more A I F O S A N I E R H W M J M and not be a proper noun or a plural. You can only use each ACROPOLIS LOUVRE MUSEODELPRADO TATEMODERN letter once. BRITISHMUSEUM METROPOLITAN REINASOFIA THEGETTY GUGGENHEIM MONA RIJKMUSEUM UFFIZIGALLERY HERMITAGE MUSEEDORSAY SMITHSONIAN VATICAN R G O Where in the The tree in the centre of this flag is a cedar, which has long been associated with this country. The first Y L E world? U O N flag of this country unofficially had the cedar on a Despite being commonly referred plain background, but in 1920 the country became a to as a cathedral, this is actually state under the administration of France which had just a parish church. previously ruled over it and the flag had the cedar The church was built in the 1960s on top of the French tricolour. and comprises 11 concrete slabs in Good – 18 words The country became independent in 1941 and the an asymmetric form with openings flag wasn’t changed. In 1943 however, an agreement Very good – 27 words in between each slab which let between the main religious groups in the country Excellent – 36 words daylight in. This is particularly created this flag, removing the blue from the useful as the church is in a place tricolour and making the stripes horizontal instead NOTE: We’ve used Chambers Dictionary to that has short winter days. of vertical. Do you know whose flag this is? decide what words are acceptable. Where in the world is this? 20 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032 21
Feeling Puzzle answers inspired? Page 18 Page 20 Pub quiz: 1 Adelaide, 2 Darwin, by roughly Pub quiz: 1 Kooyong, 2 Medina, 3 Mississippi 100 kilometres, 3 Algeria, 4 India, 5 Sydney River, 4 Clarence River, Richmond River and Wildlife World, 6 Freycinet National Park, 7 Tweed River, 5 Java, 6 Eight – Canada, Finland, South Korea, 8 Louis Armstrong, 9 Vietnam, 10 Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Cape Byron, 11 Snowtown (snow + town) United States, 7 Tonga, 8 Albury, 9 Whales, 10 Whose flag is this: Coromos Mildura Contact your local travel agent to start planning Unscramble: enrol, eulogy, glen, glory, glue, Sudoku: gluey, gluon, gruel, logo, lone, loner, long, your next dream holiday longer, loon, lore, lounge, lounger, lour, luge, lung, lunge, lunger, lure, lurgy, lyre, NEUROLOGY, ogle, ogler, oleo, ology, only, rely, role, rule, ugly, urology Whose flag is this: Lebanon Page 21 Page 19 Where in the world: Arctic Cathedral, Tromso, Unscramble: aide, aired, arid, dairy, dare, Norway dear, deary, diary, dire, dray, dreary, drey, drier, dryer, dyer, HAIRDRYER, haired, hard, harder, hardier, hary, hared, harried, hayed, hayride, head, heady, heard, herd, hide, hied, hydra, idea, raid, raider, rayed, read, ready, ride, rider, yard Pub quiz: 1 Swanston Street, 2 c) 1930s, 3 Hastings River, 4 Ayres Rock Airport, 5 More Subscribe to Travel & Cruise Weekly and than 70, 6 Queen Mary 2, 7 All Nippon Airways, 8 Indigenous Fijians, 9 57 years, 10 Art deco follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more travel ideas. CLICK HERE to subscribe. Where in the world: Mount Panorama, Bathurst, Australia Brought to you by... TRAVEL & CRUISE PROFESSIONALS Call us on 8274 1222 or email admin@tacprofessionals.com.au 22 Travel & Cruise Weekly Keep Dreaming 032
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