The Palazzo Versace fashion house will have a network of pipes beneath the sand containing a coolant that will absorb heat from the surface, reports The Australian.

The rocky islands prove a perfect place for a Contiki holiday.

Little preparation is required before I join fellow travellers aboard MS Perla for a five-day cruise around the picturesque islands and a taste of Turkey.

Merely bathers, a pair for every island visited; sunscreen to... Read More

The video in question was shot on a perfect, blue-sky day - summer on one of the southern hemisphere's loveliest coastlines - and perhaps what's so alarming is how inviting the Indian Ocean looks. Actually, no: strike that. Most alarming is what happens at the exact moment a young... Read More

Fierce chips of wind-driven ice are battering the bit of my face that has somehow escaped the coverage of a beanie, neck-warmer and goggles.

The family-sized house, built on the northern German island of Usedom, is furnished with chairs, tables and carpets stuck to the ceiling.

Designed by Polish partners Klausdiusz Golos and Sebastian Mikiciuk, the building is part of the Edutainment exhibition and is supposed to at... Read More

Four years after the doco, a romantic comedy called If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium was a hit in cinemas.

Nine countries in 18 days – you can only imagine the antics on the motorways, autobahns and autostradas.

Lengthy, jam-packed coach tours can still be found, but t... Read More

The resort said the deaths, which all occurred in the Snowy Mountains, have left the resort in a sense of "disbelief".

I took a lot of baths when I was in Japan. I cleaned and scrubbed, sponged and splashed. I've never been so clean in my life, and never so refreshed.

I'm not, of course, talking about any old bath but about onsen, the hot springs that so delight the Japanese.

The Japanese take b... Read More

One of the planes was back in service this morning, but the other two were declared unserviceable with a fuel tank indication system problem, reports The Herald Sun.

"Wouldn't you rather go without him?" "What if he gets sick?" and, my favourite, "What if he gets kidnapped?" were thrown at me when I first announced the impending journey.

This obsession goes back to post-war Europe and the foundation of the company. There was a short supply of happiness in those days but the fixation continues.

SYDNEY HARBOUR

While Sydney is a busy working harbour with ferries, tugs and cruise liners, it's also an exciting playground for boats of all sizes, from kayaks to cruisers, tinnies to tall ships.


1. Historical sailing

If you have an affinity for old ships,... Read More

Von Teese, renowned as the queen of burlesque, will perform at the Crazy Horse, a unique venue that has been a Paris institution since 1951.

The sparkling aqua sea is dazzling, beautiful people zoom by on rollerblades, golden brown and glistening with coconut tanning oil.

Shane Green, 32, died on Sunday only half an hour into the first day of the trek, going up a steep slope while attempting a north-south journey along the famous wartime track where Diggers held off the Japanese.

The Manhole

Beneath our feet lies an underworld. It long has fascinated Lucy Wilson. She has the very odd distinction of having travelled the world doing brass rubbings of the doors to this underworld – those things upon which we walk and which we call "manholes".

And they do seem a bit heavy when you lift them on the scales at the airport check-in for the flight home.

"Sorry," says the woman on the other side of the counter. "You're overweight. I'll have to charge you for the excess."

You reach for you wallet: "H... Read More

In front of me, I gaze past the fronds of tall macrozamia cycad and watch a pretty-faced wallaby feed a few metres away.

Arriving by bus at the nondescript village of El Zaino, 35km east of Santa Marta in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, there's not a hint of what might lie ahead.

Sean Doherty, the longest-serve editor of surfing bible, Tracks, certainly thinks it's a fair trade.

Gallery: Waves to surf before you die »

From Hawaii's famous Pipeline on Oahu's North Shore to the relatively new-born Superbank on the Gold Coast of Queensland, via more ... Read More

Reaching Marion's Lookout in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is such a moment.

Even though my toes have touched that precipitous edge before, I again find myself open-mouthed with wonder at the glaciated landscape.

Directly below is Dove Lake, an expanse of deep wate... Read More

It was one of the early, unofficial tourist attractions on Hamilton Island, the fact that a Beatle had chosen to build a house there adding cachet to resort founder Keith Williams' developer's dream.

We might even wonder, on our daily trudge to work, what the thousands of tourists are bothering to come here for.

Children could be screened by pedophiles, while pregnant women could be exposed to radiation if the new technology is accepted, say news.com.au readers.

Great Southern Rail is refusing to give details of the service, but the service is believed to be looking at the $1000-a-night Blue Train between Pretoria and Cape Town as a model.

Great Southern chie... Read More

Already, early risers are on the Riesling Trail.

Some backpackers, staying in the caravan park, are cycling hard. They're off to Auburn, 25km away, and are keen to reach the end of the trail, then turn for some leisurely wine-tasting on the way back.

What a start to the day, sip... Read More

"The low cost model is less exposed in the current environment," Mr Buchanan told Sky News.

Boeing is looking at Alice Springs as a possible site for its flight-testing program.

While a final decision has yet to the made, 787 program chief Pat Shanahan said yesterday that Alice Springs was being considered for tests of the new airliner's ability to cope with hot weather.

Army personnel set up a grill nearly 1.6km-long and fire fighters lit six tonnes of charcoal to kick off the gargantuan cookout.

Some 1250 people grilled the beef and about 20,000 spectators cried with joy when a Guinness judge confirmed the barbecue record had been broken.

&quo... Read More

Coriander, also known as cilantro and most commonly sold as phakchi, was first brought to Japan more than 700 years ago, but many Japanese hate it because of its pungent flavor and smell.