Thousands of naked people will take to the steps of the Sydney Opera House in March to participate in an art installation.
World-renowned artist Spencer Tunick, who is famous for photographing naked people amongst famous landmarks, has his sights set on the Opera House for his next piece which will see 2,000 people form a human base for the Sydney icon on March 1.
Tunick’s latest work is commissioned by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and is reported to cost upwards of $20,000.
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A Kiwi tour operator has got in trouble for hiring backpackers to act as “fake Maoris” for cruise ship tourists.
The travellers, reportedly from France and Israel, were paid to dress in traditional Maori costumes, draw tattoes on their faces and poke their tongues out.
The act was supposedly a “cultural liaison,” featuring on-board dance routines for the cruise ship passengers docking in the North Island town of Tauranga. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Discovery Heritage Group, fake Maori, Maori, New Zealand
Mic Looby
Anyone who has done any travelling tends to know all about guidebooks. We bitch and moan and get frustrated, or simply laugh at their stupidity… after all, how can they get it so wrong? And yet not many people head off without one.
New novelist Mic Looby agrees. And he should know, after writing Lonely Planet guidebooks for five years. He’s now written a novel about the “funny kind of hell” that is guidebook writing and, being the nice fella that he is, chatted to Tumbrella about
it… Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Blue Mountains, Canberra, Flinders Ranges, guidebooks, Lonely Planet, Mic Looby, Otways, Paradise Updated, South-East Asia, Travel, travel writing
What is bush tucker and where in Australia can I get an authentic taste?
Kat Lindberg, England
A witchetty grub
Bush tucker is a broad term covering food from native Australian fauna and flora, particularly that found in the Outback and eaten by indigenous Australians.
Some ingredients such as kangaroo, crocodile, lemon myrtle and macadamia nuts can be found embellishing European dishes in restaurants all around the country, although this barely qualifies as authentic. Read More…
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Nathan Millward took a slightly unusual approach to the realities of being politely asked to “move along” by Aussie immigration. He didn’t jump on a plane. Instead, he renamed himself The Postman, bought a moped and drove it all the way home. To England…
Hey Nathan, what you up to today?
Well Mathew, tonight I’m going to be Ewan McGregor by telling you all about my trip from Sydney to London on a little old motorbike-thing called Dorothy. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Alaska, Argentina, Australia, eBay, England, Ewan McGregor, India, Indonesia, London, Nathan Millward, Outback, Sydney, Thailand, The Postman
Ben Southall
He has spent the last six months with the so-called Best Job in the World, but Briton Ben Southall is now moving from one dream role to another.
The former charity worker, who beat 34,000 applicants to win the position of island caretaker for the Whitsundays, has somehow managed to find an ever better job – getting paid a six-figure salary (plus expenses) to jet around the world promoting Queensland. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: America, Asia, Ben Southall, best job in the world, Brisbane, Europe, National Geographic, New Zealand, Queensland, Whitsundays
What's in your bag?
The spiralling rise in the cost of drugs Down Under is leading to a dramatic increase in the number of backpackers choosing to work as self-employed drug runners, according to Aussie police.
An Australian Federal Police report, leaked to The Daily Telegraph, has detailed how some narcotics are now more expensive per kilogram in Australia than anywhere else in the world. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Australia, backpackers, cocaine, ecstasy, MDMA, Netherlands, UK
A 25-year-old Japanese passenger was killed on Saturday when the Landcruiser he was travelling in rolled on Fraser Island.
At about 9.40am local time on Saturday, 9km north of the Dundabura Camping Ground on Fraser Island, a Toyota Landcruiser carrying eight Japanese tourists rolled after the driver allegedly swerved to avoid an obstacle on the sand.
The six other passengers and the driver, all between the ages of 23 and 29 were taken to hospital with injuries. Read More…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 4WD, backpacking, Fraser Island, Japanese tourists, Queensland, Rachel Nolan, tourism, Toyota Landcruiser, Travel
We’re a bit jealous of Charley Boorman. The English-born, Irish-bred son of film director John Boorman started as an actor before hitting the big time travelling with buddy Ewan McGregor in Long Way Round. He’s now gone from Sydney to Tokyo, By Any Means, for a new DVD and book…
Your last By Any Means trip was Ireland to Australia. Why return to Oz?
Well, we thought the logical thing was to start where we finished in Sydney and head up the Pacific Rim, eventually to end up back in Ireland. Like all of these programmes you do one and if they like it you get another one.
The Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, NSW
Where can I find all of these “big” monuments I’ve heard so much about in Australia?
Fabian Hill, France
A banana, rocking horse, orange, prawn, koala, pineapple and even a wine cask all feature as some of over 150 “big” Australian icons that you can visit or often just accidentally drive past. Read More…
