Powering off the pandemic proves high-octane for retail stalwarts

Powering off the pandemic proves high-octane for retail stalwarts

While most retail businesses were forced to downsize or double down during this uncertain period of a pandemic,one iconic family business in Perth took the expansion plunge with adventurous results.

  • byDavid Prestipino

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These four mates paddled 332 kilometres. What they found was spectacular

These four mates paddled 332 kilometres. What they found was spectacular

Their goal:use their COVID-19 lockdown sea-kayaking hobby to cross Bass Strait. Their experience? A rare,scary and fantastic adventure.

  • byGarry Maddox
The ides of March are come
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The ides of March are come

Ay,Caesar;but not gone.

Mt Everest opens again but its popularity may be its pandemic downfall

Mt Everest opens again but its popularity may be its pandemic downfall

Nepal has reopened to foreign tourists who test negative for the coronavirus and spend one week in quarantine,although some question the move.

  • byAntonia Noori Farzan
Perth's newest attraction on track for January opening

Perth's newest attraction on track for January opening

The Matagaraup bridge climb will open to the public on January 26 with day-time,evening and moonlight walks all on the cards.

Tim Severin,seafaring recreator of legendary journeys,dies aged 80

Tim Severin,seafaring recreator of legendary journeys,dies aged 80

Severin made his name when in 1976 he recreated the legend of the voyage of Irish monk St Brendan across the Atlantic in a leather boat.

  • byRichard Sandomir
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Good Weekend Talks:Where to now for tourism?

Good Weekend Talks:Where to now for tourism?

On this episode of Good Weekend Talks,Traveller national editor Anthony Dennis joins freelance writer Brook Turner and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland for a conversation about how the travel industry has coped with the coronavirus pandemic – and where it goes from here.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Kokoda is struggling to survive and under threat,warns veteran

Kokoda is struggling to survive and under threat,warns veteran

The track is PNG's largest tourism drawcard,but Chinese chequebook diplomacy and lack of action from Australia are putting its future in doubt.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
'13 days with no food':Kiwis describe wilderness ordeal

'13 days with no food':Kiwis describe wilderness ordeal

Dozens of volunteers,a police dog squad,helicopters and drones were used in a massive search operation that rescued the couple.

  • byBen McKay
Gold Coast polar explorer breaks record for longest unaided Antarctic trip

Gold Coast polar explorer breaks record for longest unaided Antarctic trip

Geoff Wilson skied into the Russia's Novolazarevskaya Station early on Saturday,Antarctic time,58 days after he set out,beating the previous record by 206 metres.

  • byJanek Drevikovsky
'Group think':Everest climbers say new rules won't stop deaths

'Group think':Everest climbers say new rules won't stop deaths

Eleven climbers died on Mount Everest this year. The Nepalese government has proposed new regulations,but climbers say pack mentality is the real problem.

  • byAndrew Both