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24 Hours in the Green Hell

When Roderick Eime packed his bags for the Nürburgring, he thought he was off to cover one of the world’s great Touring, GT and Production Car races. Well he was, sort of..


Aground off the Pilbara coast

Varanus Island, Pilbara West Australia

Long distance cruising onboard a yacht can be a leisurely, personally satisfying lifestyle. Until one runs aground on an unseen sandbar that is.

Join Fiona Harper on a yachting adventure that sees her 15m yacht aground in far northwest Australia.


Echoes of elegance

Yachting and golfing go hand in hand with the opening of the Whitsunday Islands' first resort golf course and sophisticated yacht club. Perfect for superyacht owners with a penchant for sweeping fairways amid hilltop greens, stylish elegance arrives in the Whitsundays.

 

Fiona Harper takes on 18 holes at Hamilton Island Golf Club, followed by sundowners overlooking Dent Passage at Hamilton Island Yacht Club


From troubles to treasures in the Solomon Islands

The jetty at Sanbis Island Resort (above); a dazzling array of fish in Gizo town market (right); a yacht off Lola Island (below); a traditional sailboat in Vonovona Lagoon (below right)

After civil strife, earthquake and tsunami, the Solomon Islands are on the rebound


Glimpses of the Archipelago

A colourful wooden windmill pierces the skies, on Djurgården Island in Stockholm Harbour

Stockholm's glorious (but short) summer


Golf Tasmania

The Australasian Golfing Museum, in the Tasmanian village of Bothwell

The little Tasmanian village of Bothwell is home to one of the world's top golfing museums


Kaohsiung gears up for the Games

"Fish jumping over Dragon Gate", the mascot of Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung, venue for the 2009 World Games, cleans up its act


Nights on white Sharjahs

Sunset rowers on Sharjah Creek

Cricket and stunning architecture are the drawcards of Sharjah, just down the road from Dubai


Racing around the Rock

Fiona Harper jumps onboard a yacht at Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week, Queensland.


Sails and Saxophones

With 40 of Australia's top jazz musicians supported by highly acclaimed up and coming stars, the Great Tropical Jazz Party is a melting pot of jazz in tropical north Queensland. Following closely on from Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week, Fiona Harper takes in some cool jazz beneath the palms.


Sublimely Ridiculous

On the Iditarod trail, at Finger Lake (above); Mushers-in-training, on the outskirts of Nome (right)

Billed as “the last great race in the world”, the Iditarod dog-sled race runs well over 1600 km from Anchorage to Nome, through some of the world’s most inhospitable territory.


The Charm of Chartering

The noise was deafening. The roar of blood pumping through my head as we charged forward, hell bent on hitting the start line milliseconds after the gun went, was drowned out by the commands of our tactitian.

 

Fiona Harper jumps onboard a chartered pocket maxi yacht at Hamilton Island Race Week.


 

 
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