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Beer Helps Ultra-Marathoner Run Around the World

Heineken beer bottle ©Creative Tools Irish ultra-marathon runner Richard Donovan has become the first man on the planet to run seven marathons on seven continents in less than five days–thanks to a bottle of beer. In just four days, 22 hours and three minutes, Donovan completed marathons at the Russian Novo science base in Antarctica, [...]

Photo of the Moment: Sweeping the Surf, Sydney

iPhone Explodes Mid-Flight

iPhone © cameronparkins You know that whole thing about not using electronic devices during take-off or landing? Turns out that in some cases, just having an electronic device at all can be a problem. Especially if that device is a certain touch screen phone. From Yahoo News: While on Australian flight Regional Express ZL319 Friday, [...]

Is This the Worst Youth Hostel Ad Ever?

Youth Hostel © heatheronhertravels This ad for the 790 on George hostel in Sydney, spotted by Gadling, may possibly be the most absurdly ineffective marketing in the history of hostels. Nothing screams “sleep here” like close-ups of the same creepy guy giving you the thumbs up in every room, over and over, giving the ad [...]

Sydney’s 5 Best Boutique Hotels

Moog Hotel in Sydney, Australia There’s no shortage of great places to stay in Sydney – Australia’s largest and most populous city. The discerning traveler needn’t look far to uncover a wealth of accommodation options for just about any budget. From brew-hotels, to ultra-swanky, budget-busting accommodations to hotels near Darling Harbour, there’s something for everyone. [...]

Photo of the Moment: Early Morning at Sydney Harbor Bridge, Australia

Photo of the Moment: Reflections of Sydney, Australia

Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum Bootstraps New Augmented Reality App To Take You Back In Time

© Powerhousemuseum.com Creating Augmented Reality (AR) applications, programs that take the images fed into your phone by camera and overlay them with digital information, sounds insanely futurist. At least in theory though – in theory – the process should be relatively straightforward: your phone has a GPS that knows where you are and a compass [...]

Photo of the Moment: A Chinese Australian, Sydney

© Alex E. Proimos In the photographer’s words: A Chinese Australian (澳大利亚华人) is an Australian of Chinese heritage. In the 2006 Australian Census, 669,890 Australian residents identified themselves as having Chinese ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry. The early history of Chinese Australians had involved significant immigration from villages of the Pearl River Delta [...]