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Dust off the flares and paisley shirts! Woodstock may have been 40 years ago, but you can relive the new age thinking with modern day health and spiritual healing. So take a deeeeep breath, light up the incense and feel good all over on one of our massage and spiritual healing holidays. Read more »

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Flash! As you flick through the photos of Who magazines, do you ever wonder what it’s like to be the one flashing a grin, some skin, a frown or stunned mullet look from those pages? It’s time to feel the spice and sass of fame, without the pesky papparazi or tabloid troubles at one of our celebrity favourite hideaways around Australia. Read more »

Remember when your biggest care was whether you’d get a bedtime story that night? Be a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, or a GI Joe jungle juggernaut, we invite you to experience the carefree days of childhood once again. Toss the taxes and boot the bills on a kidlike holiday somewhere in Australia. Read more »

Remember when weekends with your other half were all about spicy fun and adventure?  If you’re scratching your head over that one, perhaps it’s time to inject a little spontaneity back into your world with some role playing fun on a romantic getaway. So turn off the TV, ditch the dishes and let the real Mr and Mrs Smith stand up… Read more »

Who needs Nigella and Jamie when you can have your own hot and spicy experience with these Aussie foodie getaways? From tastings to titbits, morsels to feasts, you’ll not only indulge your senses, but learn how to teriyaki like Tetsuya and glaze like Gordon.

Test your 10,000 taste buds under the glorious sunshine of the Noosa Wine and Food Festival from May 1-3 2009. Over 150 contributors will tempt you with tasters, share recipes and show you new and wonderful foods, wines and ways to enhance your gastronome fixation. This year’s Australian/Italian theme includes a grand degustation where you can crunch on cannoli, slurp on spaghetti, feast on fettucini and nibble on gnocci whilst listening to Kate Ceberano and exploring over 100 events. After buying up big, try out your new skills in your own kitchen at the Horizons at Peregian, which has direct beach access, surf lessons and a fitness centre to work up an appetite for your culinary creations!

Cook it again Sam. Enjoy a night of candles, couches, chords and cous cous on a Mystical Moroccan Cooking Class to Music in Melbourne. The mood is set with a dash of live music, champers and cheese, before enimatic chef Bart Beek reveals his secret to cooking Moroccan delights such as spiced chicken, chermoula salmon, kataifi pastry nests and more – with wine to match every course. Spend the next day enjoying an epicurean odyssey in Melbourne before indulging at Collins Kitchen at the Grand Hyatt, which has 5 different cooking concepts, and allows guest interaction with the chefs. Maybe you’ll feel like sushi, or a patisserie treat, or just a drink at the RU-CO bar with its 2700 bottle wine room.

Béchamel, blanching, sauté, julienne, bouquet garni—it all seems like another language. Translate it into your mother tongue with a Learn to Be a Chef lesson in Sydney. Slice, dice, and learn the basics of chopping, sauce making and stock preparation - and yes, you do get eat what you make, be it paella, duck or any one of many culinary themes offered. And for dessert, return to the Establishment Hotel for cookies instead of turndown mints, and over 7 bars of sweet and savory cocktails, including the renowned Hemmesphere.

Red, white, rosé, isn’t it all the same? Heavens no! Wine lovers know the difference between bubbles and botrytis and no matter your expertise, you too can be a winemaker for a day at various vineyards in the Swan Valley near Perth. Have a cheese and wine tasting, then go to another estate to blend your own wine, followed by a platter lunch overlooking a picturesque brook. Oh yes, and there’s also some chocolate tasting in there, perfect with the fortifieds. The coach drops you back in Perth, and you can totter over to the Hilton Hotel Perth Parmelia, with its renowned Globe Wine Bar and Restaurant, stocked with over 350 different wines.