TRAVEL & FOOD

After the drama that happened in Qantas, celebrities are finding ways to travel to the Carnival Spring Racing in Melbourne. They search for alternative flights to travel faster reach their destination immediately without causing delays.

Chosen as this year's model for the annual Fantasy bra, Kerr has been hitting the exercise circuit pretty hard.

Negotiations between the customs workers union and the Australian government over pay increase broke down on Tuesday and the one-day strike at airports will go ahead on Thursday.

A video footage showing an apparent alien in the Amazon jungle has been posted online and a paranormal claims that the footage is the best proof that extraterrestrials exist.

Virgin Australia has begun daily return services between Brisbane and Port Macquarie with new ATR turbo prop aircraft, as it continues to expand its regional presence.

The perfect getaway as far as cruise holidays go, Australia's love affair with Hawaii is taking off.

As thousands of people reach their goal of climbing Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, the cost to the environment can be felt in the form of man-made waste that visitors leave behind. That's why an environmental group has been asking the government of Nepal to have portable toilets installed on Mount Everest, reports the Himalayan Times.

Bad weather resulting in 4 meter swells has interrupted once again salvage and clean up efforts in relation to the stricken MV Rena, which is feared to split in half if the water swelling persists. The 47,000-tonne MV Rena, reportedly "croaking" and "groaning" as salvage operations were underway, is still spilling oil into New Zealand's Bay of Plenty almost two weeks since it ran aground Astrolabe Reef.

Taking a leap of faith to apply for an internship in the Big Apple proved fruitful for this young writer.

X Factor judge, Mel B, faces deportation scare in Australia due to VISA issues.

Over a thousand birds had been found dead since MV Rena's reef crash resulting in oil spill almost two weeks ago, as operations in oil removal have been stopped because media vessels are getting too close to the ship.

Virgin Australia has signed a codeshare agreement with Hawaiian Airlines, adding Honolulu to its growing international network.

Four crew members, including two Australian pilots, were the only survivors in the crash of an Airlines PNG plane in Papua New Guinea on Thursday night.

The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) has failed to send a live monkey into space using the country's indigenous rocket.

Fifty people, mostly students, were injured while parts of Hindu temples crumbled during a magnitude 6 earthquake and an aftershock in Bali, Indonesia on Thursday.

Qantas passengers face their third day this week of severe disruptions to their holiday and business travel plans with the strike on Friday by licensed engineers’ union to affect over 7,600 passengers from 17 flight cancellations and 32 flight delays.

New Zealand locals are working together to clean up along the coast in Mt Maunganui after the oil spill from MV Rena has become massive, increasing "several times over" on Monday afternoon. Maritime New Zealand said between 130 and 350 tonnes of oil has leaked out of the Rena by Tuesday morning.

Perth Police suspects a shark may have taken Bryn Martin, 64, at Cottesloe Beach in Perth. Martin was out for his daily swim with a companion Monday morning, but he went hundreds of metres from shore, away from his friend, who got alarmed when he did not surface again.

Teenagers will get to participate in the Oktoberfest Brisbane with the festival’s Oktoberfest for Teens “Schools Only” day to be held on October 13, 2011 at the RNA Showgrounds.

Experience the magic that is India with this ten-day itinerary that starts and ends in Delhi and includes both the architectural wonders of the region and breathtaking views of golden cities rising from the desert.

China Beach, otherwise known as My Khe, My An and Non Nuoc beaches to the local Vietnamese in Danang who never saw the late 1980s TV series with the same name, was the site of R&R facilities for American soldiers during the Vietnam War.

In this month's Industry Interview we chat to Stephanie Yoder, a freelance travel writer and founder of the popular travel blog Twenty-Something Travel. She is a non-9-to-5 enthusiast, a self-described "Girl who can't sit still" and on a mission to encourage others to launch their own international adventures. On a smaller note, I think she's got one of the best blog headers going!

Visitors to the 2011 Munich Oktoberfest made history as they drank 7.5 million liters of beer, setting a new record for this very popular festival.

The Tasmanian devil could become extinct in 25 years if an infectious cancer would not be properly managed, experts predict. A study's findings on the threat to the devils were reported in the Journal of Applied Ecology, published by the British Ecological Society.

A man has died while trying to save his son in an accident on a hike in Western Australia's Karijini National Park.

Traveling is one enjoyable experience, but it can also turn into a nightmare, thanks to scammers who prey on gullible travelers.

Qantas chief Alan Joyce has asked for calm and cool amid revelations that senior management, including himself have been receiving death threats in the midst of an industrial dispute.

Two English sightseers and two pilots on a sky tour of Manhattan were hurt when their helicopter crashed in a river in New York City on Tuesday.

If you think that getting a scare in the House of Shock is all fun and excitement, think again. This Halloween entertainment is big business, part of a $2 billion haunted attraction industry in 24 countries all over the world.