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...head. "I feel no need to go in," he says, black beanie pulled down low against the chill. "I'll just sit here and listen to the scrub." Wind roars in the canopy above and the sullen Tasmanian winter sky threatens rain or worse. In layers of thermals, waterproof trousers and parkas, gloves sodden from slippery branches, Shaw and other members of the local Aboriginal community have scrambled for an hour through steep rainforest to reach this spot in the island's wild southwest. Here at the base of a rough limestone bluff, half-hidden by the immense arching fronds...
...invitation to those who found the bottle to add theirs. It caught on in the U.S. after a 1998 article about the British pursuit appeared in Smithsonian magazine. Since then, more than 9,000 letterboxes have been planted in state parks and nature preserves around the country. Each waterproof box contains a logbook and a rubber stamp. Visitors mark the book with their stamp and use the stamp in the box to document the discovery in their logbook. Secrecy is paramount; boxers take pains to avoid being seen uncovering their prize, and they carefully hide it again for the next...
Whether you use water skis, tubes, kneeboards or wakeboards, the truest test of the powerboat that tows you is its sound system. The new wakeboard tower audio system from Infinity ($1,100; infinitysystems com features an amplifier and waterproof speakers designed to pump high-decibel music up to 50 ft. past the stern--even when you're knifing full throttle through the water. The system includes a microphone that enables people in the boat to talk to whomever they're towing. It may not improve your water skiing, but at least you can have a good sound track...
ORLANDO Tailored to business travel, Samsonite's Outline 5 ($219.95) is a top seller at the company's Orlando stores. Its removable waterproof pockets isolate damp items...
...young Vuitton, who apprenticed with a Parisian trunkmaker before getting a job as Empress Eugenie's packer, struck gold when the arrival of steam engines and ocean liners created a craze for fashionable trunks. Vuitton's idea--to make them stackable and waterproof and, later, to cover them in logo-stamped canvas--was a hit. Soon a Who's Who of well-heeled world leaders was buying up Vuitton bed trunks and wardrobe cases. Even Coco Chanel couldn't resist, ordering one of the first Vuitton handbags. Today it's hard to walk through an airport or down an avenue...