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...nearly 200 years, the priceless rain forests along the Whitsunday Coast in Queensland, Australia, were ransacked?their precious trees stripped out, to grace the boardrooms of Brisbane's ?lites. Now, at long last, a chance to redeem some of that past is at hand, with the Whitsunday Great Walk...
...Offering a range of tracks of varying difficulty, the Whitsunday Great Walk can take up to three leisurely days to explore in its entirety. Expect to encounter stunning rain forest, burbling creeks and diverse flora and fauna, from aromatic lemon-myrtle blossoms in summer to the striking blue Ulysses butterflies. There are two campsites en route, and all hikers are required to have a camping permit, available from the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service...
...hard stuff being downed in the saloon, wasn't it Steffens Pils and Schnaps instead of redeye? And those redskins turning a little too red in the 90° heat, weren't they powwowing in German? The answer, indeed, was ja. The scene was the long Whitsunday weekend in Bocklemünd near Cologne, where 2,500 members of West Germany's Western Bund gathered in a meadow to dress up as cowboys, Indians and Civil War soldiers and live the life of the Old West as it really was. Casual spectators were strictly forbidden. Said Hans...
...Winter's Tale, with which the AST completes this summer's repertory, has often been scored for its anachronisms and factual slips. Shakespeare set the play in the times of ancient Greece, yet its tone is clearly Christian, including even a reference to Whitsunday. Hermione claims her father was Emperor of Russia, when there was then no such thing. A famous 16th-century Italian sculptor is cited by name. Shakespeare confused the oracle of Apollo at Delphi with the one on the island of Deios, and provided Bohemia with a seacoast it has never enjoyed. On top of that...
...WHITSUNDAY SPECIAL (CBS, 10-11 a.m.). Highlights of Duke Ellington's Sacred Con cert, featuring the timeless Ellington, his orchestra, four vocalists and three choirs. Repeat...