The best thing about winter in Australia is truffles, says Dianne Bortoletto, as she unearths some facts about one of the world’s most expensive ingredients. Fetching prices of up to $3,000 per kilo, the Black Périgord truffle, scientifically named Tuber Melanosporum, is one of the most expensive ingredients on the planet, justifying it’s colloquial name…
Victorians arriving in NSW from Victoria could be subject to mandatory hotel quarantine. NSW is considering the measure to combat the spread out of Victoria as that state goes into lockdown again. A number of Victorians have now entered NSW and tested positive. A Sydney man who returned from Melbourne and worked at a Woolworths…
The NZ Herald is reporting that Sydney and New South Wales could soon enter into a travel hub agreement with New Zealand to allow travel across the Tasman Sea. With Victoria now shut off from the rest of Australia, it’s possible that New Zealand will now work with the New South Wales and Queensland governments…
Virgin Australia is launching a Monmouth flight sale, just days after securing a buyer, saving the airline. The airline is launching a ‘Because Everyone Loves a Comeback’ sale Today. The sale comes as US private equity Bane Capital secures the airlines future. The airline says 125,000 tickets are on sale Right now. Tickets include $69 one-way…
Qantas has launched two new domestic flight routes as the Australian travel and tourism industry focuses entirely on the domestic market. Qantas will introduce a flight between Sydney and Byron Bay, the first time in nearly two decades the airline has maintained a direct route to the destination. The airline will also add a Sydney…
International Travel and Tourism banned Indefinitely – Chief Medical Officer International Travel and Tourism to Australia will be cut off indefinitely until the crisis can be resolved by medical science, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer says. Brendan Murphy, who has led Australia’s response to the pandemic until the end of June 2020, said government policy wouldn’t…
Breaking: Some Victorians are now banned from crossing into NSW and face hefty punishment for doing so. Any Melbourne resident living in a lockdown hot spot who crosses into NSW will face an $11,000 fine and jail time. The new rules will be put in place for residents crossing into NSW from midnight. The penalties…
Sydney house prices have taken a hit as the economic recession begins to take a toll. According to CoreLogic data, Sydney house prices declined by .8% in June and for the quarter. It’s the second month of price declines in the Sydney market. The median house price in Sydney is now $875,000. The data does…
New Airline to Compete with Qantas, Virgin on Australia’s east coast Rex Airlines said it will launch Sydney – Melbourne, Brisbane flights and compete with Qantas and Virgin. Rex Airlines told investors that it would seek to raise A$30 million to launch services up and down the eastern seaboard. The Airline is looking to buy…
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has warned overseas travel is at least one year away, as he moves to sack 6,000 staff. “Revenue for international airlines is expected to decline by a further 31.5 per cent in 2020-21, as international borders remain closed until a COVID-19 vaccine becomes widely available,” he said Joyce also said he…