Focus in Samoa moves from rescue to survivor aid Oct 4, 2009
An overturned van was jammed into the roof of one beach house. Leone residents estimate the tsunami destroyed about one-third of the village, which has a population of 3,000. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
All Men are Liars: Aug 20, 2009
State school versus private, one car versus three, caravan park or beach house, Pizza Hut or fine dining; they're all little battles we fight in a relationship if you're not on the same page financially as your partner. Personally, I'd be happy with a big old beach house up the coast somewhere and enough dosh to travel overseas once (or twice) a year ... The answer you seek is revealed in a book "Predictably Irrational. firstday August 19, 2009 05:30 PM $100K a year? If I stand up on my... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Who got the job? May 7, 2009
"I used to go there before school every day and set up a fish display and in the evenings come take it down. I had to take a shower before school. A tropical paradise awaits... Hamilton Island is in the Whitsunday Islands archipelago and is just five square kilometres in size, much of it tropical forest. Located on the same latitude as Honolulu and Mauritius, it has a year-round tropical climate. Main activities are tourist-related snorkelling, fishing, scuba diving, waterskiing and... (iAfrica.com)
Briton Wins 'Best Job In The World' May 6, 2009
" Queensland Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said he believed Southall, who described himself as the "adventurous, crazy energetic one" in his application, would build up a loyal online following after taking up the position on July 1. "His ideas for how he will make the role his own, plus his initiative and ability to rise to a challenge, impressed the selection panel and secured his place in the top job," Lawlor said. Southall, from Hampshire in southern England, has previously worked as a tour... (Channelnewsasia.com)
What a Wategos way to go Apr 14, 2009
But a beach house isn't a beach house unless it feels a bit like home - even if the beach house is on one of the most exclusive holiday strips in the land. So when Mark Rowsthorn needs time away from all the Asciano debt on his shoulders, we can understand how he might like to put some extra special touches on his home away from home. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Building a beach house in the snow Mar 6, 2009
It is "a beach house in the snow," said Robinson, 47, describing how he forged a dream home from a sunny and dry beach on the eastern coast of Australia onto the snowy winter landscape of Niseko ... A beach house, it is. (International Herald Tribune)
