Starting this week, guests staying at a group of Melbourne hotels will get the chance to go home with something a little better than a tiny bottle of shampoo or a scratchy white bathrobe -- a genuine $20,000 Andy Warhol print. All visitors need do is check into any of the city’s three Art Series Hotels and pick out what they think is the Real McCoy from the art hanging on the walls at the time. Problem is, though, of the 10 “Warhols” hung between May 15 and August 3, only one will, in fact, be real. The remainder will be expert forgeries created by art forger Tony Tetro for…
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Melbourne hotels give away $20k Warhol classic
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Melbourne hotels give away $20k Warhol classic
13 May 2012 | 4:55 pmStarting this week, guests staying at a group of Melbourne hotels will get the chance to go home with something a little better than a tiny bottle of shampoo or a scratchy white bathrobe -- a genuine $20,000 Andy Warhol print. All visitors need do is check into any of the city’s three Art Series Hotels and pick out what they think is the Real McCoy from the art hanging on the walls at the time. Problem is, though, of the 10 “Warhols” hung between May 15 and August 3, only one will, in fact, be real. The remainder will be expert forgeries created by art forger Tony Tetro for… -
Danger down under -- Oz's scariest water sports
9 May 2012 | 4:55 pmby Ian Lloyd Neubauer The waters of Tropical North Queensland are home to some of the deadliest marine creatures on the planet, but that’s no reason not to dive in and enjoy some of Australia’s best -- and most dangerous -- water sports. Most-feared among the area’s critters is the saltwater crocodile. Known to grow as long as seven meters, Australian “salties” claim, on average, the lives of two unsuspecting swimmers every year. Also lurking in these waters from November to May are swarms of deadly box jellyfish and the almost-invisible Irukandji. Named after the Yirrganydji… -
Facebook deal unleashes 'customer' fury on Aussie resort
8 May 2012 | 4:55 pmBe careful what you wish for. That’s a timeworn motto one Australian eco resort will be keeping in mind after a Facebook viral marketing campaign blew up in its face, leading to online outrage and damaging accusations of spamming. Huon Bush Retreats, near Hobart, Tasmania, used the new Facebook Offers service with the aim of attracting a few first-time customers to its seven-room property. Huon’s management had lined up 50 vouchers offering a lower-than-usual rate of $99 a night for three nights anytime before September. That was the theory, at least. Instead of the handful of expected… -
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The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2012: Who made the cut?
30 Apr 2012 | 9:39 pmby Anthea GerrieCooking with obscure Nordic ingredients paid off for chef Rene Redzepi, whose Noma was named World's Best Restaurant for the third year in a row. Paris, New York and Tokyo, eat your heart out -- the world’s best restaurant is not on your turf, but a dimly-lit warehouse in an obscure part of Copenhagen no one had heard of eight years ago. That’s when chef Rene Redzepi opened Noma with somewhat strange ambitions -- to serve only food native to Scandinavia -- so no olive oil or other fancy Mediterranean stuff. He created dishes with obscure items like milk skin, hay and…
