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The Age
15-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Age
I lived in a caravan park for six months. Here are 10 things I learnt
You've been down the #vanlife rabbit hole, traipsed around your local Caravan and Camping Expo and finally bought your own caravan (or hired one), now it's time to hit the road. So, what are the ground rules, you ask? After many trips across and around Australia in a Kombi, motorhome and caravan, and a recent six-month stint in a beachside caravan park while renovating our house (see for rules about long-term stays), I've done the hard yards for you. Here are my top 10 lessons. No one judges your setup, only your parking skills Watching a newcomer set up his rig is the best show in town, especially if it coincides with happy hour. Here's how it goes; the men will stand around, watching for a few minutes before sauntering over. 'Right hand down. A bit more. Keep going. Yep, now straighten up.' A crowd gathers, voices rise, and the women wander off. The exception is the van dream-team, who have choreographed their hand signals like ground marshals parking an A380. BYO popcorn. Emptying the caravan toilet isn't a big deal (for him) To the uninitiated, the toilet cassette is a removable waste-holding tank that needs emptying every few days. Taking the contents to the dump point is the one job that I, along with most women I know, refuse to do (we call it the Walk of Shame). Fortunately, most men hold no such aversion. Rather, they wheel their toilet cassettes through the park with the breezy confidence of someone pulling hand luggage through a terminal. If there are others waiting, they'll enjoy a good old chinwag about tow ball weights, petrol prices and the likelihood of rain, all without interruption – or eye rolls – from their partners. Duct tape is currency Leaky hoses, torn canvas, ripped sneakers – you name it, my MacGyver-of-a-husband has patched them all with nothing more than duct tape. So versatile is this tacky tape that NASA even used it to make running repairs on the Apollo 13 mission. Keep a few spares, but if you run out, know your neighbour will happily trade a roll for a cold beer. The consensus is that if it can't be fixed with duct tape, you're in trouble. Everyone has a story
Sydney Morning Herald
15-07-2025
- Automotive
- Sydney Morning Herald
I lived in a caravan park for six months. Here are 10 things I learnt
You've been down the #vanlife rabbit hole, traipsed around your local Caravan and Camping Expo and finally bought your own caravan (or hired one), now it's time to hit the road. So, what are the ground rules, you ask? After many trips across and around Australia in a Kombi, motorhome and caravan, and a recent six-month stint in a beachside caravan park while renovating our house (see for rules about long-term stays), I've done the hard yards for you. Here are my top 10 lessons. No one judges your setup, only your parking skills Watching a newcomer set up his rig is the best show in town, especially if it coincides with happy hour. Here's how it goes; the men will stand around, watching for a few minutes before sauntering over. 'Right hand down. A bit more. Keep going. Yep, now straighten up.' A crowd gathers, voices rise, and the women wander off. The exception is the van dream-team, who have choreographed their hand signals like ground marshals parking an A380. BYO popcorn. Emptying the caravan toilet isn't a big deal (for him) To the uninitiated, the toilet cassette is a removable waste-holding tank that needs emptying every few days. Taking the contents to the dump point is the one job that I, along with most women I know, refuse to do (we call it the Walk of Shame). Fortunately, most men hold no such aversion. Rather, they wheel their toilet cassettes through the park with the breezy confidence of someone pulling hand luggage through a terminal. If there are others waiting, they'll enjoy a good old chinwag about tow ball weights, petrol prices and the likelihood of rain, all without interruption – or eye rolls – from their partners. Duct tape is currency Leaky hoses, torn canvas, ripped sneakers – you name it, my MacGyver-of-a-husband has patched them all with nothing more than duct tape. So versatile is this tacky tape that NASA even used it to make running repairs on the Apollo 13 mission. Keep a few spares, but if you run out, know your neighbour will happily trade a roll for a cold beer. The consensus is that if it can't be fixed with duct tape, you're in trouble. Everyone has a story
Hamilton Spectator
26-06-2025
- Hamilton Spectator
I took a micro-cruise in Croatia to see a half-dozen UNESCO World Heritage sites, and the country's quieter corners, too
Passing through the gates of Dubrovnik's Old Town, I'm instantly swept up in a throng of tourists. They are all jostling around the iconic Onofrio fountain and angling for the same photo along the 298-metre-long Placa, the pedestrianized main thoroughfare. I can't be bothered to pull out my iPhone and start snapping pictures: I'm too hot and desperate for shade and personal space. Thank goodness our guide, Nika Dobric, who was born and raised within the city's UNESCO-protected fortified walls, is already moving on. 'Now that we've seen Dubrovnik 's most famous street,' she says, 'I want to spend our time together discovering some of the city's quieter, lesser-known corners.' For the next hour, our group weaves through cobbled side streets and shady alleyways as Dobric brings the layered history into vivid focus. She punctuates tales of Dubrovnik's maritime dominance — this it owed to its powerful merchant fleet and strategic position on the Adriatic — with personal anecdotes that make me feel like I'm hanging out with a friend. We pass the apartment where her parents still live, and swing by her stately-looking high school, dramatically located atop the Jesuit Stairs (which served as the setting for Cersei's Walk of Shame in 'Game of Thrones'). Then we pause in front of the Franciscan Monastery, where she lets us in on a local beauty secret: a 700-year-old pharmacy, one of Europe's oldest, is hidden within its Romanesque-Gothic walls. 'Most people miss it,' she says. 'But if you buy anything while you're in town, make it the pharmacy's rose facial cream, made with ingredients from the monastery's garden.' It's the first day of our weeklong cruise along the Dalmatian Coast, and we're already off to a memorable start. While cruising is not my usual travel style — I prefer taking charge of my own itinerary — I'm beginning to see the virtues of letting someone else steer the way, especially when it means gaining this level of insider intel. Our itinerary will take us from Dubrovnik to Split aboard the M.S. My Wish, a yacht-like vessel operated by Cruise Croatia that can accommodate up to 36 guests. Owned by a Croatian family and constructed on the Dalmatian islands, the boat is crewed entirely by Croatian sailors, as are all the ships in the company's fleet. The M.S. My Wish is a yacht-like vessel operated by Cruise Croatia. My fellow passengers include a multi-generational American family, a honeymooning couple from England and an Australian celebrating his 50th birthday. Over communal meals and offshore excursions, we agree that the real luxury of the trip has little to do with our ship, and everything to do with the ease of exploring Croatia's rugged coastline. Most travellers to Croatia attempt to cobble together an itinerary of their own, hopping between ferries, chartering private boats, and white-knuckling behind the wheel of a rental car along mountainous coastal roads, in pursuit of the country's 10 UNESCO-listed sites. But on our weeklong voyage, we visit a half-dozen of these heritage sites, without having to manage any logistics. That leaves plenty of time for scenic sailing and invigorating swims in hidden coves. And while yacht-style travel may sound extravagant, 2026 departures on this itinerary start at $2,595 U.S. per person — within the range of typical pricing for Mediterranean cruises. In the city of Split , we dock a 10-minute walk from the famed Palace of Diocletian, built as a sprawling seaside retirement complex for its namesake Roman emperor. Our local guide, Hrvoje Sarun, who works weekdays as a teacher, leads us through the gates of the fortified compound, highlighting its pastiche of architectural styles — a 3,000-year-old Egyptian sphinx here, 4th-century Roman mosaics there — while sharing historical tidbits that would captivate even hard-to-impress high-schoolers. 'Diocletian was a ruthless leader and widely unpopular,' he explains animatedly, and we all draw near. 'In the end, even his wife and children left him, trading their life of luxury for this,' he adds, gesturing dramatically toward the streets. The cruise itinerary included visits to Split's Palace of Diocletian, left, and the Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik. Thanks to our ship's small size, we are able to reach places most travellers skip altogether, like the postcard-perfect island of Korcula and the sleepy village of Mali Ston on the Peljesac Peninsula, where we visit a family-owned farm, Bota Sare, cultivating award-winning European flat oysters. Even in Hvar , one of Dalmatia's busiest ports, we veer away from the crowds, devoting the morning to the island's northwestern side. We drive past the UNESCO-listed Stari Grad Plain, where vineyards and olive groves have been cultivated since the 4th century B.C. It's considered one of the best-preserved examples of ancient Greek agricultural planning in the Mediterranean, with its dry-stone walls and chora (field layout) still intact. Afterwards, we visit the island's family-owned Tomic Winery to sample the fruits of that terroir. Learning about the island's agricultural legacy makes our dinner back in Hvar town that night all the more satisfying. The next day, as we approach the port of Pucisca on the island of Brac, our cruise director invites us to gather on the top deck. We're passing one of Brac's seven main quarries, which have produced a luminous, marble-like limestone for over 2,000 years. This same stone was used to build many landmarks we'd seen on the trip, including the Palace of Diocletian and the UNESCO-listed Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik. The port of Pucisca on the island of Brac, left, and the Klesarska Skola stonemasonry school. After docking, we walk along the waterfront to the island's Klesarska Skola stonemasonry school, where 17-year-old student Leon Gogic welcomes us into his classroom. Showing us how to use traditional tools like chisels and mallets, he shares his ambition of becoming a professional mason. The school isn't on UNESCO's list, and it certainly wouldn't have been on my self-guided itinerary. But standing in that bright, dusty classroom, watching Gogic bring milky slabs of Brac stone to life with centuries-old hand tools, I'm reminded of something Dobric suggested at the start of our time in Croatia: Most people miss the best parts. I'm glad I haven't. Siobhan Reid travelled as a guest of Cruise Croatia, which did not review or approve this article.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Watch: Sahith Theegala hurls a misbehaving club into a different time zone
What's going on at the Valspar Championship? One day after Patton Kizzire booted a putter halfway to the moon, Sahith Theegala has decided to take out his frustrations on the tee box. Behold what happens when you send Theegala's ball in the wrong direction: — Golf Clips (@clips_golf) March 21, 2025 Standing on the par-3 4th hole, Theegala flared a shot out to the right — not terribly so, but bad enough that he decided to give his club a sling. He tomahawked the offending stick off the tee box, and then proceeded to ... par the hole, holing a 13-foot putt. This was likely the buildup a long series of frustrations for Theegala, who had bogeyed three of the past six holes, including the third right before this tee shot. (He started play on the 10th hole on Friday.) Theegala had been two strokes off the lead after the first round, but will go into the weekend at least four strokes back after carding a 1-over round on the day. Theegala's form on the club throw was impeccable: strong pullback, effective first step, quick wrist snaps, smooth follow-through. You can see the club spiraling off into the distance there in the video above. Really, the only problem with his entire toss is that he violated one of golf's prime tenets. "If you are going to throw a club," the temperamental legend Tommy Bolt once said, "it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up." Solid advice. Nothing worse than throwing a club and then having to go do the Walk of Shame — or, worse, send your innocent caddie to do it — in order to get the club back. Go for the fairway next time, Sahith. It's easier than putting your tee shot there.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Charlie Cox on Daredevil's Controversial ‘Walk of Shame' in She-Hulk
Actor recently shared his thoughts on Daredevil's 'Walk of Shame' from the 2022 series She-Hulk starring Tatiana Maslany. Cox will arrive on Disney+ as Matt Murdock in the new series Daredevil: Born Again. The superhero reboot series, which debuts on Tuesday, also stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Wall, Wilson Bethel, and Elden Henson, among others. Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio recently sat down for a chat with IGN while promoting Daredevil: Born Again. In the interview, Cox shared his thoughts on the criticism surrounding Daredevil's 'Walk of Shame' on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. He told the outlet, 'It's funny how many opinions I've heard about this little moment in She-Hulk. There's the Walk of Shame, which was a last-minute idea where they set up a big green screen and just had me walk across it carrying my shoes. And a lot of people don't like it, and a lot of people love it.' Cox's Matt Murdock appeared in She-Hulk with a new costume and a slightly different personality. While talking about that version of Daredevil Cox said, 'If you take the Matt Murdock from our show and you put him in She-Hulk as-is, he's probably overly serious and becomes the butt of all jokes.' He added that Murdock had to 'adapt to the tone' of the 2022 show. In October 2022, Cox revealed that wearing the new Daredevil suit was one of the most exciting aspects of his cameo in She-Hulk. The actor told in an interview that he was 'really excited about the new suit.' As soon as he saw the suit he was 'really excited to put that on and to give it its first outing.' Cox shared that he used 'to sit around wearing' the new red and yellow color suit. He also expressed that sharing scenes with Tatiana Maslany was also very 'fun.'
