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Once a month we send out an e-newsletter, giving behind the scenes insight into the production of the magazine, sneak previews of upcoming issues as well as interactive features.Issue 20 July / August 2008
Days of Wine and Rosie
WORDS: Kate Coughlan PHOTOGRAPHS: Aaron McLean
LEAD STORY: Rosie Dunphy realized she was serious about owning a vineyard after spending a year commuting from Dublin to Sussex to take a viticulture course.
New Feature
ON TOP OF THE WORLD: A couple's ardour for ballooning relies on more than hot air.
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UP, UP AND AWAY: Fancy yourself a hot-air balloon pilot? We outline the best way to get your 'wings'.
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STYLE: Fashion editor Tracey Strange forecasts five of fashion's hit picks.
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BEAUTY: From fluttering 'falsies' to a headlining antioxidant, we have beauty's latest and greatest.
Reef Encounters
DESTINATION: Try snokelling with the whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef.
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FIVE TOP MARINE EXPERIENCES: Yvonne van Dongen has the lowdown on the best places to 'catch' a fish.
WIN: A Trip to Sri Lanka
Check into Colombo’s Galle Face Hotel where yesterday’s charms meet modern comforts in colonial English splendour. Built in 1864 and now part of Select Hotels & Resorts International, the hotel’s newly renovated Regency Wing adds king-sized beds and ocean-facing balconies with jacuzzis to its elegantly furnished rooms. Our prizewinners will stay in an Oceanic Spa Suite where the luxuries on offer even run to a personal butler.
Take tea on the wide veranda overlooking the Indian Ocean, dine in one of five restaurants that range from Asian-inspired cuisine in the signature The 1864 restaurant to more casual options in the English-style pub, share a romantic herbal bath in the hotel’s day spa and linger in the designer shopping arcade, art gallery and museum.
Colombo’s exotic streets must eventually lure guests away from the hotel’s pleasures for at least a morning’s sightseeing. Venture out into the sea-port city with its Buddhist and Hindu temples and heritage buildings. Look for traditional crafts such as pottery and woven goods and be tempted by the sapphires for which Sri Lanka is famous. People-watch on Galle Face Green, a wide promenade that follows the coastline for half a kilometre through the heart of the city and take a tour 115km south to the 17th-century Dutch fort at Galle, a World Heritage Site. But don’t miss cocktails at sunset back at the Galle Face Hotel.
The prize is valued at more than $13,000, and includes air travel from New Zealand to Colombo, seven nights' accommodation, all meals, butler service and airport transfers.
Other fantastic web-exclusive prizes to be won! To find out more, see our competition pages.
