Spa Resort

Apparently, working in a spa resort entails numerous fringe benefits. If you'r ...

Spa Bath

With a dozen aches and ouches in your body, there's good reason to invest for ...

Day Spas

Day spas could be as eloquent as luxurious hotels. They are now built with mod ...

Outdoor Spa

The number of people who go to an outdoor spa seems to be increasing by day. E ...

Tantalising precursor to South African World Cup

FIVE-TIME European champion Liverpool and la Vecchia Signora - Juventus of Italy - were the big-name casualties of what was a refreshingly unpredictable Champions League group stage, and the only certainty in the knockout stages early next year will be more damaged reputations, with an enticing mix of ties in the round of 16 announced on Friday.

Drug case on eve of Valverde visit

CONTROVERSIAL Spanish cycling star Alejandro Valverde is a confirmed entrant in next year's Tour Down Under, but he will compete in Australia a matter of days after a major doping-related case involving him is heard by sport's international Court of Arbitration.

Contador's too good: Armstrong

"OLD fart" Lance Armstrong admits teammate Alberto Contador is so good he would have beaten him in at least three of his seven Tour de France victories.

History Smiles On Monte Pio

SPA suites, deluxe and family rooms are all part of the accommodation choices at the Monte Pio on the New England Highway at Maitland.

Everything You Need To Know About . . . Travel

Farewell five-star It's back to basics for Aussie travellers this year as the economic crisis hits. Marble spa baths and strawberries in champagne at swanky resorts are gone. Brace yourself for long walks down the long paddock, boiling the swag and humping the billy. Grey nomads will be fighting in-the-red nomads for the last caravan site in the holiday park.

Different Tack To Silver

THE International Olympic Committee may wish to reconsider. Having announced plans to cut multihull craft from the next Olympics, Games chiefs were witness to an enthralling Tornado medal race on the windswept waters of the Yellow Sea, which resulted in silver for the tenacious Australian crew. GOLD Fernando Echavarri, Anton Paz Spa SILVER Darren Bundock, Glenn Ashby Aus BRONZE Santiago Lange, Carlos Espinola Arg

Pool, Spa Add Extra Sparkle

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Campbell Set To Attempt The Unexpected

How does a big man prepare to face one even bigger? With a spa, Robert Campbell tells Steve Butler.

A Glittering Array To Choose From

OPULENT OPTIONS: You can elect to stay in a platinum superior spa room (pictured above left and right), a gold spa deluxe room (below left), or a silver deluxe room (below right).

Merci, Eugenie

Treatments are a marriage of plant virtues and thermal waters. Judy Chapman visits a French spa town offering something for all budgets.