Sea Or Tree: Do Holiday Homes Make Good Investments?

Consider these variables before buying a weekender, Janet de Silva writes.

Will Broome Become Our Next Noosa?

Broome is rapidly becoming a favorite winter holiday destination for lilywhite southerners, reports LISA KEARNS.

Tin Can Bay Lifts Lid On Relaxation

IT sounds as if it takes its name from some rusting hulk, but Tin Can Bay is steeped in Aboriginal Dreamtime history. Just up the coast from Noosa, it was named `Tuncanbar' by the early Aborigines. Not only its name has changed and developed since then. A mecca for fishing, boating and swim

Holiday House Rentals Looking Up

Sliding real estate prices have not been reflected in holiday house rents, writes Christopher de Fraga. Some agents have reported a five per cent price rise this year on top of a five per cent increase last year. These figures only apply to special properties, however, and most are not fetching

Trail Of Disaster

HEARD THE one about the top chef whose American trip was postponed by earthquake and whose Noosa holiday was cut short when he broke his foot on a cyclone-ravaged footpath? It's no joke _ just ask Greg Brown, who has put off his month-long US trip for several weeks until the dust settles in Los Ange

1,000 Free Flights

TODAY'S the day you can enter The Sun-Herald's FREE Flights Holiday Offer. We have 1,000 return flights for two to either the Gold Coast or Noosa to give away. Each lucky winner and their partner will be flown free on Ansett Australia or its associate airline Eastwest to their choice of

Win A Great Golfing Holiday

YOU'VE practiced your golf swing, the caddy is raring to go and you're all set for a cracking round of golf. But where to go for that perfect round? Look no further | Simply fill in the coupon and you and a friend could be off on a great golfing holiday to the fabulous Hyatt Coolum Resort

It's Nice 'n' Natural In Noosa

EVEN the top end of hotel accommodation in Noosa is pleasantly affordable. The Sheraton Noosa Resort is not only a fine resort hotel, it's also perfect for family holidays. Many of the rooms are plenty big enough for parents and a couple of children, and the facilities-from the graded swi