Voyager survivors honour their mates

IT HAS been 47 years since Australia's worst peacetime military disaster shocked the nation, but for the small group of former crew members of HMAS Voyager, the memory still lingers strong.

Voyages concert fails to take off

VOYAGES Rating: 2/5 Australia Day Concert, Federation Square, January 26

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VOYAGE OVER LAND AND SEA ON A WING AND A PRAYER

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Margaret Collins celebrates her 70th birthday with twin nieces Rachel and Sam Muir during the Airbus 380€™s maiden voyage to Antarctica.

Qld man feared lost in sinking

AN AUSTRALIAN man is among more than 40 people presumed drowned after a ship used for live animal exports sank off the coast of Lebanon.

Museum snaps up links with Cook's Polynesian passenger

OMAI never set foot on Australian soil. Yet as the first Polynesian islander to be taken aboard one of James Cook's ships back to Britain, he played his own unique part in demystifying the South Pacific Ocean.

Clarke Left To Fight The Tide As Top Order Fails Hayden, Ponting And Hussey All Go Cheaply

SAVOUR these next few days. On the evidence of yesterday, the No.1 Test ranking might soon be crossing the Indian Ocean - with no return voyage imminent.

Scorsese: My Voyage To Italy

5/5 SCORSESE: MY VOYAGE TO ITALY (M, 876mins) Umbrella

Rosetta Drops By, Looking For Rubble

AS WORLDS go, it is tiny, little more than a lump of rubble left over from the birth of the solar system. But the voyage to reach it has taken more than 4 1/2 years.

Rosetta To Drop By, Looking For Rubble

AS WORLDS go, it is tiny, little more than a lump of rubble left over from the birth of the solar system. But the voyage to reach it has taken 41/2 years.

Rumpole's Call To Bar And Bed

John Mortimer was the ebullient lead in his best dramatisation, his life, writes Brian McFarlane. A Voyage Round John Mortimer: The Authorised Biography By Valerie Grove Viking, $55

Six-month Voyage Brings Mexicans To Starting Line

A competitor from across the globe has added a distinctly Latino flavour to this year's race, writes Jacquelin Magnay.

Bon Voyage To Uninvited But Favourite Tourist Sight

THOUSANDS of sightseers are expected to storm into Newcastle this morning and line the harbour foreshore to bid a fond farewell to the wounded coal carrier Pasha Bulker.

Bless Her ... And All Who Sail In Her

The new HMAS Wollongong steamed into Port Kembla yesterday on her maiden voyage after a magnificent commissioning ceremony.

Real Test For New Sea Legs

THE rough weather of the past week had cast doubts over the HMAS Wollongong's voyage from Sydney to Port Kembla, and yesterday morning the signs were not good.

Taste The Salt Tang

The South Coast is the latest destination for foodies on a voyage for fresh discoveries.

Captured Over The Airwaves

Murderer Dr Crippen's voyage to freedom was foiled by a new invention. Thunderstruck By Erik Larson Bantam, 463pp, $35

Teens Embark On New Journey

TWENTY-seven young sailors tackled the high seas when the STS Young Endeavour ship sailed out of Newcastle for an 11-day voyage yesterday.