??????????????Hamilton Island?Qualia????????????????????????????????????????????????2012??????? ????????2012 Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards?? 1.?????Qualia ?Qualia???????? Hamilton Island Enterprises???Sandy Oatley???????????????????????Hamilton Island?Qualia?????????25????????????????????????? ???????Qualia????????????????????????????100??????????????????????Qualia?????? 2.?????Taj Exotica Resort and Spa ????????????(Taj Exotica Resort and Spa)???????????????????????????64?????????????????????????? 3.????Lodge at Kauri Cliffs ????????????Bay of Islands???????????Lodge at Kauri Cliffs???????????????????????????/???????????????????11?? ?????????????Kauri Cliffs 4.????Hotel Caesar Augustus Hotel Caesar Augustus?????????????????????Mount Vesuvius????????????????????????????????????????????? 5.????Ravello Palazzo Sasso 6.???????Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve 7.????????Peninsula House 8.??????????La Villa Gallici? ????????Villa Gallici????????????-?-??????Aix-en-Provence???????????????????????????? ?chateaux??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????? 9.???????????Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Otemanu??? 10.????????Perivolas ?????(Santorini)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Travel guide describes City of Sails as being 'geographically blessed' and with a 'vibrant Polynesian culture' ????????????????????????? Auckland is noted for its thriving dining, drinking and live-music scene. Photo / Greg Bowker ???????????????????? "Is there another 1.4-million-strong city with access to two oceans and such vibrant Polynesian culture?" ??140????????????????????? At the top of Lonely Planet 's list was Auckland Harbour and the Hauraki Gulf. Second was urban Auckland. ???????????????????????????? The city was ranked ahead of tourism spots, such as Queenstown, Milford Sound, Waitomo Caves and the Bay of Islands. ?????????????????????????? "Auckland isn't your average metropolis," the guide says. "It's regularly rated one of the world's most liveable cities, and while it's never going to challenge NYC or London in the excitement stakes, it's blessed with good beaches, flanked by wine regions and has a large enough population to support a thriving dining, drinking and live-music scene. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? "Cultural festivals are celebrated with gusto in this ethnically diverse city, which has the distinction of having the world's largest Pacific Island population." ???????????????????????????? The travel guide noted that Auckland Council was trying to clean up the "mess" that is Auckland's public transport system. ?????????????????? Lonely Planet's NZ experiences 1) Auckland Harbour, Hauraki Gulf 2) Urban Auckland 3) Geothermal Rotorua 4) Wellington 5) Kaikoura 6) Franz Josef, Fox Glaciers 7) Waitomo Caves 8) Bay of Islands 9) Tongariro Alpine Crossing 10) Rugby 11) Abel Tasman National Park 12) Maori culture 13) Otago Peninsula 14) Heaphy Track 15) Central Otago 16) Skiing and snowboarding 17) Queenstown 18) Milford Sound 19) TranzAlpine 20) Akaroa and Banks Peninsula
?????????????????????????????? How pure is our food? The use of permeate in milk is one of several discoveries by Wendyl Nissen in her new book. They include: ?????????????????permeate????????Wendyl Nissen???? * Children are consuming artificial colours which have been banned in other countries, yet NZ Food Standards allows them. ???????????????????? * There is no monitoring by any government body to check that supermarkets are stocking safe food on their shelves. ?????????????????? * Manufacturers can uses code numbers instead of actual ingredients on their products, allowing them to hide ingredients such as MSG or cyclamate (banned in the United States) or propyl gallate, which is a solvent. ?????????????????? * Processed meats often contain less than 50 per cent real meat - the rest is additives and fillers. ?????????????????????????? * Dairy alternatives such as margarine are full of artificial flavouring, colouring and other additives to make it look and taste like butter. ???????????????????????????????????? * Breakfast cereals can be as much as 40 per cent sugar and as a nation we average 32 teaspoons of sugar a day per person. ?????????40%? ??????????32???? Source: What's really in our milk? The added ingredient causing a stir http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1objectid=10834725ref=rss