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Airline review: Premium economy for 14 hours across the Pacific

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Air Canada premium economy seats. ROUTE Flight AC34 Sydney to Vancouver AIRCRAFT Boeing 777-200LR LOYALTY SCHEME Aeroplan, with points also earned from other Star Alliance airline programs. CLASS Premium economy seat, 14K DURATION 14 hours, 30 minutes Get the latest news and updates by email straight to your inbox. CARBON EMISSIONS 2.42 tons. Air Canada provides carbon offsetting facilities for passengers in partnership with Canadian company Less Emissions (see www.less.ca) FREQUENCY Air Canada flies daily from Sydney to Vancouver. HEALTH Passengers are required to wear masks. We were given a kit containing sanitiser and spare masks, along with the amenities. Please note that some arriving passengers may be selected for a random COVID-19 test upon arrival, and will be notified by email of the procedure. CHECK At the entrance to the check-in desk there is a preliminary check of passengers’ COVID era documents – so have a printout/screenshot of your International Va...

Picnic at the historic Hanging Rock mansion is still scary

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Martindale Hall in Montaro, in the Clare Valley, South Australia, played the school in the 1975 Australian classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock. Photo: Isaac Forman/SATC It was 2011 and a visitor to historic Martindale Hall in Montaro, in the Clare Valley, South Australia, was having trouble keeping an eye on his young son who kept disappearing into a room on the first floor. Finally he coaxed her out but he was annoyed at having to leave his friend. “What friend?” And this is where the story – easily printed and placed over the fireplace in the room in question – gives visitors goosebumps. Helen Morse in the 1975 film. The boy insisted that he had been playing with a girl with long curly hair who “looked like an angel”. No such child was found. But a boy with long hair – just like fashion – spent a lot of time in the room more than 116 years ago. Valentine Mortlock, one of the six children of shepherd and politician Wil...