I ski because I adore the incredible brain-emptying high of gliding down mountains, avoiding confrontation with a tree or a snow boarder in search of powder snow, and the exhilarating feeling of floating on powdery white.

The Swan Valley is everything you'd expect of a town whose main business is food and wine. Conveniently, you still have mobile phone reception, and in an emergency, you're only thirty minutes away from the Perth CBD if you're on call.

Global warming could well be transforming the planet in the next century, but you need not experience climactic upheaval to enjoy a rich tapestry of landscapes and micro-climates in the one area.

The medical tourist who visits Tournus, France, will be struck by how history repeats itself when it comes to charitable religious hospitals and their relationships with government.