by Margaret Scott | Apr 7, 2014 | Blog
Guest blogger Holly O’Sullivan spent a couple of months exploring North America last year, hitting New York in the height of Summer. Here are her tips for visiting the Empire State Building – one her bucket-list destinations. The Empire State Building was a must-see...
by Margaret Scott | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog
At 508 metres, Taipei 101 is the fourth tallest building in the world. It is so named for its 101 floors, but there are quite a few other significant numbers, that all have something to do with the number 8. Each clearly defined section of this tower is 8 storeys and...
by Margaret Scott | Mar 27, 2014 | Blog
Table Mountain dominates Cape Town, it’s a massive rock overlooking the city and accessible by cable car in good weather, or a hike. In 2008 I spent four nights in Cape Town with my young children and big clouds sat on the top of the mountain pretty well the whole...
by Margaret Scott | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog
What do New Zealand and Canada have in common? Great tower views in Auckland and Toronto Auckland’s SkyTower in New Zealand was one of the world’s first adventure observation deck attractions, with glass floors to the road below and a controlled bungy...
by Margaret Scott | Mar 25, 2014 | Blog
The Sagrada Família is a grand church in the centre of Barcelona. It’s an amazing experience to visit this huge construction site and see the work in progress, significantly enhanced by taking a lift and winding staircases to the top of one of the eight towers. I...
by Margaret Scott | Mar 24, 2014 | Blog
The tallest building in Australia is on the Gold Coast in Queensland, the ‘Q1′ residential building with a hotel topped by the Sky Point observation deck 230m above the ground. The building claims the title of ‘tallest Australian building’ as the top of its spire is...
