The inaugural, historic flight departs Perth on Saturday evening, completing the 9,000-mile journey in just over 17 hours Australia and Britain will be connected by a non-stop journey for the first time with the arrival in London on Sunday of a direct Qantas flight from Perth. The QF9 flight, which takes off on Saturday evening…

New £7.2m attraction celebrates Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s work and life through previously unseen artefacts and a journey into the mind of the great engineer “You are now in Brunel’s ear canal,” Rhian Tritton tells early visitors to the UK’s newest museum as they walk through a dark, disconcerting, spongy corridor. Continue reading… Source: Gaurdian

As Qantas launches London-Perth, the first non-stop flights between the UK and Australia, Anna Reece of the Perth Festival picks her favourite cultural venues, restaurants, bars and beaches in the city It’s among the most geographically isolated cities in the world, and sits on the edge of the Indian Ocean, so it’s only natural that…