One of Australia's oldest operating wooden boats has been given a new lease of life In south Australia. The Riverland boat has had several lives as a steamer, a ketch, a showboat and a paddleboat and ...

Selina Denman charts the story of this part of East Africa--where African, Arab and European influences merge--as well as her own chapter in it.

IF YOU’RE on the hunt for an unusual Christmas market to visit this winter, then we might’ve found two just for you. Canal traders will take to the UK waterways later this year, ...

If you have the patience, skill, tools, budget, time, and passion, wood boat restoration can be a very rewarding ... Prepare a dedicated work area and clear everything out of the boat. Strip old paint ...

The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has said it was moving towards phasing out wooden boats on inland waterways. The Managing Director of NIWA, Bola Oyebamiji, made this known in an ...

A tiny town with rock bottom house prices despite sitting in the shadows of stunning Lake District mountains is beginning to register on the radar of property investors from down south.

SINGAPORE – Homes could be built above and around Tampines MRT station, and office towers could spring up near the Bishan transport hub, under newly unveiled plans to redevelop both these town ...

TACLOBAN CITY – At least 13 fishermen were rescued off the coast of Tagapul-an, Samar after their fishing boats were battered by strong winds and heavy rains due to Severe Tropical Storm ...

An 'exceptional' 3,000-year-old trove of objects that was found by ... and pendant plates that would have hung from a horse or wooden vehicle and rattled as they moved. The sword that was found ...

What I like most about it is being on the river with Huck and Jim, messing around in boats and rafts. When I was very young, I had a toy sailboat with a 14-inch wooden hull, a dowel mast at least ...