The woman who in recent days was stung by a Portuguese Caravel, a colony of very poisonous octopuses similar to a jellyfish, has returned home and is in good health while bathing in Acitrezza, in the ...

AUSTRALIA'S only full-scale replica of a Portuguese caravel took her maiden voyage by road yesterday morning to Port Fairy using diesel power rather than sail power.

PORTUGUESE caravels may have been a common sight on the open seas many centuries ago but the launch of a full-size replica was quite the novelty in modern-day Port Fairy.

Landlubbers and sea dogs alike are invited to walk the plank this weekend when the historic pirate ship Notorious lowers its gangway to visitors. The Notorious is a replica of timber Portuguese or ...