Pembrokeshire has received top marks down under. The Australian - an Antipodean news website - has praised Pembrokeshire to the skies in a recent travel article. Writer Jeremy Seal says the county remains a 'delightfully undiscovered, even old-fashioned, holiday corner of Britain'. "I have always assumed only a forgiving memory can provide that idyllic holiday feeling, but in Pembrokeshire I am getting it, even as I experience the place," he writes. His travels take him first to the 'thickly wooded, glacially formed' Gwaun Valley, where he visits the Dyffryn Arms - also a hit with the new edition of the Rough Guide to Wales. From there he goes to Newport, where he describes the beach as resembling 'an open-air festival crossed with a garden fete', before moving on to the 'wonderful, oak-roofed' St. Davids Cathedral. He then moves on to Skomer Island, where he stays overnight. "Night-time Skomer hosts an extraordinary wildlife display throughout the summer, when the island is home to some 100,000 pairs of Manx shearwaters, about half the global population of the species," he says. "I stand exhilarated in the darkness, mildly buffeted by small birds, as the avian equivalent of the Serengeti's wildebeest migration carries on around me." The 'vast, dune-backed golden strands' at Broad Haven and Barafundle are described as two of the most outstanding beaches in Britain before the writer heads to Bosherston lily ponds, and the village's 'Olde Worlde Café'. "Modern fast catering is put firmly to the sword by a triumphant time-warp of brown-glazed teapots, complete with strainers, jugs of milk, and scones with home-made apricot jam," he said. His final visit is to Tenby. "There are fishing boats scattered across the wide sands at low tide, and the low cliffs at the back of the beaches are topped by pastel-painted terraces of Georgian houses. "Gulls call out and the air smells of cockles and ice cream. I have that Pembrokeshire feeling: of a place that is enlivened, even defined, by its quirky past." Clr. Rob Lewis, cabinet member for sport, leisure, tourism, and cultural services, said: "Pembrokeshire's reputation as an outstanding holiday destination has deservedly spread far and wide. "Not only does the county have a spectacular coastline, but also beautiful scenery inland, and many other qualities besides." To view the article, go to http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/">www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/ 0,5942,19443316,00.html