Australia’s appeal boosted by Baz Luhrmann film
Monday, den 9. February 2009Australia has just had a publicity boom through the release of the film Baz Luhrmann which has been named after the country claims the country’s national tourist board.
Geoff Buckley is the Managing director of the Australian tourist board and he recently was noted at saying that the new film starring the biggest Hollywood A-listers […]
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Australian New Year
Sunday, den 9. November 2008All this talk of New Year in the last couple of articles has made me think about my own New Year. I know many Brits like to celebrate New Year in style, and what better way than to escape the miserable British wintry weather and to head to warmer climates.
You cannot get much warmer than […]
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Sydney Wins Again
Friday, den 31. October 2008Only recently, I wrote about how Sydney was voted British holidaymakers favourite city in the whole world in the 2008 Observer and Guardian Travel awards by 17,000 readers.
Now, the 2008 Conde Nast Traveller magazine Readers’ Choice awards, voted for by 32,000 readers have announced Sydney as the world’s favourite city for the second year in […]
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Sydney Voted Top City in the World
Sunday, den 26. October 2008Sydney is certainly a luxury city break, and it seems that it is a popular choice for British holidaymakers as the 17,000 readers who took part in the recent survey for the 2008 Observer and Guardian Travel awards voted it the favourite overseas city.
I have been lucky enough to visit Australia but not yet Sydney, […]
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Australia’s ‘Cage of Death’
Wednesday, den 16. July 2008In the city of Darwin in Australia, they’ve opened a new theme park where, on your city break or luxury holiday, you can have the chance to be dumped in a 5.5 metre tank with a crocodile, separated by just 4 cm of acrylic - nice!
The experience has been called the ‘cage of death’ and […]
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Visit Melbourne
Thursday, den 10. July 2008If you ever get chance to visit the Australian city of Melbourne, grab it with both hands. Here are a few things to do:
Visit Federation Square to see free concerts and broadcasts, see the art gallery and historic buildings
Walk along the banks of the River Yarra to see the famous cricket ground and enjoy the […]
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Chocolate Festival, Melbourne
Saturday, den 14. June 2008Many people consider a trip to Australia to be the trip of a lifetime and as you plan your trip there are many cities that appeal. I think of Australia as a combination of outback and several different city breaks in one. You’d obviously visit Sydney, maybe Perth, Brisbane, etc etc. However, unless your a […]
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Sydney Harbour, Australia
Sunday, den 20. April 2008The Opera House in Sydney Harbour is one of those sights that many people would love to see if they could stand the flight (which actually isn’t that bad, having done it myself!)
That iconic image of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge, which connects both the North and South shore, is unforgettable and even […]
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