Archive for January, 2007

Tours in The Rocks, Explore the Birthplace of Sydney

Date: January 31st, 2007 | No Comments

Ghosts, Beer, and Culture, take your pick. The Rocks is one of the coolest areas in Sydney to go for a wander. At the foot of the Harbour bridge, there are old stone stair cases, twisting passage ways, buildings built by the infamous convicts, awesome pubs, and heaps of history. If you [read more]

Australia Day, January 26th

Date: January 25th, 2007 | No Comments

January 26th strap on your Green and Gold, grab a flag, face paint, a slab of beer and head to the beach! You won’t be able to go to the bank or any other business. Why? It’s Australia Day Baby! Australia’s closest thing to a birthday, it marks the day that the [read more]

Australian National Anthem, Advance Australia Fair

Date: January 25th, 2007 | No Comments

Well people, if you are going to any major sporting event, or important civil do…it probably doesn’t hurt to know the words to the National Anthem. A far cry from God Save the Queen, I find Advance Australia Fair a cheeky message to the English about the continuing grief the decendants of the original [read more]

Tamworth Country Music Festival, Helpful Hints and Festival Review

Date: January 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

The Tamworth Country Music festival made it into the list of Top 100 Australian things to Do/See published in several travel magazines. When a girlfriend suggested we go- I was tentative but agreeable. I am not a massive country music fanatic, but do enjoy a good music festival. We left Sydney a [read more]

Tamworth Country Music Festival, Here I come

Date: January 18th, 2007 | 1 comment

Yeee Haaaaa! Get your Boots and Hat Ready. It’s time for the Annual Tamworth Country Music Festival. If you want to go and don’t ahave anywhere booked to stay yet… too bad! Bring a tent. The accomodation books up a YEAR in advance. A couple of girlfriends and I [read more]

Australia Forum Threads for the week of January 22, 2007

Date: January 26th, 2007 | No Comments

Check out the topics currently being discussed on the Australasia forum at BootsnAll:

P&C will be driving from Darwin to Melbourne, taking two months to make the drive. Should they hire a camper van, or buy one and then sell it at the end of the trip? If buying/selling is a better bet, will one be [read more]

Australia Day or Invasion Day?

Date: January 25th, 2007 | No Comments

For many Aboriginal Australians, the concept of Australia day is a tricky one. The day the British landed and basically wiped out their culture, took their land and continued to commit atrocities against them for ages, doesn’t exactly raise feelings of civic pride. Called “Invasion Day” or occasionally Survival Day, the Aboriginal [read more]

Australia Day Havaiana Thong Challenge.

Date: January 23rd, 2007 | 2 comments

Havaiana is an extremely popular brand of thong (flip flop…I do STILL giggle). Every Australia Day they put on the Thong Challenge. While most of you are envisioning the Thong Song with girls writhing in thong-like underwear on a beach, this is not quuiiiiiite that. It does still involve people being scantily [read more]

Australia Forum Threads for the week of January 15, 2007

Date: January 19th, 2007 | No Comments

Check out these topics currently being discussed on the Australasia forum at BootsnAll:

Jade Maravillas will be in Melbourne for the Big Day Out 2007, and is excited about seeing the bands that will be playing. It’ll also be her first time in Melbourne, and she’s looking for tips on what to do and see.
GAP has [read more]

Australian Translation Guide #4

Date: January 18th, 2007 | No Comments

One of the fun things of Travel is learning the local lingo. Australia has many terms that are completely unique to their part of the World. This is the fourth in a series to come. It is designed to help Aussies headed overseas and travellers coming to OZ alike. Feel free [read more]