Archive for April, 2007

Lightning Ridge, Easter Celebration Tips #3 Food and Accomodation

Date: April 25th, 2007 | 3 comments

The Easter Celebrations in Lightning Ridge are one of the must do outrageous country town festivals. Right up there with the Parkes Elvis Festival, Lightning Ridge has made a name for itself with their annual Great Goat Race!
Accomodation- Motels book out a year in advance- so start calling now! If you don’t mind [read more]

Happy ANZAC Day!

Date: April 24th, 2007 | 3 comments

April 25th is ANZAC Day. The Day that Australia and New Zealand celebrate, or rather use to commemorate, the the Service Men and Women who have fought in campaigns around the world. The day officially commemorates the battle of Gallipoli, the ill fated charge of a Turkish beach where thousands of young Anzacs [read more]

Lightning Ridge NSW, Easter Celebration Tips #1

Date: April 18th, 2007 | 1 comment

Lightning Ridge Tips and Tales: Wa Ha Ha! What a laugh! The Goat and Wheelie Bin Easter Eggstravaganza in Lightning Ridge was absolutely Hilarious! If oddball festivals are your thing- this one is a MUST do! You will, however, do well to start planning now. I’ll be putting up information on [read more]

Tour Sydney- Kings Cross

Date: April 16th, 2007 | No Comments

Most people only manage to make it to Kings Cross in Sydney when they are a poor backpacker and in need of cheap accomodation, or- late at night after you’ve already had too much to drink. While Kings Cross has tamed down somewhat from its colorful past. There is still a lot that [read more]

Oz Survival Guide To Food- Ketchup

Date: April 12th, 2007 | 2 comments

It goes without saying that The Aussies are a saucy bunch, however, for your own safety, there are a few things you need to know about their management, preferences and presentation of the local food and condiments. First in yet another series of Survival Guides.
First off- Ketchup- they don’t really have it. They [read more]

Lightning Ridge, Easter Celebration Tips #2

Date: April 25th, 2007 | No Comments

The town of Lightning Ridge really pulled out all of the stops for their Easter Celebration. In addition to their Great Goat Race, There were several other events that if you attend- you should know about.
The Carnival- to keep the masses of tourists…about 2000 of them busy and the locals entertained, there was a [read more]

Oz Survival Guide to Food- Pizza

Date: April 19th, 2007 | No Comments

MMMMMMELT PIZZA! Yummm! The exception to the rule. (Gluten Free Pizza also Available!)
Pizza in Australia is generally pretty uninspiring to those of us from other corners of the globe. For starters they don’t really put sauce on their pizza, there isn’t much salt content, which while it isn’t that good for [read more]

Australian Lifesaving, an Exhibit in Darling Harbour

Date: April 16th, 2007 | No Comments

Come on Come on, Come on Come on… you know you’ve got a thing for those Aussie LifeSavers! You see them on the beaches-cute little yellow and red swim caps, authoritative swagger and all. For over a 100 years before Australia’s newest Reality TV show Bondi Beach Patrol (or something like that), The [read more]

Accomodation Options in Australia- Caravan Parks

Date: April 15th, 2007 | 1 comment

If you are traveling or planning to travel around Australia, an extremely reliable, often overlooked and great budget option for accommodation are the local caravan parks. I would be so bold as to say 95% of Australian towns have a local caravan park. I know many of you are groaning with visions of [read more]

Site Review: Directory of Hotels.com

Date: April 9th, 2007 | No Comments

This is a sponsored post. The opinions expressed are those of the staff writers at BootsnAll.
Finding a unique hotel for that special occasion can be difficult with all the choices out there. One website that is geared towards helping you do that is Directory of Hotels.com.

Directory of Hotels.com is a Canadian based website providing hotel [read more]

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