Articles tagged ‘Planning a Trip’
The Hunter Valley, Branxton Hotel
By Heather | September 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »The Hunter Valley is a well known wine, coal mining, and race horse breeding area about 2 .5 hours north of Sydney. I am on a work trip and am happliy tucking into a bottle of wine at the affordable yet luxurious Branxton Hotel in the Hunter Valley. Australian Traveller’s Top 100 things to [...]
APEC Week, News From Sydney
By Heather | September 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »APEC week has officially shut down Sydney Until September 9th 2007. As you read through and watch some of the some of the attached serious articles and associated silly stuff, it does make one wonder about calling Australia the land of the free. A police state has been declared in the Central Business [...]
APEC Escape, Get out of Sydney
By Heather | August 29th, 2007 | 1 Comment »Have you come to Sydney during the one week that there will be a wall around the CBD, the Sydney Opera House will be closed and Circular Quay abandoned? Do you live in Sydney and dread the nightmare that is going to be traffic?
September 2-9th 2007 is a REALLY good week to [...]
How to Call Australia from Overseas
By Heather | August 23rd, 2007 | 5 Comments »Are you considering coming to Australia and need to contact Hostels, potential employers or Relos (Relatives)? It can be frustrating trying to figure out what numbers to dial. Here is a quick cheat sheet and a link to help you with ALL of your overseas calling.
From the US: 00161 [...]