Apart from attracting people to book international flights, Australian airline companies are now in race for the best offers to their customers. This is an attempt to promote both domestic tourism in Australia and New Zealand as well as be a good marketing move for the airline companies.
With an increasing number of tourist attractions springing [...]
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Domestic Travel Stimulated
Sunday, October 18th, 2009Great Barrier Reef – The Bees Knees for True Adventurers
Sunday, October 18th, 2009Here is a little something for strong spirited Australians. This is a chance to explore your country better and find out how beautiful it actually is. A visit to some of the coral reefs on the Great Barrier is an unforgettable experience.
The Great Barrier Reef is accessible from many points, some of which are Townsville [...]
Excitment Rush at Gold Coast
Sunday, October 18th, 2009This year has brought many fresh things for Australian tourism. This goes for the happenings at Gold Coast, where tourists will be able to enjoy some exciting performances as well as take a good look at the new wildlife hospital.
Starting from October 2009, Gold Coast visitors will get a chance to attend a prestigious show [...]
Eco-friendly Tourism Development
Sunday, October 18th, 2009An important part of Australian tourism today is to constantly improve on the offer to both homeland and foreign tourists. There are many aspects worked on at the moment to achieve this goal. Some of them are affordable travel prices, variety of sight seeing tours etc, but one of the best enhancements was done on [...]
Tourism Queensland- The People to Trust with Domestic Travel
Saturday, October 17th, 2009With the arrival of October, Australia started offering new experiences for enthusiasts. Now tourists have a unique opportunity to explore the entire country with several great deals from Tourism Queensland. These will take you through some of the most thrilling trips of your life.
You can choose anything- from surfing to exploring the Aboriginal culture. If [...]
Victoria beats Queensland.
Monday, September 28th, 2009The Tourism Research Australia team has released their most recent data (for the 2008-2009 period) records show NSW leading the pack with 7.2 million domestic visitors, followed by Victoria with 5.4 million and Queensland with 5.1 million. These records show a dramatic change in the Australian travellers taste. For years Queensland has rated higher than [...]
WOMADelaide – Top 3 Australian Festivals.
Monday, September 28th, 2009WOMADelaide
WOMADelaide is Australia's largest and most appreciated world music and dance festival. For four days in 2010 Adelaide's botanic gardens will turn into an enormous festival which attracts over 70,000 people over the event with about 10,000 of them coming from interstate and overseas specifically for the event itself.
At a festival with arts, dance, food, [...]
Comedy Festival – Top 3 Australian Festivals.
Monday, September 28th, 2009The International Comedy Festival.
In 1987 the Melbourne International Comedy festival was launched by Barry Humphries and Peter Cook. Now, over 20 years and 20 festivals later, with attendances of over 400,000 it is Australia's largest and most celebrated cultural event.
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is one of the three largest comedy festivals in the world, [...]
Mardi Gras – Top 3 Australian Festivals.
Monday, September 28th, 2009Mardi Gras.
On one glorious day at the end of summer, Sydney transforms itself into a fabulous glittered monstrosity also known as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. It is the world's premier gay and lesbian arts festival and has a world famous parade that weaves its way through the heart of Sydney leaving behind [...]
Love Wine? Take a boozy mini break through Margaret river.
Monday, September 28th, 2009In the last ten years the famous-to-locals wine and food in the Margaret River Wine region has become something one can only describe as being the most incredible sensory experience. There are many new grape varieties that are showing great promise even though they are still be relatively young.
International wine awards have been coming in [...]
Travel tips for the Australian Outback – Five
Monday, September 28th, 2009Must see destinations.
If you are heading out into the outback, there are some must see desert destinations that you shouldn't miss.
If you are travelling through South Australia, take a scenic flight over the Flinders Rangers and see the incredible natural splendour of the rock basin of Wilpena Pound and then take a trip through the [...]
Travel tips for the Australian Outback – Four
Monday, September 28th, 2009Travel tips for the Australian Outback – Three
Monday, September 28th, 2009Permits for visiting Aboriginal land.
If you are planning on visiting Aboriginal lands it is essential that you get a permit for any travel on or across Indigenous-owned land. These permits protect the privacy of indigenous communities and help to preserve the Australian Aboriginal culture and history and they also help to protect the natural environment. [...]
Travel tips for the Australian Outback – Two
Monday, September 28th, 2009Food and Supplies.
In the outback and across the Australian deserts the food and fuel supplies are generally available every 100 – 300 kilometres on the main roads and highways. But, if you are travelling off the beaten track, I would strongly recommend that you plan ahead and stock up on food, water and fuel when [...]
Travel tips for the Australian Outback – One
Monday, September 28th, 2009Health and Safety
Australia is a relatively safe country to travel in, but like anywhere else in the world, there are certain things you should be aware of when travelling in a new place. It's not only the different cultures that exist when you venture into the Australian desert, it's also the harsh realities of Mother [...]
No longer the Twelve Apostles.
Monday, September 28th, 2009Around 5pm on Saturday Neil Sander, a tour operator who works in the Great Ocean Road area, noticed that the Twelve Apostles, are now only Seven. He arrived on the scene with a tour group and instantly noticed the missing apostle. But, by the time they got there, there wasn't much to see.
‘Just a little [...]
Tiger Airways new online booking service
Friday, September 25th, 2009Now you are able to travel and see more places with Tiger Airways’ new online booking system Flight Combo. With Flight Combo, you are now able to purchase more than one flight in a single reservation which is great if you have more than one destination you want to fly to. With the new user [...]
New Pick-up Area for Sydney Airport
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Sydney Airport has made arrangements to relocate its T2 passenger pickup area. With the relocation set to take place on the 26th September, the new pickup area will provide users with less congestion, more spaces and a lot more free pickup time.
The changes will have great benefits for passengers using the domestic terminal used by [...]
Virgin Blue Generates Sales on Twitter
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009With their ninth birthday, Virgin Blue is celebrating by offering $9 seats across a range of routes and is the first of what the airline claims will be regular ‘Twitter' sales.
This is the start of a new marketing campaign for the Virgin Blue airline which utilises Twitter to generate sales. The $9 seats or ‘Tweet [...]
AirAsia gets a near perfect score here in Australia.
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Air Asia has been a godsend for those of us who love to travel internationally but just can't afford it. And we aren't alone. Air Asia has not only had a huge and positive customer response from Australian passengers and travellers but it has also managed to achieve close to 100% online penetration for its [...]
Top 5 natural attractions in Australia – Whitsunday Islands
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009If there is such a thing as heaven, there is no doubt that it looks like Queensland's Whitsunday islands. A stunning part of the world, off the coast from the little town of Early Beach to the stunning stretches of white beaches, green palms, turquoise waters and dancing colourful fish teeming under it's surface.
The most [...]
Top 5 natural attractions in Australia – Snowy Mountains
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009The Snowy Mountains are the home of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia and the place to go to spot the beautiful Alpine flowers which could be blooming if you head there at the right time of year.
Explore the beautiful snowy mountains by horse or by foot in summer or in winter, depending on [...]
Top 5 natural attractions in Australia – The Kimberley Region
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009The Kimberly region is stretch of rugged beautiful Australian terrain, that is sure to awe and amaze. You can take a cruise through this region that is incredible and superb with the view of waterfalls, bright red cliffs, blue rivers and some lush green rainforest area you get a bit of everything.
The Bungle Bungles in [...]
Top 5 natural attractions in Australia – Monkey Mia
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Monkey Mia is one of Australia's premier natural beauties, recognised as a World Heritage Landmark and in 2006 was the Gold winner of the Western Australian Tourism ‘Major Tourist Attraction' Award.
Monkey Mia is so well known because it is one of the world's leading natural dolphin sighting areas, a destination of the most magical and [...]
Top 5 natural attractions in Australia – The Great Ocean Road
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009One hour drive east of Melbourne is the famous Great Ocean Road, running along the southern coast of Australia, it is a road with one of the most stunning views on earth.
With a length of 250km, it passes by high majestic cliffs and long cold beaches, offering a panoramic view of the magnificent ocean at [...]
Queensland Maintains Second Place in Domestic Visitor Rankings
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Over the previous financial year, Queensland has maintained its position in second place for the number of domestic visitors with more than 16 million in the 2008/09 financial year.
Queensland fell quite a way short of the front runner New South Wales which received a total of 22.5 domestic visitors, but they were able to stay [...]
Australia's beauties rank well in the search of the seven natural wonders…
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Launched in 2007 by the New7Wonders Foundation, the global search was on to recognise the world's seven most wondrous natural sites through the eyes of the public. Now we have gotten to a stage where from hundreds of sites nominated, there are now only 28 finalists and these new rankings compare which finalists appeal most [...]
No leave, No life – Holiday at Home!
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Tourism Australia has launched a massive campaign encouraging Australia's to tackle the work versus life battle and get out into their own country to take a holiday. This is a great venture to encourage the average Australian workers who stockpile their annual leave, to take their leave in their own backyard and discover the undiscovered [...]
5 top tips for travelling with children – 5 (In the City)
Monday, September 21st, 2009When taking kids to the city, keep in mind what activities will interest them. What do your kids like to do? My guess is that a shopping or dining adventure that you might be hanging out for, isn't really going to interest them. Do your research before you get there, have a look on the [...]
