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94Christmas in Australia: A Visitors Guide
For those of us who live in the southern hemisphere Christmas is all to do with long summer holidays, days at the beach, and for Autralian's particularly: trying to reconcile traditional heavy winter food...
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86Waitangi Day
Waitangi Day celebrates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. It has become an important for New Zealanders and Australians where ever they are in the world whether they ar attending a dawn service in Australia or New Zealand or participating in the Waitangi Day pub crawl on London's circle line!
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79Australia Day
Australia Day is Australia's National Day - it commemorates the arrival at Sydney Cove on 26th January, 1738 of the first white settlers, the fleet of convicts, dispatched from Portsmouth, England. The group...
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75January 2008 holiday calendar - Australia
Australia's public or statutory holidays are determined at state rather than Federal level. So each state has slightly different holiday's. Some cities even have different holidays as well but I have left...
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73Melbourne Cup Australia Stops for a Horse Race
Statutory, or paid holidays are generally reserved for really important religious events e.g. Christmas or other significant National events such as ANZAC Day or Australia Day. In Australia though there is...
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72January 2009 Holiday Calendar Australia
Australia's public holidays in 2009 are a mixture of country-wide and local holidays. Australia's holiday calendar is confused with different states having differnet public holidays. Even some shires and...
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71Come on and Celebrate Hari Raya
Han Raya Aidilfitri, or Hari Raya Puasa, marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. It is the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr. It signifies a victory of self-restraint and abstinence and thus...
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70Facts to know about South Africa before visiting
South Africa has: 11 official languages • 9 provinces international airports Numerous national smaller airports 2 international airlines 3 low cost airlines 12 official public holidays (and if one...
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69January 2008 holiday calendar - New Zealand
New Zealand has 11 public or statutory holidays. Although many locals will get a paid day off, many services especially those for tourists will still run. The only days where almost all shops will close are : ...
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67The traditional Malay costumes
The traditional Malay costumes are something to marvel at. These traditional Malay costumes are usually worn during special occasions such as Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji, weddings and sometimes visits...
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