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Old Ghan Railway, South Australia78

January 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...

5 comments    travel holidays australia
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The 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...

3 comments    children make politics
Treaty House, Waitangi, New Zealand80

Waitangi 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!

12 comments    travel politics new zealand
Harbour Bridge, Sydney Harbour74

Australia 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...

17 comments    travel history australia
Melbourne Cup Trophy Photo: Julian Chavez, flickr95

Melbourne 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...

29 comments    travel australia horse race
Christmas Decorations, Perth, WA88

Christmas 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...

16 comments    christmas hubmob australia
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Australia Day - 26th January, 2008 - Formalities fringed with family fun

Australia Day is a time to celebrate the birth of a nation - the largest island and the smallest continent. It is a time to celebrate beginnings, historically; a time to demonstrate unity. But how Australians go about doing that can be quite intriguing, even amusing! This hub gives examples of the usual and some rather odd activities in store for 2008's Australia Day!

6 comments    fun australia public holiday
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ANZAC Day - 25 April

The letters ANZAC stand for "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps", Anzac Day remembers the Australian and New Zealand forces who have gone to war. ANZACs were originally the soldiers who had fought a famous battle at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I.

3 comments    education australia world war 1
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Come 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...

0 comments    love life family
Lunar New Year64

Festivals of Singapore

Living amongst the multi-racial diverse background in Singapore, one will get a feel of the different cultures and the various types of upbringing that co-exist and gel firmly in the city state. People from...

2 comments    travel fun music
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