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Christmas Decorations, Perth, WA92

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
Harbour Bridge, Sydney Harbour79

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
Old Ghan Railway, South Australia71

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
Treaty House, Waitangi, New Zealand85

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
Peak Station, Old Ghan Track, South Australia72

January 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...

11 comments    travel australia new zealand
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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...

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Lunar New Year71

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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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
Melbourne Cup Trophy Photo: Julian Chavez, flickr82

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
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Facts 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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