Archive for May, 2009

May
26

Floriade 2009

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Floriade - Australia’s Celebration of Spring Saturday 12 September – Sunday 11 October 2009 [caption id="attachment_532" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Floriade, Australia"][/caption] “Floriade” is derived from the Latin word “floriat” which means “to design with ...

May
26

The Darwin Festival

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The Darwin Festival 13-30 August 2009 On Christmas Eve, 1974 Cyclone Tracey left Australia’s northernmost city of Darwin an unwelcome gift of death and destruction. So terrible was the toll that abandoning ...

May
23

The Woodford Folk Festival 2009

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The Woodford Folk Festival is a cultural festival held annually just outside the town of Woodford in South-East Queensland, Australia from December 27 to January 1. Held over six days and ...

May
16

The Canberra Festival 2009

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The Canberra Festival is a nine-day event held annually around March in Canberra, Australia.  This event offers various exhibitions and entertainment including, dance, art, sporting events, cultural heritage, music and ...

May
16

Best Beaches of Australia

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Beaches have long been one of the favorite tourist nature escapes. Australia is one of the few countries that has many beautiful beaches in each state.  With pure white sands, ...

May
08

Melbourne Cup 2009, Victoria

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On the first Tuesday of November in Melbourne, Australia, the world’s most famous horse race is held annually at Flemington racecourse by the Victoria Racing Club. This has become a ...

May
08

Great Barrier Reef: Eden of Underwater World

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[caption id="attachment_419" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Starfish - Great Barrier Reef"][/caption] If the earth were a gorgeous face of Marilyn Monroe, the beauty mark on her face would be compared to nothing but ...