Fast calf lacks flying sidestep (Travelpress)
Monday, January 28th, 2008A calf that ran quickly across an Indonesian airport tarmac was not fast enough to avoid being hit by a 737.
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Archive for January, 2008
Tiger brings business to Hunter (Travelpress)
Monday, January 28th, 2008Tiger Airways believes its new Melbourne-Newcastle service will inject $13 million into the economy of the Hunter region.
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Green interest a chance for Australia (Travelpress)
Monday, January 28th, 2008An industry head believes Australia has a window of opportunity to convert global interest in green places into increased tourism arrivals.
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HMAS Adelaide to become divers’ delight (ABC)
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Preparations are being made for a decommissioned Navy ship to be sunk to create an artificial reef off the New South Wales Central Coast.
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Crowe, Holmes a Court, Beachley to plug Sydney in US (ABC)
Saturday, January 26th, 2008Actor Russell Crowe, his South Sydney business partner Peter Holmes a Court and surfer Layne Beachley have been given the job of promoting Sydney to the rest of the world.
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Crowe, Holmes, Beachley to plug Sydney in US (ABC)
Saturday, January 26th, 2008Actor Russell Crowe, his South Sydney business partner Peter Holmes a Court and surfer Layne Beachley have been given the job of promoting Sydney to the rest of the world.
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Murray will be all jazzed up (Travelpress)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008A celebration of all forms of jazz music will be held in the Murray River town of Echuca from February 15 to 17.
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Virgin moves in on Canberra-Gold Coast (Travelpress)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Virgin Blue is to fly the Canberra-Gold Coast route from March 4.
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More passengers for Perth (Travelpress)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Passenger numbers at Perth Airport rose by more than 13 percent during the second half of 2007.
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Wrong plane sent back (Travelpress)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008A Jetstar flight ordered back to its departure point because of a suspected burst tyre was the wrong plane.
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Unlucky 13 asked to disembark (Travelpress)
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Passengers were reportedly cajoled, bullied and bribed into disembarking a Pacific Blue flight that was short-staffed yesterday.
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Adelaide shows off latest in camping (Travelpress)
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008The latest in caravans, motorhomes and other self-drive holiday vehicles and accessories will be on show in Adelaide from February 13 to 17.
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Slow take up on offset programs (Travelpress)
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Only a small percentage of airline passengers have begun participating in voluntary carbon offset programs.
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Branson sees price drop for future space travel (Travelpress)
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Virgin boss Richard Branson is hopeful space travel will be within financial reach of thousands of people in little more than five years.
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Blue eyed koala has Dream home (Travelpress)
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008A rare blue-eyed koala has joined the ranks of marsupials with which tourists at Dreamworld can be photographed.
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