Tag Archives: Travel

How to Get from Cairns to Darwin

Posted on August 4, 2011 by noel in Transport, Travel Tips

by Brooke WhyGoAustralia | August 2nd, 2011 Some of the major cities in the country of Australia are quite a feat to get to and between when not taking a plane. Cairns and Darwin are both located in the northern section of the country and are two such major cities that many would like to know how to get from one to the other. It makes sense, after all, to try and hit the two when already in the northern part of the country, a far cry from Sydney and Melbourne. Obviously, the time limited can benefit from a...Read More

Day Trips in Australia

Posted on July 30, 2011 by noel in Travel Tips

Article by Brooke: WhyGoAustralia.com One of the main joys of Australia is being able to discover all the natural wonders that lie beyond the city walls. There are rainforests, national parks, gorges, valleys and outback all a ways off to take a peek at, not to mention smaller towns, that require a visit, but maybe not a long stay. That’s when a day trip in Australia is in order. When to Consider a Day Trip in Australia Day trips occur when you leave a base location, say a major city like Sydney, to...Read More

New website promises Epic Thrills for adventure travelers

Posted on July 21, 2011 by noel in Travel Tips

Posted by Kraig Becker on Jul 20th 2011 at 8:00AM Travelers looking for great deals on their next journey have a new tool at their disposal today, as a website has just launched that promises to be the Jetsetter of adventure travel. The new site, fittingly called Epic Thrills, will offer members substantial discounts on adventure travel opportunities from some of the top companies in the world. Read the full article on...Read More

29 Lessons From Travelling the World: By Benny Lewis

Posted on July 18, 2011 by noel in Travel Tips

Fantastic blog by Benny Lewis , Original Story Eight years. That’s 416 weeks, or almost 3,000 days. This is the amount of time that I have not had a fixed home; moving to a new country, culture and language every few months and taking absolutely everything I own with me. It has been a significant percentage of my life, and it’s still long from over. I had actually done some travelling before – a couple of summers in the states, and an entire month already in Spain. But about this time back in...Read More

Virgin, Air NZ partnership lifts off

Posted on July 11, 2011 by noel in Transport, Travel Tips

Monday, 11 July 2011 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia have officially launched their new trans-Tasman partnership, aligning fare structures, products and services. For flights commencing 26 July, travellers can book tickets on either carrier with full code-sharing of flights across the Tasman including connecting domestic services. Read the full article tanks to e-Travel Blackboard For your free cars and campervans check out transfercar.co.nz &...Read More

Lucky Alice: The next aircraft boneyard!

Posted on July 4, 2011 by noel in News, Transport

Lucky Alice Springs? Not so sure if the locals feel that way. ALICE Springs has been selected to be the first aircraft “boneyard” outside the US. Functioning in the same way as Pinal Airpark in Arizona, it will cover an area of 110ha and will house 300 planes in the Northern Territory, taking planes being decommissioned from service, that have been stripped of all their parts like engines, electronics and wiring to be re-cycled. It will also be a place where aircrafts as big as the A380...Read More