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Sydney, Australia Travel

Sydney, Australia Travel News Archives

Sydney, Australia Travel News Archives for October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 | The Sydney Morning Herald

Night swimming ... the Sebel's foyer.

The seafood's not restricted to the menu at this stylish city stay, writes Christine Sams.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Inside Film

Broome's wild west to hit Sydney

Broome's wild west to hit Sydney [Thu 29/10/2009 04:54:02] Press release from Cardinal Spin Award winning Director of Samson and Delilah, Warwick Thornton has commissioned "karaoke noodle western videos" for a new dance theatre work, Burning Daylight.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Slackbastard

"sit down, don't start smashing the doors down"

Media Watch exposes the racist shit-stirring engaged in by the infotainment program 'Nine News' last week in 'Welfare and Refugees' . NOFX once asked 'How can they sleep at night?', to which the answer is 'In luxury, on fluffy white pillows'. Peter Overton is a Walkley Award winning investigative journalist yuppie hack from Sydney's North Shore .

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

News.com.au

Asylum-seekers arrive by plane, not boat

EVERY day, at least 13 asylum-seekers enter Australia through airports, representing 30 times the number of boat people that are supposedly "flooding" across our maritime borders.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

News.com.au

High-rolling rev-heads back in town

Rolls Royce MD Bevin Clayton said he expected to take 40 orders for the $700,000 Ghost in Australia / AP Lamborghini has taken eight orders for the $889,000 Murcielago SV since July / Supplied Roll-Royce taking orders for Ghost It's the $700K cheaper model Mansions : Million-dollar houses on the up WHILE top-end car makers are luring buyers back ...

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney up on the valuation runway

The newly internalised management team of MAp Airports will no doubt be again running the ruler over their valuation of Sydney Airport following the sale of London's Gatwick Airport.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

News.com.au

Backpackers 'having a lot more sex'

British backpackers holidaying in Australia are returning home with much more than a suntan / Supplied UK backpackers 'spreading STDs' More than one third had multiple partners Twenty-four per cent had unprotected sex BRITISH backpackers holidaying in Australia are returning home with much more than a suntan, and could be driving the spread Down ...

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The New Zealand Herald

Sydney: Action packed

"They're having a divorce." At Sydney Wildlife World, an icecream-smudged boy of about four points at a wombat and wallaby, who look distinctly unimpressed with each other.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Celebrity chef cooks with Vegemite

That's cooking with Vegemite... Alvin Leung. If you ran a popularity poll on Australia's favourite ingredients, Vegemite and wagyu would both be chart-toppers. But together in a restaurant dish? Surely that's the culinary equivalent of an arranged marriage between Dame Edna and Hamish Blake? Not according to Hong Kong chef Alvin Leung, one of the ...

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

The West Australian

Warragamba Dam to reopen to public

Long a favourite for family picnics and school excursions, Sydney's iconic Warragamba Dam reopens to the public next month after more than a decade.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

AdelaideNow...

The photo that had Miranda fuming

SHE is famed for her slim figure - just don't accuse Miranda Kerr of dieting. The top model has fought back against claims she has undergone a dramatic weight loss regime after shots of her from a fashion shoot in Sydney this week showed her looking radically thin.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

Stuff

What's so great about Sydney?

Hello. We've had network outages for the last day and a half, so apologies this is so late... but hey, we're here now.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

The Daily Record

Politics News: Tommy Sheridan blasts MSPs' 40,000 junket down under

WEEK 40,000 "junket" Down Under for MSPs has been condemned by Solidarity leader Tommy Sheridan.

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Examiner.com

New express climb across Sydney Harbour Bridge...we're talkintravel.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb just got a lot faster. Starting this month, more attendants will take smaller groups-maximum 12-across the Bridge in just over two hours.

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

NEWS.com.au

$300,000 yacht destroyed by fire

A $300,000 yacht dry docked at an inner-Sydney bay has been destroyed by fire. Police and NSW Fire Brigades were called shortly after 3am after a resident reported hearing an explosion at Rozelle Bay.

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Business Standard

Rajesh Tandon: Educational route to Australia

Leading political figures of Australia have been travelling to India to allay fears of 'attacks' on Indians in their country.

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Associated Content

Melbourne Australia Travel Guide

Southeastern Australia's Melbourne is widely regarded as the nation's cultural and sports capital and is consistently ranked as one of the world's most livable cities.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

Stuff

So, what about you?

Whoa, okay, bear with me all right? Feeling a little bit pants after a good night out the the New Zealand Music Awards last night, and speaking of pants... the ones I'm wearing today have that musty smell from not being dried properly before being folded away.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

News.com.au

Kamahl: Hey Hey it's the same old rubbish

Malaysian-born Kamahl was not among the personalities who agreed to return for the reunion special.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

VerticalMag

Avidyne Expands International Support Presence with Opening of New Australasia Support Center

Avidyne Corporation, a leading provider of integrated flight deck and safety systems for general aviation aircraft, announced the opening of Avidyne Australasiaa , a new International Customer Support Center for the Australasia region.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Sydney Moves On From `Beer Barns' in Race to Be Australian Bar Hub: Review

Sydney, in perpetual rivalry with Melbourne to be Australiaa s best city, prides itself on having better beaches, tourist spots, restaurants and weather than its sibling down south.

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Sun Oct 04, 2009

News.com.au

Ritchie, Anderson win womens' awards

RADIO presenter Kate Ritchie has triumphed over rival Jackie O, while actress Esther Anderson has beaten fellow Home And Away star Jodi Gordon at a magazine awards ceremony honouring inspirational women.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

News.com.au

Blind to danger

DESPITE being home to some of the deadliest animals in the world the overwhelming majority of Australians are unable to identify a dangerous snake or spider, according to a new survey.

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