Deadly Australians? Or just take care?

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Dangerous Australians

Australia has a bad wrap for being full of dangerous nasties that can kill you, which is pretty far from the truth really! Most of our wildlife is actually non-threatening, made up mainly of harmless cute and cuddly marsupials. We have a few species that might give you a hard time if you come across them, most of them being snakes. Like most species if you leave them alone & take a few precautionary steps, they won’t cause you any grief.

So what are our deadliest Australians?

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Aussie Souvenirs – The Real Deal?

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Aussie Souvenirs

What do visitors to Australia want to take home? Usually something small because airline luggage weight limits restrict them. There are tourist shops and roadhouses willing to sell all kinds of tacky little sourvenirs to tourists to take home with them. Even our own locals can’t resist buying them to send to relatives or to take home themselves from their holidays.

So what are some of our tackiest souvenirs that visitors are representing Australia with? Here are some we found, know of any more?

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Why websites are important to the Tourism and Hospitality trade!

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What? Where?

How many of you have been excited about going on holiday, sat down at your computer to start planning it, and within an hour are so frustrated that you resort to the telephone to make enquiries & bookings?? I know I have!

I love travelling, especially holidays I plan myself! In the “old” days I used to pour through brochures at the travel agents & get an international phone directory from the post office, then proceed to run up a large phone bill ringing around the world asking for information to be sent to me. I ended up with sooo many brochures!

Now things are different, we have the Web. The web is full of holiday stuff…..

Let’s stop right there!

The Web IS full of holiday stuff, BUT how much of it is actually working?
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Making life mobile – Pt 2: Android [Finances]

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There are mega amounts of handy internet travel resources to make your travelling or holiday jaunts so much easier.   Catch up with all the goodies technology has to offer in the exploding world of smartphone and tablet apps.   While there are thousands of travel applications well worth the price tag there are just as many freebies ready to rock your smartphone.

Here are some suggestions to help make your travels a breeze!

Android Banking & Finance Apps

Android Apps
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Making life mobile – Pt 1: iPhone/iPad [Finances]

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One of the things about smart phone technology is the ability to run applications (or commonly known as Apps) on our smart phones. Apps turn our smart phones & tablets into mobile desktops. They have unleashed our shackles from the office or workplace, and liberated us from telephone queues.

Over the next couple of weeks we’re going to run a series on the various smart phone apps available to free up your time and make travelling a lot easier!

Apple iPhone/iPad Banking & Finance Apps

iPhone / iPad
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