Archive for August, 2010

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    Of Daintree Forest in Australia
    Daintree Forest is one of the most beautiful examples that Mother Nature could have gifted the world. It plays home to perhaps what can be called one of the world’s most diverse varieties of animal and plant species in the world. All of this happens in just a 1,200,000 square meters radius. This is the largest bite out of the tropical rainforest that lies in Australia. The region lies between the Daintree River and stretches all the way up till the Great Divide.  The area has been protected as it falls under the list of World Heritage sites. The area protected will come up to the size of about the whole of Sydney. What sets Daintree apart? This is supposedly the most complex ecosystem on planet earth. The diversity that it exhibits, with relation to its plant and animal system, would be unrivalled when it comes to the whole of  [...]
    Posted at August 27th, 2010
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    Taller than man- Cassowary in Cape Tribulation
    Standing about six feet tall and weighing about one hundred and thirty pounds, the cassowary is a bird that is probably the size of an average human being.  It can run about thirty miles and hour, it can swim but no it couldn’t fly even if it wanted to.  The birds can swim though; it has a bony helmet for a head like a knight in his battle suit.  This bird has been around and has roamed the forests since millions of years. The head is a nice bright cobalt blue and the double wattle is red in color. The body is rounded like a bird with ostrich like legs and a rounded body and black feathers. The Cassowary is also known to have killed people. It can jump with it feet first in the air and its five inch long middle talon takes aim to kill the enemy. You can go watch the bird from the designated pavilions. This is almost safe, although  [...]
    Posted at August 26th, 2010
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    Floriade – The Fragrance of Australian Festivals
    “Make me no gold that shines in the light; make me no diamond with carvings beautiful and bright; oh Lord, make me a fragrant flower, so I bid my living a good end in Your sight”. This is a good sum up of words to show that flowers are the best creatures of God. They scent the world with their fragrance and never harm their beholders, and depart life without a last wish. I love flowers. So do you? Yeah? Then, I think I have sonmethng in store for you which you can make use of when you make a trip to the largest island of the world, in South Pacific region, the Australia. The continent of Australia celebrates a festival of flowers every year – Floriade. If your love is tulips and bulbs, the ones for which Holland is famous, then you are the perfect guest for Australia’s festival of flowers, held in Canberra, called Floriade.  [...]
    Posted at August 23rd, 2010
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    The Sydney Aquarium – Australia’s Virtual Diving Point
    Australia – the largest of islands in the world, and the smallest of the continents. When you wish to visit Australia, you may plan of meeting the kangaroos first, won’t you? Again, the main attractions of Australia are consistent of the Lotus Temple, Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park, Port Arthur, and so on. But apart from these majesties, what goes unseen by the tourists is the Sydney Aquarium. It is a public aquarium located in the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the eastern side of Darling Harbor to the north of Pyrmont Bridge. Australia is known for its marine life. The Sydney Aquarium contains a large variety of Australian aquatic life. It has on display, more than 650 species that comprise more than 6,000 individual fish and other creature  [...]
    Posted at August 20th, 2010
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    Enriching Experiences – Snorkeling in Palau
    The Republic of Palau is a home to islands that are scattered across the edge on the west of the Pacific Ocean. These set of islands are a literal meaning to paradise, a place where the tropical sun seems sparkling off the sea providing company to the soft gentle breezes that whisper through coconut fronds and jumping fishes and soaring birds. Palau is more to see to be considered one of the world’s natural wonders. The magic o Palau extends both ways, below and above the water edge. There are colored rock islands and mushroom shaped limestone forms all over. This new born country Palau, that celebrates its independence on October 1 after 1994 and which is populated with 19,300 residents living all over 586 islands, shows off its number one attraction – the high adrenaline diving. These diving sites are also attractions for  [...]
    Posted at August 19th, 2010
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    The Solomon Islands
    Pride of the South Pacific region, the Solomon Islands can be regarded as the one of the last few areas into fall into the clutches of the European interest. The Solomon Islands consist a vast range of islands namely San Cristobal, Santa Isabel, Choiseul, New Georgia, and Malaita. The administrative locations of the area also include quite a few places, like Central, Guadalcanal, Honiara, Isabel, Makira, Malaita, Temotu, Western. Amalgamated with varied cultural ethnicities, the white Polynesians, or the tanned tone Micronesians, or from the Papuans, the tradition conglomeration is what gets this place alive and kicking. The surrounding town of Vanuatu, a perfect spot for action packed adventure and outdoor action featuring the impressive volcanoes, majestic waterfalls, ecstatic rainforests, dotting array of islands, awfully beautiful  [...]
    Posted at August 16th, 2010
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    Treat yourself to Fine dining in Sydney
    An early beginning of a weekend here in Sydney is totally packed. There are many crows of  people  who bob their heads up and down and grooving to the music  while they feat on delicious chunks of exquisite meats, olives, wine, beer and Negronis. The kitchen here at Beresford has a full menu of Trattoria styled cuisine. This is jus one of many of the pubs that previously operated here. Although now some of them have undergone major Renovation to give them an upgraded experience. The harbor areas have always been famous dining spots. These places including its neighborhoods have become more of the city’s culinary destination.  The streets here are active and on the weekends there crowds never seem to stop.  A majority of the people here head out to the many clubs and bars here like Clock hotel and Crown hotel. The clock hotel  [...]
    Posted at August 13th, 2010
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    Top end at the Vanishing point in Australia
    Australians here call it the top end of the continent. This is a breezy place which is open to debate.  It is also believed that the top end of the north of Australia lies on the tropic of Capricorn. This includes about one entire third of the continent. The other places that were included in this were the Cape York and a peninsula which includes the town of Darwin. This city is the capital of the northern territory. The top end is narrower than most people expect it to be. The river flats here and the countryside which has hills is just on the inland of the Van Diemen gulf. This place long sandstone ridges which give way to the flood plans that broader a national park within this area called the Kakadu national park. This place has been listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. Also this is the largest park in the Australian area.  [...]
    Posted at August 12th, 2010
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    Have fun spending thirty six hours in Sydney!
    Sydney is a multi ethnic and fashion conscious city. The city is quite animated and is quite focused on making itself and maintaining a high urban standard. Sydney has a crowded skyline. This place has tall sky scrapers and it its place has been firmly set as a world stage.  The city seems to be in the middle of a giant historical revival, for the most part of it, Australian cuisine includes meat pies made in different ways, apart from other things.  Surfing is a major sport that this country takes quite seriously. The older buildings here enjoy architectural designs and style. And for this reason the city has a perennial charm that just doesn’t seem to wear off. Let’s look at some of the things that you could do in Sydney while you are here. Go to the downtown region Sydney has a large downtown area which goes all the way  [...]
    Posted at August 9th, 2010
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    Skiers Dream comes trure in Australia with heavy snowfall
    If you went out and met the mountain staff in this area they would tell you that they have to wake up early in then morning and assess the terrain around the resorts.  These resorts get extended trails of storm and get about thirty five to fifty five centimeter of snow all across the ski fields. Perisher, Thredbo and charlotte pass through he fifty-five  cent meters of snow.  The falls creek and Hotham are some of the caked white places that are snow covered. Mount Muller had about thirty centimeters of snow. The skies clear usually in the morning time and the dark clouds come again, all through the valley.  This ends up getting about six inches of snow again by morning. The ideal way to have this happen would be the snow to follow up on Wednesday so that you could get into Thursday when the second front is gue. Skiers are welcome  [...]
    Posted at August 6th, 2010
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