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Table of contents for Australia’s Capital TreasuresAustralia’s Capital TreasuresAustralia’s Capital Treasures - National Gallery of AustraliaAustralia’s Capital Treasures - Australian War MemorialAustralia’s Capital Treasures - Photowalk Probably the most controversial art purchase by any Australian Federal Government occurred in 1974 when the Whitlam Government bought Jackson Pollock’s Number 11, 1952. Known to Australians as Blue [...]

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Table of contents for Australia’s Capital TreasuresAustralia’s Capital TreasuresAustralia’s Capital Treasures - National Gallery of AustraliaAustralia’s Capital Treasures - Australian War MemorialAustralia’s Capital Treasures - Photowalk
Thirty years ago, growing up in Australia meant a Holden in the garage, a Hills hoist clothesline out the back and Victor lawn mower in the shed. Australia’s unique [...]

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Australia is spearheading efforts to stop whaling by the Japanese in the Great Southern Ocean, and I noticed this message behind an activist interviewed on television tonight:
I love Japan but I am concerned about your whaling.
I like the positive message combined with an issue of concern to both countries and travellers can use it [...]

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All travellers have a round the world trip plan in their back pocket but the journey Australian Ben Carlin completed in 1958.
Ben modified an Amphibious Jeep by enclosing the cabin to provide rudimentary accommodation and adding a streamlined nose to smooth out the sea handling. Ben and his wife Elinore set out from [...]

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I’ve written recently about Frugal Travel - Vacationing at Home and Five Reasons to Travel Home this Holiday Season, and along those same pennywise lines a new blog emerged called Make the Great Escape. Sam, Jeff and Steph decided to stop existing and start living by escaping their surrounds for short trips on meagre [...]

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