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Festivals in Perth

Posted: January 25, 2012

There are three festivals taking place in Perth this summer so if you are heading over to Perth or live here, make sure you take part. 1) Chinese New Year Northbridge is the centre for the Chinese New Year festival.  It will be celebrated over 15 days from January 23rd to February 6th.  The main…

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Australia Day – Celebrations in Perth

Posted: January 23, 2012

This year is my first Australia Day and I will be spending it in Perth, WA.  As I had not spent Australia Day Down Under before, I decided to find out a bit more about it. It was previously known as Anniversary Day, Foundation Day and ANA Day.  It is a national holiday in Australia…

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Perth Attractions – Top 5 Places to Visit

Posted: January 18, 2012

Perth is located on the west coast of Australia, the capital of WA and has a population of 1.7 million.  I came here as my sister and fiance had moved to WA in June 2011. I admit Perth had not been on my radar until they moved over here.  Outside of Australia, Perth does not…

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VIP Festival Down Under – Southbound

Posted: January 17, 2012

I was given a VIP ticket to a well known Australian Music and Arts Festival called Southbound which is a 2 day event near Busselton, Western Australia. We all went to Southbound leaving at 5:00am on Saturday.  I was glad we left so early as that meant we had a good place at the campsite, close…

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