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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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Moving Down Under

Posted: January 13, 2012

Over 130,000 people migrate to Australia each year (source https://ozlife.com).  My sister and her fiance were one of them when they moved to Perth in June last year, they wanted to try living in a sunny and warm climate.  Perth is the sunniest city in all of Australia.  It is also the most isolated city…

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