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Lonely Planet has been researching Australia’s dusty backroads for 32 years. This new, meticulously researched guide to Australia’s center will enrich any travels in the region, whether short excursions from Darwin, Alice or Adelaide, or epic road trips all the way from the Great Australian Bight to the Top End.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice,

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Part of a series in which leading Australian authors write about their hometowns, this unique and evocative exploration is part memoir and part guide to Australia’s Brisbane. Intertwining personal stories with the city’s historical past, this account paints a portrait of the contemporary transformation of the city.

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Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide, South Australia was recently granted Australia ‘s highest heritage honor with its inclusion on the National Heritage List. Named after Queen Adelaide, the consort of King William IV, this enchanting coastal city situated on the eastern side of Gulf St. Vincent was founded by the controversial Colonel William Light as a “planned capital” in 1836 for the only freely settled British province in Australia. A leader in world-first reforms, Adelaide was shaped by religious freedom, civil liberties and political progressivism.

Today, Adelaide is the seat of South Australia ’s government and the major commercial site of regional governmental and financial institutions. But before British settlement and “Light’s Vision,” as it was known, came along, Adelaide was mostly bushland, swamps and marshes. Its traditional owners and inhabitants were the now extinct Koruna aboriginal peoples whose already tiny population was decimated by an early 19th century smallpox epidemic. Adelaide was originally called “Tandanya” which translates as “place of the Red Kangaroo”.

Much of Adelaide ’s original vegetation has been cleared but preserved in such nearby sanctuaries as Belair National Park and Cleland Conservation Park . Adelaide is easily accessible by bicycle to native bushland hiking in the Mount Lofty Ranges . Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate with most rainfall in the winter months of June through August and little to no snowfall.

Light’s Vision — which was originally very unpopular with not only early settlers by South Australia’s first Governor — set out Adelaide in a grid, interspaced by large public squares and wide boulevards all entirely surrounded by parkland. The benefits of Light’s Vision immediately became apparent commercially and aesthetically. Adelaide had easily navigable, wide multi-lane roads from its very beginning, along with a beautiful green ring around the city center. Also from its original design, there are two sets of “ring roads” within Adelaide , the inner ring route bordering parklands and the outer route completely bypassing the inner city. Where mostly bushland had been before, now a number of creeks and rivers flow through the Adelaide region. As the free settling, early European colonists and other diverse cultures began to arrive in 1836, Adelaide blossomed into a vibrant, European-style mecca that nearly two centuries later has become known throughout the world as an epicurean, artistic playground with eclectic cuisines, magnificent wines and an unparalleled arts and culture scene.

Today as a state capital, Adelaide is home to a great number of cultural institutions. But in the 1970s, after more puritanical restrictions on cultural activities all over Australia were finally being lifted, Adelaide began emerging in its own right as a capital of the arts. In these years the world-renowned Adelaide Festival of the Arts and the Fringe Festival were established. Along with “Tasting Australia,” a biennial food and wine celebration, Adelaide can also boast that is home to the Adelaide Christmas Pageant, the world’s largest Christmas parade, attracting crowds of over 400,000 and televised to millions more.

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Travelling In Tasmania

Tasmania has abundance of ever changing natural landscapes, excellent network of roads and welcoming locals. All of it has helped the island become one of the hot favourite tourist spots in the world. Moreover, you can find motorhome and campervan for hire in Tasmania. You can easily find a campervan or motorhome for hire at Hobart, Georgetown, Devonport and Launceston that enables a tourist to travel independently travel in Tasmania, without having to depend upon trains and buses.

The island of Tasmania is separated from the main land by Bass Strait and is surrounded by Indian and Pacific oceans. The capital of Tasmania is Hobart. It is also the largest city in Tasmania. Hence, tourists tend to find motorhome for hire at Hobart is easy and enables you to start your journey straight from the capital of the state.

The state has extremely diverse vegetation. The place is also home to several rare wildlife species. The presence of temperate rainforests also makes the area a wonderful destination for nature lovers. The best way to discover real Tasmania is through Campervans and motorhomes that provide tourists all the luxuries of home while travelling. The journey by roads is bound to bring surprises and discoveries at every stage.

The self discovering journey of travellers through Campervan hire in Tasmania allows tourists to meet friendly locals, experience pleasant climate and venture into the less travelled parts of Tasmania. Tasmania’s East Coast, Salamanca market, orchards, vineyards, forests and waterways of the Huon Valley are some of the exotic tourist destinations.

If you also wish to travel and experience the natural beauty of Tasmania by road, visit www.cruisin-tasmania.com.au. You will also find valuable information on Campervan rentals in Tasmania on the site.

Bankwest Is Now Part Of Australia’S Biggest Bank Atm Network

Bankwest is Now Part of Australia’s Biggest Bank ATM Network.

Bankwest customers now have access to the nation’s biggest bank ATM network with 4,000 machines across Australia.

In a further benefit of its acquisition by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Jon Sutton said Bankwest customers will be able to use the CBA’s 3,300 ATMs without being charged ATM fees. Likewise, CBA customers will be able to use Bankwest’s 700-plus cash machines nationally.

Meanwhile, Bankwest is currently determining pricing for Direct Charging and Foreign ATM usage and will advise customers as soon as a decision is made.

In announcing the expanded network, which comes into effect on 1 March 2009, Mr Sutton said the added convenience of the additional 3,300 Commonwealth Bank Australia ATMs means customers have greater choice and more ways to avoid paying Direct Charge fees that will be introduced on March 3 across industry at the request of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

“This is fantastic news for Bankwest customers and gives them access to more than five times the number of ATMs than they previously had access to,” Mr Sutton said.

“In addition, our customers can still use Bankwest ATMs located in 7/11 stores without incurring any additional fees,” he said.

Further information:

Adrian Bradley, Group External Communications Manager, 0427 674 851, Adrian.bradley@bankwest.com.au

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Unique Adelaide: Adelaide in a Nutshell

Adelaide is a city that offers you exactly the kind of holiday you want. If you feel like relaxing, you’ll find parks and gardens and spas, if you want to party, Adelaide offers pubs, club and hip joints, if it’s shopping you’re after, the city offers abundant shops, boutiques, malls and markets. Add to this the museums and galleries and intriguing culture and history and you’ll see that Adelaide has it all. Here’s how to find everything you want.

Getting a handle on Adelaide is easy as this was a planned city of spacious boulevards, lush greenery and downtown quarters with sophisticated architecture.

This means that walking is a delight. What’s more, the downtown area is surrounded by 930 hectares of parklands. So where to go first?

Culture buffs should head to Adelaide’s North Terrace, home to most of the city’s museums and libraries. North Terrace also features public memorials, universities, historic churches and also throws in a contemporary shopping experience.

For a true heritage experience, visit Port Adelaide, some 20 minutes from the city centre. Here you’ll get a glimpse of Adelaide’s rich history through the ornate old buildings, warehouses, jetties and wharves.

If you’re after great shopping, Rundle Mall is the place to go. Opening as the country’s first pedestrian street mall in 1976, Rundle Mall now features over 600 retailers.

Every Sunday from 9am to 4pm sees Rundle Street Market offering locally made jewellery, fashion, artworks, handbags and shoes.

While you’re in the area, drop over to Rundle Street East, one of Adelaide’s most happening thoroughfares packed with cafes, hotels, restaurants, small quirky shops, wine bars, and 10 cinema screens.

Whatever you do, don’t leave Adelaide without visiting the renowned historic Adelaide Central Market. Trading began here on Saturday 23 January 1869 when a group of market gardeners began hawking their produce.

Adelaide’s balmy climate makes al fresco dining a treat and the city boasts a

Mediterranean-style cafe culture. The best dining areas include Gouger Street, which leads to the Adelaide Central Market, Chinatown (which also offers a rich variety of Asia cuisine including Thai and Malaysian), and Rundle Street, in Adelaide’s East End.

If you’re a wine buff or just enjoy a glass or two, you’re in luck. Adelaide is the home of South Australia’s wine industry. The best place to sample the region’s fine selection of wines is the National Wine Centre at the end of North Terrace. Here the wine-tasting gallery and interactive displays will show you all about winemaking. Or head out into the Adelaide foothills to experience the vineyards first hand on a tasting and winery tour.

We’ve scratched the surface here and remember the seaside suburbs of Glenelg and Brighton await. But that’s for another article. To enjoy your stay in Adelaide, you have the choice of a wide array of Adelaide city hotels to suit every taste and budget. Two of the best Adelaide hotels are the Adelaide Paringa Motel and the Country Comfort Adelaide.