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Matthew Lawson
Member since 28th February 2006
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20th July 2007
It doesn't have an Opera House, but it has the legendary Ghan railway. It doesn't have a world famous horse race, but it has an internationally renowned arts festival. It doesn't have a Grand Prix, but it has the grand Barossa valley wine region.
The c...
30th May 2007
Queensland is a big place. To put that in perspective, it's four times the size of Japan, nearly six times the size of the UK and more than twice the size of Texas. It actually takes up 25% of the land mass of Australia.
Every year, millions of local ...
15th February 2007
The sun shines. The surf beckons. The water entices. And you’re just minutes from a world of skyscrapers and corporate suits. Where else could you be but Sydney? This dazzling cosmopolitan city has no fewer than 30 glorious beaches within 20 minute...
31st January 2007
G’day. When you think of a city in Australia, it’s a sure bet that Sydney is the first one on your lips. But these days, Melbourne, the second biggest city and State Capital of Victoria, is the place to be in the southern hemisphere.
It’s not a...
17th January 2007
What do Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, and WB Yeats all have in common? Apart from the obvious, this library of literary talent and nobility all hailed from the same place. Dublin.
Dublin is the largest city and the capi...
11th October 2006
Cool Britannia. London is the city that lives and breathes its historical past, yet its vibrant pulse sets the trends that the world watches. In culture, fashion, music, architecture and the arts, ideas, no where else is like the London. Constantly-evolvi...
11th October 2006
You may have heard the saying "Singapore is a fine city." You get fined for this, fined for that… you could even get fined for chewing gum (it caused a major door drama that stopped the MRT subway running). While there's no doubt that Singapore takes a ...
10th May 2006
Over 150 years ago, Hong Kong was described as a "barren rock." Today, it's a dynamic, 21st century city that has gone from British Colony to one of the world's must-visit tourist destinations. Its colonial charm is still to be found in the historic man...
03rd April 2006
Approximate flying times: From New York: 17 hrs. From Chicago: 22 hrs 30 mins. From LA: 19 hrs 25 mins.
If New York is the city that never sleeps, forget the alarm clock. Bangkok, Thailand's capital city, comes a very close second. The city was founde...
05th March 2006
Is it any wonder? Since Hollywood launched New Zealand big time onto the world's cinema screens with epic block busters such as Lord of The Rings, King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia, everyone wants to visit.
In fact, New Zealand is one of the most...
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