Archive for the ‘Australia & New Zealand’

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    Pleiades: American Samoa
    A Pleiades or commonly known as seven sisters are hot blue and extremely luminous seven stars that has formed in the last 100 million years is one of the finest example of American Samoa which are seven small separate islands between Hawaii and New Zealand and has volcanic foundation. American Samoa is a cluster of isles in the South Pacific Sea that comes in between Hawaii and New Zealand and about hundred kilometers to the east of the island country of Samoa, which is branch of the same archipelago. American Samoa is known as a tropical island paradise in the heart of Polynesia and it has still preserved the old Samoa traditional values. The country is part of the United State of American but the people are not called as the citizen of the US but the’ Nationals’. The people of American Samoa doesn’t need passport of any kind  [...]
    Posted at January 5th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
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    The Bush City Of World: Canberra
    Canberra, won the round of being the capital of Australia in the fight of Sydney and Melbourne. Though Australia is more famously known for its cities Melbourne and Sydney, Canberra has epitomized face of Australia; it has carved itself into one of the niche city in Australia and all over the worlds. Canberra has its own charm that brings people all over to visit this city. It is the only planned city in Australia, it was based on the designs of city designs of Chicago architects Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin. The city was heavily influenced by the Garden city movement. It has earned the title of Bush Capital. Canberra is one phenomenal city, for it’s the administration hub, cultural center, with best education facilities and class apart infrastructure. It has housed many governmental departments and agencies,  [...]
    Posted at December 22nd, 2009 at 04:12 am
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    Explore The Breathtaking Adventures In Untamed Destination- New Zealand
    New Zealand is a wondrous, impeccable and exotic land that is charming the universe in its authentic form. Truly, it remains to be in an untamed condition, unaffected by the worldly contamination. New Zealand boasts magnificent biogeography and biodiversity. It flaunts out-of-the-world flora and fauna (most of which are endemic species) and spectacular grasslands, which has stole millions of hearts worldwide. It bewitched its magical spell over the eminent film director Peter Jackson to covert the children’s fantasy novel of philologist and Oxford University professor J.R.R. Tolkien into an epic fantasy trilogy – ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ Peter Jackson himself admitted “New Zealand is one of the last unspoiled places on earth…” Universal audiences were blown away by the astounding natural beauty captured in the epic  [...]
    Posted at November 27th, 2009 at 12:11 am
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    Urulu – The Extraordinary Pebble – Part IV
    The Urulu or Ayers Rock is the second biggest monolithic formation globally, following Mount Augustus that is also located in Australia. Nearly twenty-five kilometres from Uluru, is yet another consecrated rock formation called the Kata Tjuta that means ‘several heads’ also known as ‘the Olgas’ that got the name due to Queen Olga from Württemberg during 1872. The rock layers that constitute Uluru are thought to be nearly of the similar age and origin as the one at Kata Tjuta, in spite of the varying nature of the rocks found in them. The Urulu rock strata are virtually vertical, plummeting to the south-west direction at an 85 degree angle, having a bare thickness of nearly 2,400metres. There are exceptional viewing locales that are accessible by road and parking being built to enable sightseers to partake in the finest  [...]
    Posted at September 3rd, 2009 at 10:09 am
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    Urulu – The Extraordinary Pebble – Part III
    Urulu, an inselberg or island mountain is situated in the Urulu-Kata Tjuta National Park, about 450kms south-west of Alice Springs, accessible by road. This secluded vestige left subsequent to gradual wearing down of an original mountain range, is outstanding due its hominoid nature, devoid of joints and parts at bedding planes that lead to the dearth of expansion of rock debris slopes and soil, all of which played a crucial role in its sustenance while the adjoining rocks faced erosion. The west and central Australian aboriginals identify themselves as Anangu that means ‘human beings’. The Anangu present in the Urulu region comprise of two varied language factions namely, the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara. Australian natives consider themselves as the direct successors of the familial beings and religiously adhere to ceremonies,  [...]
    Posted at September 2nd, 2009 at 10:09 am
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    Urulu – The Extraordinary Pebble – Part II
    The nearly triangular Urulu, not theoretically a monolith has a more solid external surface in comparison to a majority of rocky formations that permits the presence of the atypically precipitous rock faces that wind downwards to base level. The Urulu is an entirely barren rock formation devoid of even a miniscule amount of vegetation that interestingly augments to its austere and mystic splendour. A sharp disparity is conversely observed at the bottom of the rock formation that is nurtured by the rain water over spilling from Urulu, leading to the formation of a prolific haven of water pools, abundant influx of vegetation and an array of wild animal forms. This led to it becoming an idyllic locale by the Aborigines to carry out various ceremonies, who laid base here in the grottos with sustenance derived from the water and accessible  [...]
    Posted at September 1st, 2009 at 10:09 am
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    Urulu – The Extraordinary Pebble – Part I
    Urulu or Ayers Rock or The Rock, deemed among the superlative innate wonders globally and is Australia’s proud mention and its most discernable icon. This mammoth charismatic mound towers to a majestic 318meters high with a radius of eight kilometres with a major portion of its bulkiness beneath the ground. Uluru is a gigantic sandstone rock formation located in core Australia that was sacrosanct to the Aborigines locals also dubbed as the Anangu. In present years, it has garnered significant magnitude for the New Age practitioners. Considered to have evolved from the deeds of familial beings during the conception period also known as the Dreamtime, this fascinating site comprises of numerous grottos, water openings and primordial works of art. Uluru was the conventionally christened name for the rock. Ayers Rock was the name proffered  [...]
    Posted at August 28th, 2009 at 10:08 am
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    Multifarious Melbourne City Travel
    The chic, multi-ethnic Melbourne is the Mecca for wide-ranging world class attractions. Experience the magnificent annual Moomba Parade with its splendid array of float displays in Technicolor which culminate to the final events of water-skiing, humorous trivia playoffs and bands. Soak in the adrenalin pumped tone at the scenic Albert Park during the four day Formula One Grand Prix, metal-on-metal thumping action at the V8 Supercar racing amongst a host of several exalted sporting events. Many throng the city for the annual NAB cup held at the Telstra Dome. Revel in the horticultural haven of the World Heritage listed Carlton Gardens and the majestic Royal Exhibition Building which hosts more than a decade old, annual top-rated Flower and Garden Show. The Carlton Gardens are domicile of the prized Melbourne Museum, IMAX theatres  [...]
    Posted at June 30th, 2009 at 07:06 am
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    Lyttelton New Zealand – Land Of Volcanoes
    The port of Christchurch, Lyttelton, proffers a plethora of inexplicable views of the extinct volcanoes worldwide. Situated in the country down under, on the east coast of South island of New Zealand, the Lyttelton town lies on the northern shores of the Lyttelton Harbour on Banks Peninsula. One is simply enchanted by the pristine views of miniature cottages and harbour dotted with ships and boats in all shapes and sizes. The Lyttelton Harbour is a bay on the north-west side of Banks Peninsula stretching kilometres inland from the south Pegasus Bay. On the upper harbour of south-west side of Lyttelton, lies the diminutive island of Quail. Encircling the Lyttelton Harbour, there are steep hills formations, evolved from the part of a wiped out volcanic crater that rises way up to a height of about 500m. One can see petite housing colonies  [...]
    Posted at June 18th, 2009 at 05:06 am
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    Great Barrier Reef ……… A Natural Wonder Of The World
    The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world, and the only living thing on earth visible from space. It is the largest coral reef in the world, situated parallel to the coast of Queensland. It stretches from the coastal town of Bundaberg, up past the tip of Cape York Australia, for almost 2,000km. This stupendous wonder of the modern era comprises of, billions upon billions of living coral polyps, which are actually microscopic organisms. The Great Barrier Reef is world’s busiest marine life sanctuary because of its diverse population of living creatures. The Great Barrier Reef is of such pristine condition that it was listed by the World Heritage Trust as a protected site and is therefore managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority which protects the area from many human and environmental  [...]
    Posted at May 30th, 2009 at 04:05 pm
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