A tip of the hat to Australia, by blogger Scott Berkun
1. The people rock.
I can’t recall anywhere I’ve been where it’s so easy to make jokes and small talk with people I didn’t know. And it’s not the chilly polite vibe I so often find in America (even in Seattle), it’s this totally [...]
Due to the overwhelming amount of Aussies living overseas, Australian Idol has taken their search for the next big start overseas. Read about it here.
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WASHINGTON - Last year was among the worst for airline delays and 2008 did not start any better, according to government data released Tuesday.
Nearly one-third of commercial flights in the U.S. arrived late or were canceled in January, up slightly from the same month last year, the Transportation Department’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ data [...]
The weather has been rubbish, the hospitals are crook, the trains are late and crowded, and housing prices are through the roof. Yet Sydney still sparkles in the eyes of more than 10,000 people in 20 countries who have rated it the world’s best city for the second year in a row.
The daily struggles and [...]
Moving? No? Ah, just traveling, I see. What are you going to bring? Everything? Ok, we’ve got a problem here.
Packing light saves time (e.g. waiting for baggage to be unloaded), money (no overweight fees), stress (no worrying about lost luggage) and the environment (less luggage means less fuel used to carry it). The industrial strength [...]
