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	<title>I live here now - a blog about travel and life living abroad in Australia.</title>
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		<title>Where are we now? Over here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all. It has been AGES since I&#8217;ve update this blog? Why? Well, my priorities have shifted somewhat. I&#8217;m still in Australia, and loving the life here, but over the last few months I&#8217;ve had a number of big events in my life.
First off, I got married to my beautiful Aussie girl. We had a [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/12/15/where-are-we-now-over-here/</link>
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		<title>Is Australia jealous of New Zealand?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia is jealous of New Zealand’s brand strategy and has yet to “crack the marketing code”, according to Tourism Industry Association New Zealand chief executive Tim Cossar.
Travel Today reports Cossar noted the green-eyed monster rearing its head on a recent trip to Darwin for the ATEC Conference.
And speaking at the 10th anniversary of the “100% [...]


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		<title>Indian tourism in Australia in danger?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a preferred destination to a most-avoided holiday spot &#8211; the downslide in the Indo-Australian tourism sector has come rather fast in the wake of the alleged racist attacks on Indians there. Indian tourists are cancelling plans to travel Down Under after watching the plight of Indian students there.
“We&#8217;ve just stopped selling Australia as a [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/06/12/indian-tourism-in-australia-in-danger/</link>
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		<title>Paying for the experience?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d venture to say that most people that read this blog travel extensively &#8211; or at least have an interest in travelling. It&#8217;s also quite likely that you plan out your trips, and do your research. If you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;ll spend countless hours researching how best to do a certain activity, and how to [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/04/20/paying-for-the-experience/</link>
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		<title>No love from the airports. New &#8220;kiss and drop&#8221; fees popping up around the world.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ An airport in England has started charging airline passengers to &#8220;kiss and drop&#8221; zone outside its main terminal.
All drivers, including taxis, will have to fork out STG1 ($A2.07) for spending up to 10 minutes in the drop-off zone at Luton Airport, north of London. It&#8217;s the first of it&#8217;s kind in England, but isn&#8217;t [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/04/14/no-love-from-the-airports-new-kiss-and-drop-fees-popping-up-around-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Two big movie premieres in two days. Why Sydney?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a pretty big movie buff, and a hardcore trekkie (nerd alert!) to boot. Last night, at the Sydney Opera House, J.J. Abrams and the cast of the new Star Trek movie had their world debut. The red carpet was rolled out, reporters were everywhere, but sadly, I was unable to attend.Today, Hugh Jackman and [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/04/08/two-big-movie-premieres-in-two-day-why-sydney/</link>
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		<title>A trip back to America. Three reasons why I don&#8217;t miss it.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My long haitus on the site has been the result of a 2 week holiday back to the States. Back to visit family, to visit my 2 week old neice, and to further plan for my upcoming wedding in September. It was a good trip; no a great trip, but it was a whirlwind of [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/04/02/a-trip-back-to-america/</link>
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		<title>Avoid those hidden hotel charges!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you just as tired of those hidden hotel charges as I? On a recent trip overseas, we found ourselves nickel and dimed to death. So I had a read around the net, and found that Andrea Bennett had the same issues as I, and put together a lengthy article on how to avoid these [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/03/12/avoid-those-hidden-hotel-charges/</link>
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		<title>Clean up, Australia!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clean up after yourself. In fact, why not clean up after everyone else also? It&#8217;s a sad fact that people have no respect for the environment in which they live, but alas, some people just don&#8217;t care.
Today is Clean up Australia Day. In 1989 an &#8216;average Australian bloke&#8217; had a simple idea to make a [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/03/01/clean-up-australia/</link>
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		<title>Flying V Australia? Think twice.</title>
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I can&#8217;t necessarily vouch for what their flight service is like, but if it&#8217;s anything like their customer service, I&#8217;d think twice before booking. Here&#8217;s why:
V Australia was scheduled to start flying daily from Sydney to Los Angeles in January 2009. Due to Boeing strikes and other shortcomings, this had to be pushed back to [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/01/27/flying-v-australia-think-twice/</link>
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		<title>Australian State Parks: Free entry on Australia Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not Hamilton Island, and you&#8217;re not getting paid to stay there, but at least they&#8217;re not charging you. National parks throughout NSW will waive entry fees on January 26 to celebrate Australia Day.
Premier Nathan Rees said Australia Day was a perfect time to appreciate the nation&#8217;s natural beauty.
&#8220;Our native bush is an important symbol [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/01/23/australian-state-parks-free-entry-on-australia-day/</link>
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		<title>Lance Armstrong: Returning to cycling in &#8220;Tour down Under&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lance is back!
Lance Armstrong, now 37, has spent a better part of the last four years away from the sport that made him a household name. Dominating the ever-famous Tour de France, Lance is making his return to professional cycling in the upcoming &#8220;Tour down Under&#8221;, which kicks off in Adelaide on January 18 and [...]


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		<title>How to get around luggage allowances?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest problems with flying these days are the limits airlines are now putting on their passengers and the amount of luggage one can bring with them on the plane. Often just one piece of checked luggage is allowed for domestic flights (unless you&#8217;re flying in Business class), and two for international. Kind [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/01/15/how-to-get-around-luggage-allowances/</link>
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		<title>Island Caretaker wanted!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the rest of us get up at 6am to start our slow and arduous journey to the office today, one lucky individual will have what will end being the best job in the world.
Queensland, Australia tourism is hurting. Despite having some of the most amazingly beautiful terrain and tourist destinations in the world, the [...]


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		<link>http://www.iliveherenow.com/2009/01/13/island-caretaker-wanted/</link>
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		<title>Travel America. With kids!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I credit a lot of my &#8220;worldlyness&#8221; (is that a word?) to traveling with my family every summer as a kid. There is so much to see throughout the United States. But what do kids really want to see?
So many kids these days would rather sit in front of the TV and play Playstation or [...]


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