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South Melbourne Markets shopping guide | Delis, food stalls & restaurants

South Melbourne Markets shopping guide | Delis, food stalls & restaurants

australiatravelquestions.com — Visit South Melbourne Market for its delis, fashion and souvenir stalls, live music, murals and Cecil Street restaurants. South Melbourne Market suffers somewhat from not being the best known market in Melbourne. The Queen Victoria Market tends to hog the limelight, while the Rose Street Artists Market in Fitzroy and Prahran Market tend to draw the cool crowd.
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Things to do on Rottnest Island | Bike hire, quokkas, tours & beaches

Things to do on Rottnest Island | Bike hire, quokkas, tours & beaches

australiatravelquestions.com — The best things to do on Rottnest Island include snorkelling at Little Parakeet Bay, photographing quokkas and cycling around the island. There are also kayaking tours, catamaran cruises and Aboriginal cultural walks. Detailed answer: In recent years, Rottnest Island off the coast of Perth has become a world class destination.
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The best things to do on Fraser Island | Queensland travel advice

The best things to do on Fraser Island | Queensland travel advice

australiatravelquestions.com — The best things to do on Fraser Island include tubing on Eli Creek, swimming in the Champagne Pools, driving on 75 Mile Beach and walking Rainbow Gorge. Detailed answer: Fraser Island is the world's largest sand island and a staple on the backpacker route up Australia's east coast.
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Best things to do in Port Lincoln, SA | Eyre Peninsula tours & attractions

Best things to do in Port Lincoln, SA | Eyre Peninsula tours & attractions

australiatravelquestions.com — The best things to do in Port Lincoln include shark cage dives, swimming with sea lions, eating Coffin Bay oysters and climbing Stamford Hill in Lincoln National Park. Detailed answer: Port Lincoln is a prosperous South Australian town at the bottom of the Eyre Peninsula.
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Best things to do at Uluru, Northern Territory | Ayers Rock activities

Best things to do at Uluru, Northern Territory | Ayers Rock activities

australiatravelquestions.com — The best things to do at Uluru in the Northern Territory include dot painting workshops, camel rides, sunset viewing, scenic flights and the Uluru Base Walk. Most activities are bookable via the Ayers Rock Resort. Detailed answer: Uluru - formerly known as Ayers Rock - is one of Australia's internationally recognised icons.
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What are the best things to do in Melbourne? | Australia Travel Questions

What are the best things to do in Melbourne? | Australia Travel Questions

australiatravelquestions.com — The best things to do in Melbourne include laneway tours, barefoot bowls in St Kilda, the Eureka Tower Skydeck and Federation Square's museums. Detailed answer: Not too long ago, Melbourne was obsessed with comparing itself to Sydney. But in recent years, the attitude has changed.
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Where can I see penguins in Perth? - Australia Travel Questions

Where can I see penguins in Perth? - Australia Travel Questions

australiatravelquestions.com — Penguin Island off the coast of Rockingham in the south of Perth is home to a large colony of little penguins. It's the best place to see penguins in Perth, and Perth Wild Encounters runs Shoalwater Islands cruises that head out to see them.
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How many people are killed by crocodiles in Australia? - Australia Travel Questions

How many people are killed by crocodiles in Australia? - Australia Travel Questions

australiatravelquestions.com — One or two people a year are killed by crocodiles in Australia. Not one every three months, as Bob Katter infamously claimed. Detailed answer: In November 2017, Australian MP Bob Katter became an internet viral sensation when he responded to a question about gay marriage.
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Which World War II sites in Australia are worth visiting? - Australia Travel Questions

Which World War II sites in Australia are worth visiting? - Australia Travel Questions

australiatravelquestions.com — For Australia, much of World War II was fought overseas, largely in the Pacific theatre. But there are still several World War II sites in Australia that show how the war came to home soil. These Australian Second World War sites include the WWII Oil Storage Tunnels in Darwin, Fort Scratchley in Newcastle and Point Nepean on the Mornington Peninsula.
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Where can I swim with dolphins in Australia? - Australia Travel Questions

Where can I swim with dolphins in Australia? - Australia Travel Questions

australiatravelquestions.com — There are several options if you want to swim with dolphins in Australia. These include Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Rockingham, Bunbury, the Mornington Peninsula and Port Stephens. There are dozens of places where you can see dolphins in Australia, but only a select few where you can get in the water with them.
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Where can I swim with dolphins in Australia? - Australia Travel Questions

Where can I swim with dolphins in Australia? - Australia Travel Questions

australiatravelquestions.com — There are several options if you want to swim with dolphins in Australia. These include Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Rockingham, Bunbury, the Mornington Peninsula and Port Stephens. There are dozens of places where you can see dolphins in Australia, but only a select few where you can get in the water with them.
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Where is the mouth of the Murray River? - Australia Travel Questions

Where is the mouth of the Murray River? - Australia Travel Questions

australiatravelquestions.com — The mouth of the Murray River is in the Coorong lagoon system of South Australia, between the Sir Richard and Younghusband Peninsulas. Detailed answer: The Murray River is the longest river in Australia, winding for 2,508km before it reaches the Southern Ocean. The Murray's source is high up in the Australian Alps.
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Australia's most famous cities will you visit?

Australia's most famous cities will you visit?

The Telegraph — country as large and diverse as Australia is rich with different vibes, which make the best sense when you look at it as a patchwork of different lands. And the city in which you touch down plays a strong part in shaping your view of what Australia is.
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Australia's most famous cities will you visit?

Australia's most famous cities will you visit?

The Telegraph — country as large and diverse as Australia is rich with different vibes, which make the best sense when you look at it as a patchwork of different lands. And the city in which you touch down plays a strong part in shaping your view of what Australia is.
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Where can I see kangaroos on the Great Ocean Road? - Australia Travel Questions

Where can I see kangaroos on the Great Ocean Road? - Australia Travel Questions

Australia Travel Questions — The best place to see kangaroos on the Great Ocean Road is Anglesea Golf Club, where roo-spotting tours by golf buggy are available. Detailed answer: The Great Ocean Road, running to the west of Melbourne in Victoria, is one of Australia's great drives.
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What are the best things to do on the Great Ocean Road? - Australia Travel Questions

What are the best things to do on the Great Ocean Road? - Australia Travel Questions

australiatravelquestions.com — If picking the three best things to do on the Great Ocean Road, choose kangaroos at Anglesea Golf Course, kayaking with seals at Apollo Bay and a helicopter flight over the Twelve Apostles near Port Campbell. Detailed answer: A lot of what is great about Australia can be found along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria.
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A city guide to Riga, Latvia's thriving capital

A city guide to Riga, Latvia's thriving capital

nationalgeographic.co.uk — With a medieval old town, art nouveau touches and vestiges of a Soviet past, the Latvian capital is a patchwork of a city that bears marks of its former occupiers. But a more modern Riga, of cocktail bars and high-rise hotels, is weaved in too.
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What to see, eat and do in Sydney

What to see, eat and do in Sydney

Evening Standard — See For visitors, Sydney's nerve centre is Circular Quay, from where ferries trundle off all over the harbour. Take the trip to Manly if you want the beach and pubs; or Watsons Bay for seaside fish and chips, wild bushland in Sydney Harbour National Park and epic harbour views.
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Tim Minchin's new series Upright highlights the unforgiving Nullarbor Plain

Tim Minchin's new series Upright highlights the unforgiving Nullarbor Plain

The i Paper — The first dead crow, no doubt marmalised by a truck in the middle of the night, comes with an air of vicious outback poetic justice. For hundreds of miles, the crows have been pecking away at the liberally distributed kangaroo and wombat corpses. They'll continue to do so for hundreds of miles to come.
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Tim Minchin's new series Upright highlights the unforgiving Nullarbor Plain

Tim Minchin's new series Upright highlights the unforgiving Nullarbor Plain

The i Paper — The first dead crow, no doubt marmalised by a truck in the middle of the night, comes with an air of vicious outback poetic justice. For hundreds of miles, the crows have been pecking away at the liberally distributed kangaroo and wombat corpses. They'll continue to do so for hundreds of miles to come.
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Why you shouldn't 'live like a local' on a city break

Why you shouldn't 'live like a local' on a city break

The Independent — What I did last weekend was astonishingly tedious. I did the big shop at Tesco, got through a couple of washloads, took a fence panel that blew down in a storm a few weeks ago to the tip, and watched a couple of mediocre films, based largely on which ones were free on Amazon Prime.
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Stunning summer trips to Australia for 2021

Stunning summer trips to Australia for 2021

Travel Weekly (UK) — With travel to Australia off the cards for now, look to book next year with David Whitley’s round-up of summer stunners Down Under.
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Pittsburgh to Cleveland drive: Distance, time & best road trip stops

Pittsburgh to Cleveland drive: Distance, time & best road trip stops

best3stops.com — The best road trip stops on the Pittsburgh to Cleveland drive are the Air Heritage
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