Showing posts with label australia tourism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label australia tourism. Show all posts

9/9/10

The Aussie Open

The Aussie Open

What would be a trip Australia without seeing the Indy 500 of tennis, the Australian Open! It is held in one of the world’s great tennis arenas and is one of the world’s grate tennis championships with the world’s best tennis players; and lot’s of beautiful people.

My Facts about Australia: Australian Open

There is also lots of food and fashion! One of the four Grand Slam tourneys in the world – the Rod Laver Arena during the Oz Open – has got the lot. Melbourne becomes a Mecca for the tennis community and Australia’s A-list in the January fortnight of the Open.

My Facts About Australia: Arena In Australian Open

The 2006 Open was the 94th staging of the event that was first played at the Warehouseman’s Cricket Ground on St. Kilda Rd. in 1905, giving the tournament a rich history. The newer Melbourne Park was opened in time for the 1988 Australian Open.

My Facts About Australia: Fan in Australian Open

A bit of trivia: The youngest and oldest champion to win the men’s singles is the same person: Australia’s Ken Rosewall: just over 18 years old in 1953, and just 37 years and two months in 1972.

7/31/09

Australian Cattle Dog

Facts about the Australian Cattle dogs!

Australian cattle dogs are known to be clever kind of species that are extremely energetic. They are also referred to as the Blue Heeler, the Red Heeler, and the Queensland Heeler. These species always long for a constant task to work on so that they could experience lots of exercise.

My Facts About Australia: Australian Cattle Dog

This is the reason why Australian cattle dog owners should be persistent enough to look for new ways on how they could train them. Showing them new creative tricks is one great way of entertaining these highly active species. Having Australian Cattle dogs around the corner truly requires a great amount of space.

My Facts About Australia: Little Cattle Dog

Australian Cattle dogs possess a well-built solid body with a very good stamina. They measure around 18 to 20 inches long although females are about 17 to 19 inches only. It is believed that an Australian cattle dog is in good physical shape when it weighs from 35 to 50 pounds.

My Facts About Australia: Cattle Dog

Australian cattle dogs are recognized as tremendous guard dogs because of their spirited behavior. Aside from the fact that they are highly energetic, they are also known to be intelligent and loyal to their owners.
My Facts About Australia: Australian Cattle Dogs

Training the Australian cattle dogs at an early age is a good idea so that they would turn out to be cautious and alert towards strangers. If you want them to become affectionate household pets, then there is a need to expose them to meeting people from a young age.

My Facts About Australia: Australian Dog

They always call for numerous activities to keep them preoccupied. Their routines should be monitored and attention-grabbing to prevent these controlling dogs from getting bored. Training such breeds is definitely an exciting yet challenging activity!

3/2/09

LANGHAM HOTEL MELBOURNE

Langham Hotel Melbourne review

Australia is for sure a tourist’s paradise and that is why I went to that place last month with my family and stayed in Langham Hotel Melbourne. I am still missing the time which I spend in this wonderful hotel having world class arrangement for all its guests.

Langham Hotel

One of the exclusive features of this beautiful hotel is the fitness center where I worked out on the advanced equipments, such as tread mills and prevented the weight gain trouble which is usually noticed in vacation times.

View from Langham Hotel

The fitness center includes a sauna and steam room in which the guests like me can pamper their body after a tiring yet invigorating session of exercise. Other attractive features of this hotel are the recreational facilities, such as swimming pool and Jacuzzi which turned my residence in that hotel a memorable one. I enjoyed the awe inspiring natural views of skyline and river from the city view rooms of this hotel.


I was also having some business purposes in Australia and that is why I choose this hotel for stay as it includes a business center where I utilized business services, such as internet access, translation services, secretarial services and audio visual equipment availability for business purposes. I arranged a grand party on my daughter’s birthday in the personal meeting room of this hotel which easily accommodated my 360 guests.


We got the most delectable dining experience of our lives by getting into this hotel, including fine dining sites that include about 15 restaurants located near to this beautiful hotel. I rejuvenated my body by enjoying the spa services offered to the guests in this beautiful hotel.

Queen Victoria market

The freshly renovated luxury day spa in this hotel includes steam and sauna rooms, geisha bars, chuan and Asian influence. Residing in this hotel was a wise decision from shopping point of view as this hotel is near to several shopping venues, such as the Southgate Shops and Queen Victoria Market.