Friday, February 10th, 2012

An ice rink isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when you think of the sweltering, dusty heart of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia, but more fool you, for that’s exactly what will be in the middle of the desert over Christmas…

When it came to Sydney’s residents voting for their all-time favourite city attraction, they had a host to choose from – the Opera House and Bondi beach to name but a few – but the ultimate accolade went instead to Taronga Zoo, proving that Sydneysiders like a bit of a wild time…

If you are lucky enough to be in Sydney, Australia this October, you could explore more than the city itself with a range of new hop-on, hop-off ferry trips which allow holidaymakers to explore some of Sydney’s harbour islands for the first time and for one month only – so TheMoveChannel.com checks out what Shark, Clark and Garden Islands have on offer…

TheMoveChannel.com is a property website that was founded in 1999 as an online resource for buying, selling and learning about property. It now receives as many as 300,000 visits per month and advertises over 50,000 properties in nearly 90 countries, which are listed by over 500 partner organisations.

The Australian property market has been showing signs of improvement of late – and now new clearance rates posted from auctions in Sydney and Melbourne have both shown large increases since the same time last year, adding further fuel to the fire that Oz could be on the road to recovery…

Come July 1st this year, all buyers of new homes in New South Wales, Australia, will be given a 50 per cent reduction in stamp duty in a bid to kick-start residential construction, jobs and economic activity across the state…

Under a new 20-year plan unveiled by the Government, Melbourne’s urban area will be allowed to continue its sprawling growth, and will house an extra 415,000 people – but campaigners are arguing that it will destroy the city’s cherished green spaces…

The Great Ocean Road, stretching from Melbourne to Adelaide, is one of Australia’s most famous scenic drives, attracting thousands of tourists each year – and now, its pounding surf has claimed another victim – the Island Archway near Loch Ard Gorge, just one of many huge rock formations along the coastline, has collapsed into the sea…

When Brits think of making the move to Australia, they usually flock to well-known hotspots such as Sydney, Melbourne or the Gold Coast – but now, the South Australian Government is making a concerted effort to change that and attract British talent to Adelaide, promising that SA is the ‘next boom state…’

Following on from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to hold interest rates at three per cent, it has now announced that it is expecting a recovery in the global economy and that any future rate cuts may well be smaller and less frequent…

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