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Street market returns to Perth

16 October 2015 In: Perth, Western Australia, Family, General

The Twilight Hawkers Market in Perth, Australia, is the city’s biggest Street Food Market and offers the best street food from around the globe. Hosted by the City of Perth and held in Forrest Place from 4.30pm – 9.00pm the market is the place to be on a Friday night over summer. Meet with friends after work, grab a bite to eat pre-show or bring the family into town to enjoy the ambience of this…

Jobs in Western Australia

13 October 2015 In: Jobs, Perth, Western Australia, General

Discount supermarket chain ALDI will create over 400 new jobs when it launches its’ first stores in Australia next year. The German store chain will start recruiting staff from December 2015 ahead of its planned store launches in 2016. The company, that has witnessed record growth across Europe in the past four years, is looking for store managers, assistant store managers, trainee store managers and store assistant. Interested applicants can apply online from December 12…

Non-stop UK flights to Australia

11 October 2015 In: Travel, Perth, General

Qantas is planning to launch non-stop flights from UK to Australia within the next two years. The airline says it aims to use the latest Boeing 787-9 ‘Dash-9’ plane to fly between London and Perth – a journey of over 9,000 miles that crosses eight different time zones – and it will be the longest commercial flight in the world. Qantas, who already hold the record for the world’s longest flight with its daily Dallas-Fort…

Rental costs fall in Australia

09 October 2015 In: Travel, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, General

The cost of renting a house or apartment in Australia has fallen by almost 9% in the past 12 months. A huge increase in the number of residential properties – especially units (apartments) – that have come onto the market over the past couple of years has created an over-supply of properties and forced landlords to reduce rents in many major cities. In Perth, rents are at a three year low and the number of…

Parking costs in Australia

09 October 2015 In: Travel, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, General

The cost of parking a car is a sore point among motorists the world over and it’s no different in Australia. The latest nationwide survey reveals that Brisbane has the highest short-term parking charges of all capital cities in Australia. In Brisbane’s Central Business District it costs an average $15.03 for 30 minutes’ off-road parking, compared with $13.56 in Sydney and $10.71 in Melbourne. Brisbane motorists are charged $27.63 for one hour’s parking, compared with…

University study in Perth

09 October 2015 In: Study, Perth, Western Australia, General

The University of Western Australia in Perth is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for academic excellence. What UWA has to offer: The University of Western Australia offers a friendly, beautiful campus with open courtyards and Mediterranean-style architecture; Located on the banks of the Swan River, about three miles from the city centre. Ranked among the top 100 universities worldwide by the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities; Well-equipped…

Kiss tour of Australia

05 October 2015 In: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, New Zealand, Entertainment, General

Comic-book rockers Kiss are currently on a sell-out tour of Australia. The US heavy metal band, more famous for wearing make-up than for their music, are celebrating the four decades since their formation with a tour of Australia and New Zealand. The bands’ 40th Anniversary World Tour features a stage production called ‘The Spider’, moved by 38 computer controlled winches, boasting 220 automated lights weighing in at 43,000 kgs, incorporating 900 pieces of pyrotechnics and…

Malindo Air flights to Perth

03 October 2015 In: Travel, Perth, General

Malindo Air is to begin new flights from Kuala Lumpur to Australia in November. The Malaysian-based airline will operate 11 flights each week to Perth, Australia, from November 11 2015. Malindo Air will use Boeing 737-900ER aircraft with a seat capacity of 180, with 12 business class and 168 economy class seats, on the route. Flights to Perth will take five hours and 50 minutes. Promotional fares for the new route start include economy class…

House prices fall in Australia

02 October 2015 In: Property, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, General

The price of residential property has fallen in half of all capital cities in Australia. In the past three months the value of residential property in half of Australia’s capital cities has decreased, with traditional ‘hotspot’ Sydney seeing flat price growth. Darrell Todd of thinkingaustralia says: “A fall in house prices is good news for buyers and migrants seeking to purchase their first home down under. I have been predicting a housing price slowdown since…

Iron Maiden to tour Australia

27 September 2015 In: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, New Zealand, Entertainment, General

Rock group Iron Maiden will tour Australia and New Zealand in 2016 as part of their ‘Book of Souls’ world tour. The British heavy metal band will play two shows in New Zealand – April 29 in Christchurch at the Horncastle Arena and the Vector Arena in Auckland on May 1 – before heading for the mainland for concerts in Australia. The band and its’ road crew will arrive down under on ‘Ed Force One’,…

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