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Thursday, 23 July 2009

Give your stomach a holiday !

If good food is your idea of the perfect holiday, then we have several suggestions below.


About Australia Where every you are travelling within Australia, this is a great directory that has local suggestions of where to wine and dine. From Alice Springs to Yorke Peninsular they have profiles on hundreds of restaurant and cafes.

Luxuary Adventures Discover Australia’s lively food scene with a range of cooking classes, and culinary tours where you'll taste the best of local food and wine that will delight your tastebuds. Interact with like-minded locals, meet top food professionals, and unearth culinary treasures. To see behind the scenes and experience people and places hidden from most visitors. Explore Australia through its food and people with a range of personalised tours with real Aussies.

South Australia Head to South Australia's fabulous food markets, where you can enjoy fresh aromas, a conversation with local producers, and a chance to grab that special jar of goodies that simply cannot be found on any ordinary supermarket shelf.

Victoria - Experience Victoria Food and Wine
Discover Yarra Valley wine, Taste your way around over 650 cellar doors in 21 distinct wine.
Savour a diverse choice of restaurants, cafés and pubs to suit all tastes
Local produce - Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm
From seafood to citrus sample fresh seasonal produce throughout Victoria
Beer - Discover Victoria's craft breweries and the unique flavours they produce
Great Ideas - Lollipop factory and many more foodie ideas...

Australia's Coral Coast The fresh local produce of Western Australia’s Coral Coast can be enjoyed at many of the region’s restaurants and country pubs. There’s a huge variety of fresh local seafood to choose from, particularly in Jurien Bay, Dongara and Geraldton, which are home to large rock lobster fishing fleets. Further north is Carnarvon, the food bowl of Western Australia. Visit one of the many banana plantations and sample delicious fruits. Stop by the Chapman Valley wineries to sample some of the unique, local blends. Visit the friendly country pubs and enjoy a cold beer with the locals. Or dine at one of the region’s many restaurants and enjoy fresh local produce prepared by the talented chefs of Western Australia’s Coral Coast.
Tour Kangaroo Island - Tempting Food The lack of large-scale development has meant that small industry has flourished and now includes a variety of products such as free-range eggs, olive oil, native jams, smoked fish, sauces and marinades. Kangaroo Island's apiarists harvest honey from the pure strain Ligurian bees, and regional cheeses and yoghurts continue to find a place in food lovers' hearts. Fresh seafood is featured across the Island and seasonally you can enjoy a variety of natural and farmed produce such as oysters, prawns, crayfish, whiting, snapper and, not forgetting freshwater marron - it's so easy to get a taste for Kangaroo Island!

Sydney on the Web Sydney has one of the most vibrant and exciting dining scenes of any city on earth. Passionate chefs, a vast array of fresh produce, a culinary style that has evolved from a rich and exciting intermingling of cultures - and some fabulous backdrops - have transformed the act of sitting down at a restaurant or café into an exhilarating experience.
Fine Dining in Sydney Simplified. SydneyOnTheWeb.com, offers you reviews on some of the best restaurants in Sydney, with selections from their menus and the facility to book a restaurant in Sydney. Use search box below to find just the dining experience you are after.


Tasmania - it's worth a visit

The second last wilderness on earth, an island that's comfortable with it's colonial past and in tune with it's sensitive environment. It's a place where the air sits clean and crisp upon your cheeks and the smell of the primeval rainforest pervades your clothing. Our smallest state of Australia is perfect for a driving holiday, the roads are almost devoid of traffic and unexpected colonial villages pop up along the way. There are a plethora of good establishments renown for their hospitality, superior lodgings and gourmet local produce.

This really is temptation island.

Spirit of Tasmania
Book Spirit of Tasmania online and save! Spirit of Tasmania sails from Melbourne and Devonport most nights. And some days during peak periods. Why not experience the excitement of sea travel on a summer day sailing? For a full list of sailing dates, check their timetable or availability. Alternatively, you can fill in their online booking request form.

Australian Explorer
Travelling in Tasmania is so easy with Australian Explorer. They offer tens of thousands of tourism pages containing Australian travel information all in one great place. Just decide where in Tasmania you would like to explore and follow the many travel links below.

Metro Metro Tasmania is a state owned company established in 1998. They operate an extensive bus services in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie. Metro is the largest passenger transport company in Tasmania. If you are wanting to travel around Tasmania in an efficient, inexpensive and comfortable manner - use a Metro Bus!

About Australia A great directory for accommodation in Tasmania. They have places to stay in:
* Derwent Valley & Highlands
* Devonport & Cradle Mountain
* Flinders Island
* Freycinet
* Heritage Highway
* Hobart
* Huon DEntrecasteaux Bruny
* King Island
* Launceston & Tamar Valley
* St Helens
* Stanley
* Strahan
* Tasman Peninsula

Travel Associates
Looking for exclusive luxury holidays and the finest luxury cruises and tours? Travel Associates is a boutique travel agency service, specialising in travel for the frequent and more discerning traveller in search of new experiences or the ultimate in luxury holidays. Because of its diversity, Tasmania offers some of Australia's most sought after luxury accommodation and luxury tours. There are many tours on offer, or design your own.

Click for Australia A great way to experience much of the natural beauty that Tasmania has to offer is to tour the island on a bicycle and one of the tour operators specializing in cycling tours is Island Cycle Tours. Island Cycle Tours offers a variety of cycling tours for people ranging from 12 to 60 years of age. Cycling enthusiasts can choose from 3, 4, 6 or 7 day tours and each day ends with a hot shower and a relaxing evening enjoying the fine Tasmanian cuisine.



Trek Australia 6 Day Taste of Tasmania. Visit Lake St. Claire, Cradle Mountain spectacular rainforests and waterfalls as you travel through Tasmania- Experience a "ghost tour " at historic Port Arthur.....and more
* Mount Field National Park
* Lake St Claire
* Montezuma Falls
* Heny Sand Dunes
* Quad Bike or Sand Boarding
* Cradle Mountain National Park
* Great Westerm Tiers
* Cataract Gorge
* Stacks Bluff and Legges Tor
* Freycinet National Park
* Mount Amos, Wineglass Bay
* Port Arthur Ghost Tour
* Isle of the Dead
* Remarkable Cave

There are literally hundreds of suggestions for your next holiday to Tasmania.
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Thursday, 9 July 2009

New Zealand and Australia Travel & Tourism Businesses for Sale

Going on holiday is one thing, but when you are on holiday most people have thought at some time "I wish I didn't have to go back to work next week".

Well we all know that it is only a few lucky people who can stay on holiday indefinately.
However saying that there is another option - and that is to change your life and take on a travel and tourism business.

Now this is not a ticket to sit on the beach every day, but it does mean for some to change what you do and live a in scenic place and meet interesting people everyday and perhaps take life a little easier.

There are people out there that get awork / life balance just right and we at Travelbeen believe that there are some travel and tourism businesses that could just do that for you.

We have teamed up with BizOptions and pulled together a select few travel and tourism businesses across New Zealand and Australia for sale which may help you dream a little.

Travel & Tourism - Bed & Breakfast and Alpine Lodge Business For Sale
Lake Coleridge Village, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Travel & Tourism - Motel Business For Sale
Ohakune Court Motel, Ohakune North Island New Zealand

Luxury Lodge Accommodation Business For Sale
Russell, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand

Backpackers Business for Sale
Stanthorope, Queensland Australia

Management Rights Business for Sale
Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast, Australia

Management Rights Accommodation Business For Sale
Palm Beach, Gold Coast, Australia
Albury, Australia