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Where does old farm equipment go to die? A small town in south-east South Australia for a famous header demolition derby.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, travel-and-tourism, regional, keith-5267
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There are expectations a new TAFE course on cultural tourism will get more Indigenous people in far-west New South Wales employed in the industry.
Topics: indigenous-culture, rural-tourism, rural-youth, education, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, work, travel-and-tourism, broken-hill-2880
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Amanda Palmer is an American musician and crowdfunding pioneer whose life is a series of artistic collaborations, risqué performances and digital outpourings. Fearlessly outspoken, she frequently finds herself at the centre of controversy.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, bands-and-artists, punk, rock, performance-art, street-art, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, world-politics, internet-culture, social-media, travel-and-tourism, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedA Kokoda Track tour operator has taken issue with claims that local porters are being treated poorly.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, tourism, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedTwo people are hospitalised with minor injuries and four others are assessed by paramedics after a passenger train hits an empty car in Bendigo in central Victoria.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, kangaroo-flat-3555, bendigo-3550, melbourne-3000
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A luxury cruise ship, which was towed back to Melbourne at the weekend after breaking down at sea, is repaired and leaves for New Zealand.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, melbourne-3000, new-zealand
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| UpdatedA Tasmanian farm has a new maze to entertain the kids, shaped into a crop of maize.
Topics: agricultural-crops, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, community-and-society, family-and-children, human-interest, offbeat, hagley-7292
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| UpdatedAlbury's Wagirra Trail project team is keen to increase the amount of Aboriginal language they use on the Yindyamarra Sculpture Walk.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, history, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, local-government, lifestyle-and-leisure, sculpture, environment, albury-2640
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The dining experience might be Italian, but an Adelaide restaurant hopes translating its menu into Chinese will entice more foreign tourists to dine there.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, adelaide-5000, sa, china
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| UpdatedSome passengers on a stranded luxury cruise ship that was towed back to Melbourne express their frustrations over disrupted travel plans, while others have taken the delay in their stride.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, melbourne-3000, new-zealand
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| UpdatedTourist hotspot Bruny Island will have a new ferry service by the middle of next year but the Tasmanian Government is short on detail.
Topics: states-and-territories, travel-and-tourism, dennes-point-7150
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| UpdatedA tropical low has delivered the second wettest day on record for the city of Karratha in WA's north.
Topics: floods, rainfall, weather, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, karratha-6714, broome-6725, exmouth-6707, onslow-6710, port-hedland-6721, roebourne-6718
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A multimillion-dollar luxury tourist resort on Kangaroo Island is granted planning approval by the South Australian Government, which is predicting the project will create about 400 jobs.
Topics: community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, urban-development-and-planning, rural-tourism, environmental-impact, states-and-territories, american-river-5221, kingscote-5223, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedPedal power can now help break the boredom for travellers waiting for flights at Brisbane's International Airport, while also keeping their mobile phones charged.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, sustainable-living, inventions, environment, brisbane-airport-4007, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThis outback rooster has an identity crisis. He bites like a kangaroo, wants pats like a kangaroo and even kicks like a kangaroo.
Topics: livestock, rural-tourism, rural, animals, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, human-interest, offbeat, ti-tree-0872, ali-curung-0872, alice-springs-0870
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Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, mobile-phones, internet-technology, rockhampton-4700
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Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, mobile-phones, internet-technology, rockhampton-4700
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A mobile phone travel app is opening up parts of regional Australia that are often bypassed by tourists.
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, mobile-phones, internet-technology, rockhampton-4700
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| UpdatedAn outback Queensland hotel is embracing the return of sheep to the region by building a shearing shed in the beer garden.
Topics: people, regional, community-and-society, work, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, livestock, sheep-production, human-interest, offbeat, eulo-4491
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| UpdatedAirbnb's popularity is exploding in Australia, and Sydney is its boomtown, but real estate agents say our love affair with the online homestay network is driving up rents.
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, housing-industry, housing, business-economics-and-finance, internet-technology, information-and-communication, sydney-2000, tamarama-2026, coogee-2034, bondi-2026, bondi-beach-2026
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Negotiations to secure a major international boxing match for Queensland are entering the final round, with authorities increasingly confident local fighter Jeff Horn will take on Filipino Manny Pacquiao at Lang Park in April.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, boxing, sport, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedQantas will offer a refund or change of destination to passengers affected by the United States' new temporary ban on immigration.
Topics: air-transport, world-politics, travel-and-tourism, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedQueensland's iconic Big Pineapple site is set to be redeveloped as its new owners look to attract different audiences.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, human-interest, offbeat, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, history, woombye-4559
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A six-week old sea lion pup is the second of its species to be born into captivity in an Australian zoo in the past five years.
Topics: animals, animals-and-nature, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, education, conservation, travel-and-tourism, coffs-harbour-2450