Japanese Visitors to Australia
I’ve mentioned before that the number of Japanese tourists to Australia has been falling. Number of Japanese Tourists Visiting Australia: 1997: 814,000 2009: 355,000 Last year there were less than half the number of visitors that were coming more than 10 years ago. Recently the Australian government launched another campaign to attract more Japanese tourists. [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Australia, News - Japan, News Articles, Travel, Travel - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »Australian Election
The new Australian prime minister just declared an election for August 21. She has only been prime minister for a couple of weeks. She became prime minister because of a coup in her party, so now she wants to seek a mandate from the Australian public and win a general election. It looks as though [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Australia, News - Japan, News Articles, Travel, Travel - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »Sausages
When a food is popular in a country there is usually a wide variety of that kind of food. For example, seafood is very popular in Japan and if you go to the supermarket, you can find a wide variety of seafood. In Australia, barbecues are a popular way of cooking and sausages are very [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Australia, News - Japan, News Articles, Travel, Travel - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »Australia’s First Female Prime Minister
Last week Australia got its first female prime minister. The previous prime minister, Kevin Rudd, had been very popular in Australia. Then he made some decisions, such as delaying an emissions trading scheme (designed to reduce climate change) and this disappointed many people. In recent polls the government had lost a lot of its support, [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Australia, News - Japan, News Articles, Travel, Travel - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »Sydney Opera House
A week ago I visited Sydney. As part of the Vivid Festival (which is held once a year in Sydney) the Opera House was lit up at night. It looks really beautiful with the different colors and patterns. Related Articles: Sydney Opera House There’s Nothing Like Australia Back in Australia Glenelg Please support my blog [...]
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