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What’s your favourite “tourist attraction”?

No Comments 19 April 2012

For this week’s Q&A our staff answered for us, what’s your favourite “tourist attraction”?

Sarah – Too Many Too choose – Cigar Plantation Cuba

Ornella – Machu Picchu

Ian – Grand Canyon

Craig – Great Barrier Reef

Adrian – Anzac Cove…the emotion is amazing even when empty!

Daniel – So many, so many. Sossusvlei in Nambia, Table Mountain in Capetown, Pyramids in Egypt, John Hancock Centre in Chicago, Petra in Jordan, where do I stop?

Rebecca – Sunshine Coast Beaches

David – Probably Times Square, NYC. I love New York City and the buzz of Times Square. So much to look at, such life and a great place to just stroll.

Brooke – Angkor Wat – or more specifically the Bayon Temple or La Sagrada Familia

Amelia – Singapore Zoo. What an amazing place!

Casey – My favourite is Disneyland! As soon as you walk in the gates, it’s like you become a child again.

Rob – The streets of New York…

Sue – The Opera House

What’s your favourite tourist attraction?

Tobacco Plantation Cuba

Machu Picchu

Grand Canyon

Great Barrier Reef

Anzac Cove

Sossusvlei

Shelley Beach, Sunshine Coast

Time Square

Bayon Temple

Singapore Zoo

Disneyland

Streets of New York

The Opera House

Rally

Scott Pedder – BOSCH Australian Rally Championship

No Comments 05 January 2012

Scott Pedder and Jonathan Mortimer of the Pedders Suspension Rally Team winning the 2010 QUIT Forest Rally

Today we interview Scott Pedder from BOSCH Australian Rally Championship, who also has a special offer for you!

SN: How did you get into Rally?

SP: I went to my first event at 2-weeks of age supporting my father who used to drive.

SN: What is your most memorable Rally experience?

SP: Probably my first national win in Adelaide in 2005.

SN: Have you ever raced?

SP: Yes – drove for Mitsubishi in the Australian Rally Championship between 2002 and 2006 and for Mitsubishi Japan in the 2008 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Also contested many national and international events as a privateer over a 15+ year career. Seen some great places and met some even greater people.

SN: BOSCH Australian Rally Championship and Sportsnet Holidays have a special offer happening at the moment, tell us about that?

SP: As a partner of 2012 Rally Calder, presented by East Coast Bullbars, BOSCH Australian Rally Championship and Sportsnet Holidays would like to offer you an opportunity to see this unique motorsport event at a discounted rate.

All you need to do is go to the Rally Calder section at www.foxtix.com.au and enter the following promotional code – SPORTSNET – to receive 10% off general admission tickets!
The offer is available until the 1st March.

For all the information on Rally Calder, presented by East Coast Bullbars, Melbourne’s Festival of Speed please go to www.rally.com.au

I hope to see everyone at Rally Calder from March 1st till the 4th!

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Travel Technology, travel

Don’t want to touch that hotel remote? The Ri Universal Remote has changed it all.

1 Comment 05 January 2012

We’ve all felt the hotel remote might be full of germs….now there’s an easy and cheap alternative. The Ri universal remote app and connector gives you another option.

Ri transforms your iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad to a truly universal remote. You don’t need to worry about adapters or batteries as Ri plugs straight into the headset jack. All you need to do then is select the model from the list supplied, that’s it!

Your device will then work as a remote for all your entertainment (TV, DVD, Home theater, Audio devices), work (Mac, Projector) and in some cases it can control lighting. The application currently supports over 233 most popular brands, over 74 different device types and over 875 devices with users also invited to let th creaters know what they’re missing.

If you are planning to use the application for a specific device, don’t forget to check their list of supported brands and devices before purchasing the connector. The app is free.

travel

Staff Travel Story – Sally Irons

No Comments 03 January 2012

Sportsnet’s Sally Irons tells us a little about Vietnam…

SN: What is your favourite place in the world that you’ve traveled to and why?

SI: Vietnam. I love the food, the simplicity of the culture, the organised chaos on the roads, the history and the fact people are so willing to share it with you. The hospitality, how complete strangers will invite you into their homes to share the very little they have with you, the smiling faces and gorgeous kids.

SN: What is your most vivid memory of Vietnam?

SI: Somehow I managed to arrive when the Rock Storm concert was taking place, a stadium jam packed with people watching and listening to Vietnam’s top rock acts. Even though I couldn’t understand a word that was being sung, it was amazing.

SN: What do you recommend is a MUST do for fellow travelers when visiting Vietnam?

SI: A personalised DMZ tour, you get the entire history of the Vietnam War and get to see old tanks used in the conflict, bomb shells, ruined buildings, the propaganda, and even walk part of the Ho Chi Minh trail.