Archive for category: travel

What does Adelaide Have to Offer?

16 November, 2009 (05:49) | travel | By: squadron

Adelaide’s CBD covers and area of just one square mile. Wherever you are in the city, it is within the heart of Adelaide. Festivals, food, arts, culture, shopping and sports, this is Adelaide. Whether you want to party or relax on your next holiday, South Australia’s capital has it all. With vibrant inner-city districts, stunning [...]

Cairns Tourist Attractions

9 November, 2009 (21:15) | travel | By: squadron

Fun, sun and photographs of a happy Queensland vacation, these are perfect components for a holiday of a lifetime when you come to Cairns and the Tropical North.
Blessed with a holiday climate most of the year, featuring temperatures in the Summer months (October-April) of 29-33 degrees C, and Winter months (April-October) 25-29 degrees C, Cairns [...]

Norfolk Island

18 August, 2009 (02:33) | travel | By: squadron

A tiny jewel set in the blue seas of the South Pacific, Norfolk Island is just 8 km (5 mi) long, and 1,600 km (994 mi) northeast of Sydney, Australia.
It is the biggest of a cluster of three islands on the Norfolk Ridge, fringed by coral reefs and crowned by pristine rainforest and some of [...]

Aldabra Atoll

16 August, 2009 (01:13) | travel | By: squadron

Aldabra Atoll is part of the Aldabra Group, one of the archipelagos of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. The second largest atoll in the world after Kiritimati, Aldabra is the coraline tip of a volcanic sea mount, coming up from depths of 4,000 to 4,500m (13,120 to 14,760 ft). At 34 km (21 mi) [...]

The Lake Islands of Sweden

8 August, 2009 (04:08) | travel | By: squadron

Lake Malaren is one of the largest lakes in Sweden, located near the city of Stockholm. The lakes area is 1,140 square km and its greatest depth is 64 metres. Its numerous islands contain an incredibly rich heritage, a breathtakingly lush historical landscape with palaces, old churches, rune stones, forty castles, and two World Heritage [...]

Munich: Beer, Bavarians and Business

3 August, 2009 (05:04) | travel | By: squadron

Munich is full of popular beer gardens, magnificent public spaces and buildings with ornate stucco facades. Tradition and modernism rub shoulders in Munich as in no other German city.
The small town charm of many Munich districts stands in great contrast with the hectic pace of big city life on the Marienplatz or along the sidewalks [...]

Rhode Island USA

3 August, 2009 (01:38) | travel | By: squadron

Everyone knows that Rhode Island, actually the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is the smallest state in the USA. But not everyone knows that the state and island that gives it a colloquially abbreviated name are not one and the same.
Indeed, the Rhode Island part of the longest state name in America is [...]

The Island of Zitny Ostrov – Slovakia

26 July, 2009 (18:24) | travel | By: squadron

Ranging from Bratislava to Korman in southwestern Slovakia, Zitny Ostrov (Rye Island) is Europes biggest river island. It is so immense that most tourists are not aware of being on one. It lies between the Danube, and its slower running tributary the Little Danube, in the Danubian Plain.
Several rivers flow across it and the rich [...]

The City of Peace – Jerusalem

2 June, 2009 (03:09) | travel | By: IP EFTPOS

Jerusalem is one of the oldest continuously populated cities on earth. The Canaanite Phoenician city of peace, Urushalim, evolved into Jerusalem after it was invaded by King David around the year 1000 BCE.
trying to live in Jerusalem has always been a bit of a gamble. The ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Persians all cast greedy eyes [...]

Sales Training Book Review

3 May, 2009 (12:37) | travel | By: Brad the Banker

I’ve just finished reading Ross Macmahon’s sales training manual titled “40 Days to sales Excellence”.
Although not an easy read, because is is so crammed full of useful information, there are some excellent tactics examined for seasoned professionals as well as people new to the profession.
Topics include:
* Do The 2% challenge to double your results
* Become [...]