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| 22 Mar 2008 | | Robbie Burns would be proud to know Eddi Reader. Not just because Scotlands beloved poet appreciated remarkable women, but Eddi appreciates Burns.
Then the Duhks fitted their fiercely fresh sound to the demands of young and old at the National Folk Festival, Canberra.
Before the audience really knew they had been Duhksed the place was rocking.
Old age and cunning - defeat youth and strength, not this time grandad! |
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| 14 Mar 2008 | | Perth based Caravanland has won Jayco's top dealer award for the 14th time. The dealership led by Paul Surtees is Jayco's 2007 Dealer of the Year.
Caravanning is the most affordable and best way to holiday and to see the country and everyone from the baby boomers to people in their twenties and thirties are buying caravans, he says.
We include pictures of GoSee experiences with Jayco in our Multi-view formate. Just hold your cursor over each image to see the big picture. |
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| 13 Mar 2008 | | Hobart is the 'Hello Sailor' city. Australian marine history ties up at its docks. The fleet includes the oldest working sailing vessel in Australia the May-Queen. Innovation is everywhere.
Roger La Salle threw an innovation grenade question among Hobart caravanning conference delegates which brought positive reaction among trade delegates later.
'Why do you build your Recreational Vehicles from such heavy materials? he asked. |
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| 7 Mar 2008 | | Noel Guthrie of the Trans-Tasman caravan Park chain Family Parks is the winner of the Eric Hayman Award for Excellence. He more than meets the awards demanding criteria.
His contribution includes leading Family Parks from 45 caravans parks to more than 200 in Australia and New Zealand.
On Guthrie's watch Family Parks in Australia and New Zealand is now a major force in providing popular touring services. |
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| 29 Feb 2008 | | A strong demand for good quality, but basic caravan park accommodation is on the grow throughout Australia and New Zealand.
More caravan park users than ever before are now interested in caravan parks which rate at between three and three and half stars in Australia.
On both sides of the Tasman the demand for good basic caravan park accommodation shows in a big response to Family Park's VIP Member Club. |
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| 25 Feb 2008 | | The Kenawley Club impressed the hell out of Nagambie Leisure Park General Manager, David McIvor when they rolled up this month with a practical approach to using their caravans more.
'The concept of the Kenawley Club travelling in regular short breaks of 2-3 days at a time and staying at different parks around Victoria once a month is ideal,' David McIvor told GoSee. |
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| 22 Feb 2008 | | GoSee TravelSmart prizes for members who signed up in February include eco-packaged 'folding bottles' of quality Western Australian wine.
The pluses for Recreational Vehicle owners, travellers and boaties are CheerPack does not shatter and no corkscrew needed. It reseals, pours well, is lightweight, easy to pack in RV's (on land and water) and it's better for the environment when it is time to bin it.
For your chance to win one of the six monthly prizes, sign up now, it's FREE and you enjoy the extra facilities this website has to offer! |
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| 5 Feb 2008 | | Compo is Boss Cocky at Beach Woods Eco Tourist Park. Beach Woods, Aldinga, South Australia is all about peace and quiet.
It is 46km from South Australia's capital Adelaide between the townships of Maslin Beach and the Historic Port Willunga in the Aldinga area.
So don't drive to Aldinga township to find it. |
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| 1 Feb 2008 | | Now visitors to GoSee web sites in Australia and New Zealand can GoDo on tours and attractions. Search for things you want to do, book, pay for it and GoDo it.
GoDo is Australia's leading real-time online booking service for activities Australia-wide.
With a huge range of more than 1600 activities from over 550 providers including tours, hot air balloon flights, motor racing, spa packages and wine and dine experiences.
GoSeeAustralia and GoSee New Zealand are Multi-view website so please hold your cursor over images to see the big picture |
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| 30 Jan 2008 | | For those of us that have pets, planning holidays and/or extended travel can be a problem.
So in response to overwhelming demand GoSeeAustralia has introduced a new category under Products and Services to help with alternative pet care while owners travel.
There are options for owners when they dont want to take their pet with them. We list a variety of services and look at summer pet care with the help of 4Legs Pet Food. |
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| 22 Jan 2008 | | Never mind mine is better than yours debates across brands. How much fuel does your vehicle really use?
We now have a quick-click fuel calculator behind the Good Stuff link on the GoSee Home Pages.
Give it a click to see how your Recreational Vehicle is really performing at the pump. It is GoSees response to claimed performances by various makes of vehicle.
Now GoSee site visitors have a reality check. For those with longer memories the Fuel Calculator also crunches the numbers into miles per gallon. |
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| 16 Jan 2008 | | It is a bumper month for GoSeeAustralia and GoSee New Zealand. On GSA site users viewed 2.203 million pages, up 51% on December. On GSNZ 136,233 pages were viewed up 36%. To thank our supporters GoSee adds prizes to the regular rewards available to our huge Australian, New Zealand and international audience.
All visitors to GoSeeAustralia can enter (see National Folk Festival feature) to win two season passes plus camping for the National Folk Festival 2008 in Canberra at Easter.
We also have two lots of TravelSmart Club member winners for December-January. Join now to be in the February draw. |
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| 10 Jan 2008 | | Throughout Australia and New Zealand Holiday Park cabins and children are a natural fit.
Caravan parks actually welcome children when the family goes camping.
That extends to something which is not found in many hotels, motels, B&B's or guesthouses. The camping culture, facilities and ambience suits kids. Good caravan parks offer facilities which are better than most children have at home or at school. |
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| 7 Jan 2008 | | A final dash across the Nullarbor in a pleasant 38 deg. Wind gusts to 100kph at Ceduna. Murphy's Haystacks are an Irish joke which led on to four nights in Port Lincoln and extended happy hours for the Around Oz team.
The Barossa is marked for a return visit. Mildura and Swan Hill made them welcome and Jo danced at the Star Hotel in Echuca. Albury, Canberra and back to happy Zak in Jindabyne. |
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| 7 Jan 2008 | | Like a pilgrimage The National Folk Festival from March 20 to 24 in Canberra is like a coming home through all forms of music.
That is five days and four nights of some of the best music and best company that you have ever experienced.
The competition for two seasons passes plus camping is now closed, but tickets can still be purchased On-line from the Festival Website. The closing date was Monday March 3 at Midnight. |
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| 12 Dec 2007 | | The Watts Family parks have done it (again) two years running in Victoria Tourism Awards with their Holiday Park in Coburg named best in the category of Tourist and Caravan Parks.
So why are the Watts Parks recurring leaders in quality Victorian Caravan parks.
We asked Lynn Oaten, Executive Officer Victorian Caravan Parks Association. |
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| 11 Dec 2007 | | We first saw the top of the range Holden Captiva Diesel at a New Zealand North Island dealership in Hamilton. The good pricing for what it offered drew us to it.
It replaces our V8 Statesman (RV). We are spoilt and wont go down market from Statesman comfort. Leather seating, sunroof, cruise and climate control are among essentials now.
But hi-tech up-to-date SUV AWD stuff and a fuel efficient diesel was high on the 'must-have' list too.
Part 2 in our series on towing and RV's |
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| 10 Dec 2007 | | The Around Australia caravan team Ross and Jo Whitty, plus friends, make no excuses for dropping off the GoSee map.
After Coral Bay WA they have just been too busy enjoying this great land.
Now they are in Port Lincoln, in the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia where great fishing is fact not fable. |
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| 7 Dec 2007 | | If something is a pleasure to use then it gets used often.
Both the Coromal Excel tandem E541 pop-top and the light Excel Compac E402 pop-top we tried fit that criteria.
Part 1 in a series on towing and Recreational Vehicles (RV's). |
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| 6 Dec 2007 | | If something is a pleasure to use then it gets used often.
Both the Cormal Excel tandem E541 pop-top and the light Excel Compac E402 pop-top we tried fit that criteria.
The easy living the two caravans provide is a major reason we made time to be kids again at KidsTown, Adventure Playground the awarded Outstanding Recreational Facility at Shepparton. |
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| 30 Nov 2007 | | With 100,000 Recreational Vehicles now built and sold Jayco is now the biggest manufacturer in the history of the Australian Recreational Vehicle industry.
Jayco's 100,000th caravan was a Destiny pop-top.
It was bought by retired Telstra designer Garry Wright and his wife Dianne, of the outer south western Sydney suburb of Narellan. |
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| 23 Nov 2007 | | Jayco Base Station takes equipment and accommodation into action areas.
The hybrid shoots for a niche in the Recreational Vehicle leisure market which is populated by extreme sport enthusiasts and those who take their leisure full-on.
And there is an Outback model for rougher terrain. |
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| 22 Nov 2007 | | The huge band of Recreational Vehicle owners on both sides of the Tasman aren't a bunch of laid back dreamers.
So we laid on a GoSee reality check. For the first time on a public website caravan towing weight checks used by professionals are available online in Australia and New Zealand to GoSee TravelSmart Club Members.
We are unaware of any public online facility in the world which offers this service. |
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| 8 Nov 2007 | | With interest in Recreational Vehicles and camping going gangbusters at caravanning shows across Australia Bendigo Racecourse will be a firm favourite from Friday November 23 to Sunday 25th with more of everything related to the outdoor lifestyle.
Show Organiser Peter Wright says - 'Caravanning and camping have become extremely popular holiday choices for Australian families and it is exciting to share the many aspects of our industry in Bendigo each year'. |
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