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title: Trams in Sydney

text: Road through Gladesville, where it eventually terminated at Fort Macquarie (present site of the Sydney Opera House). The entire trip took approximately 61 minutes to complete, and was the single longest route on the Sydney tram network, measuring 10 miles 61 chains (17.3 km) via Pyrmont. In 1914 a single tram line was added between Ryde Post Office (corner of Church Street and Parkes Street) and West Ryde railway station. The Sydney to Ryde service became very popular, particularly at weekends when Sydney residents would travel to the orchards of the Ryde District to buy produce. The tram service from

title: Wild Life Sydney

text: Sydney Attractions Group. Village Roadshow Limited purchased Sydney Attractions Group in late 2007. UK attractions group Merlin Entertainments bought Sydney Wildlife World as part of its acquisition of Village Roadshow assets in March 2011. The park changed its name to Wild Life Sydney Zoo (trademarked as Wild Life Sydney) and re-opened on 13 September 2011. The attraction won the Award for the best family-focused tourism at The Australian's 2007 Travel and Tourism Awards. Construction began in November 2004 on the site, and was completed in August 2006. Wild Life Sydney is unusual for a zoo or wildlife park in that

title: FCM Travel Solutions

text: FCTG's corporate division included seven different businesses, which in 2004 were consolidated to form FCM Travel Solutions. The reach of FCM's global network broadened significantly with the acquisition of major travel companies including Sydney Business Travel (Australia), Internet Travel Group (Australia), Garber Travel (USA), Bannockburn (USA), Britannic Travel (UK), American International Travel (Hong Kong), Liberty (USA), Friends Globe Travels (India), China Comfort (China), Air Services International (Singapore), Worldwide Aviation Services (Malaysia) and Business Travel Development B.V. (BTD) (Netherlands). Since 2004, FCM has continued to partner with local travel companies around the world to expand the company's network to 90 countries.

title: Travel survey

text: Auckland, New Zealand - A travel survey was conducted in 2006 and involved 6,000 households in the greater Auckland region. Brisbane, Australia - The South East Queensland Travel Survey collects travel data in the Greater Brisbane region and the neighbouring areas of Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. The continuous survey commenced in 2003 and surveys around 6,000 households every two years. Hobart, Australia - The Greater Hobart Household Travel Survey collects information from 200 households each month. London, United Kingdom - The London Travel Demand Survey covers 8,000 households annually. Data is collected via face to face interviews. Sydney, Australia

title: Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo by Any Means

text: with a convoy. Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo by Any Means Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means, also known by the working title By Any Means 2 is a 2009 adventure series by Charley Boorman and is a sequel to the 2008 BBC travel series and book "By Any Means" in which Boorman travels one from one place to another by any mode of transport. "By Any Means 2" follows Boorman's journey from Sydney, where the last series finished to Tokyo. On 22 March 2009, Charley announced on his Twitter page that a sequel,

text: Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo by Any Means Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means, also known by the working title By Any Means 2 is a 2009 adventure series by Charley Boorman and is a sequel to the 2008 BBC travel series and book "By Any Means" in which Boorman travels one from one place to another by any mode of transport. "By Any Means 2" follows Boorman's journey from Sydney, where the last series finished to Tokyo. On 22 March 2009, Charley announced on his Twitter page that a sequel, tentatively named By

title: Travel to work area

text: data for the 56 Travel to Work Areas-based around Primary Urban Areas in England. Travel to Work Areas in Scotland and Wales and those covering only rural areas are not included. To increase the range of statistics available the "State of the Cities" also publishes data for Travel to Work Areas approximated to local authority boundaries. These areas can differ considerably from the more accurate ward-based areas. Travel to work area A Travel to Work Area or TTWA is a statistical tool used by UK Government agencies and local authorities, especially by the Department for Work and Pensions and Jobcentres,

title: Sydney FC

text: Sydney FC is known as "The Cove", and are located at the Paddington (northern) end of Allianz Stadium in bays 22– 26. The name came from the original name given to the colonial settlement of Sydney— Sydney Cove. Cove members attend every home match and also travel as a group around the country to support the team at away matches. As a vocal group, The Cove demonstrates its support by singing football chants, wearing club colours, standing up, waving flags and holding banners. On 7 July 2006, Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes recorded a club song entitled 'Sydney FC For

title: Permit to travel

text: train operating companies, a distinction is made between ticket inspectors and "Revenue Protection Inspectors" or "Authorised Penalty Fare Officers". Only the latter have the authority to issue penalty fares where a ticket or permit is not held. A similar ticket is known in Germany as Fahrkarte Anfangsstrecke. It can be acquired at older Deutsche Bahn ticket machines and is priced at €15.00. Permit to travel In the ticketing system of the British rail network, a Permit to Travel provisionally allows passengers to travel on a train when they have not purchased a ticket in advance and the ticket office of

title: Travel

text: was known as the Grand Tour, it included cities such as London, Paris, Venice, Florence and Rome. However, The French revolution brought with it the end of the Grand Tour. Travel by water often provided more comfort and speed than land-travel, at least until the advent of a network of railways in the 19th century. Travel for the purpose of tourism is reported to have started around this time when people began to travel for fun as travel was no longer a hard and challenging task. This was capitalised on by people like Thomas Cook selling tourism packages where trains

title: Interstellar travel

text: firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water. The discovery sets a new record for greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around a single star outside our solar system. All of these seven planets could have liquid water – the key to life as we know it – under the right atmospheric conditions, but the chances are highest with the three in the habitable zone. Interstellar travel Interstellar travel is the term used for crewed or uncrewed travel between stars or planetary systems. Interstellar travel

title: Sydney Carline

text: then travelled to Ramleh where they were based with No. 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps. From there they moved to Jerusalem and began to travel around the region, often visiting historical and archaeological sites, alongside their military duties. Near Aleppo they sketched the results of the RAF bombing raids on the Turkish airbase at Rayak. At Wadi Fara Sydney made a set of studies which eventually became the painting "The Destruction of the Turkish Transport in the Gorge of the Wadi Fara, Palestine", which depicted an RAF attack on a Turkish column in a steep gorge. After some

title: Travel survey

text: - The continuous Household Travel Survey collects travel data annually for approximately 3,500 households in the Sydney Greater Metropolitan Region. Washington, United States - The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments conducted a 10,000 household survey in 2007. Southern Ontario, the Transportation Tomorrow Survey was conducted in 2005-6 (two phases: September 2005 -> January 2006 and September 2006 -> February 2007). This is a repeat survey using essentially the same instrument as conducted in 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and most recently 2006 where 149,631 households comprise the final database. The survey was conducted using telephone interviews with an advance letter sent

title: MSN Travel

text: a price believed to be around $75 million to 115 million. Microsoft officially integrated it as part of its Live Search group of tools in May 2008. On June 3, 2009, Microsoft officially rebranded "Live Search Farecast" as "Bing Travel" as part of its efforts to create a new search identity. In January 2014, the airfare prediction feature was removed "to focus resources on areas where we feel there are the greatest opportunities to serve travel needs". As of May 2015, Microsoft has rebranded Bing Travel to MSN Travel. The link now redirects to the MSN Travel website. In August

title: Permit to travel

text: until a few stops after boarding. Permits to travel are in any case valid for only two hours from the time shown on them. If holders of a "permit to travel" are asked to present their ticket by an inspector, they will be asked where they are travelling to and issued with the appropriate ticket and will be charged the difference between the balance already paid, as stated on the permit and the full cost of the ticket for their journey. If they have already paid the full price of the ticket, it will be exchanged for the permit and

title: Travel Insurance Direct

text: Travel Insurance Direct Travel Insurance Direct (TID) is an Australian travel insurance company headquartered in Sydney, Australia for Australian and New Zealand residents travelling domestically or internationally. Its policies are arranged and managed by Cerberus and underwritten by certain underwriters at Lloyd's of London. TID was established in 2005 and is a part of the World Nomads Group, a network of companies including World Nomads that supply and service customers with travel services. TID runs all its operations from the World Nomads Group office, located in Sydney. In 2015, World Nomads Group was acquired by private health insurer nib for

title: The Vice Guide to Travel

text: such as the "Vice Guide to Travel" (2006) were made accessible for free on VBS.tv, and the docu-series "The Vice Guide to Liberia" by Andy Capper won a Webby Award, helping foster a future partnership with CNN. The episodes are currently available at VICE.com, where VBS.tv was later merged. Hosts and recurring characters have included Shane Smith, Trace Crutchfield, actor David Cross, Derrick Beckles, editor Gavin McInnes, artist David Choe, and Johnny Knoxville of "Jackass". The following are the episodes of "The Vice Guide to Travel". The Vice Guide to Travel The Vice Guide to Travel is a travel show-style

title: 30 Days in Sydney

text: 30 Days in Sydney 30 Days in Sydney is a book written by Australian novelist Peter Carey. It was published in 2001 and is subtitled ""A Wildly Distorted Account"". Superficially a piece of travel writing, "30 Days in Sydney" is perhaps more of a view into the psyche of Carey, an Australian returning home after a seventeen-year absence, his motley crew of friends, and Sydneysiders in general. The book takes the form of an impressionistic, possibly somewhat fictionalised, account of Carey's brief stay, and of his attempts to gather his required material. During his time in Sydney, around the 2000

title: Travel Insurance Direct

text: bus wrap which featured in their 2014 ‘Just a TID’ advertising campaign. TID is often used by Australian publishers including News.com.au, Sydney Morning Herald Traveller and The Australian as a resource for travel related reporting. TID's travel safety experts have also appeared on Australian TV programs, The Today Show and 7 News Sydney. In 2014, TID partnered with creative agency AJF Partnership Sydney to introduce a new advertising campaign that aimed to make the brand more memorable through using the acronym ‘TID’. Using the slogan ‘For when things go just a TID wrong’, the campaign highlighted TID's role when people

title: Kuoni Travel

text: Kuoni Travel Kuoni Travel is a tourism company, operating various services including Charter and scheduled passenger airlines, package holidays, cruise lines, and hotels in destinations around the world across nine different geographic regions. The company specialises in luxury and tailor-made travel for both business and consumer markets, as well as related services such as visa processing. In 2013, the Kuoni Group was named “World’s Leading Luxury Tour Operator” at the annual World Travel Awards. Kuoni was founded in 1906 by the entrepreneur Alfred Kuoni in Zurich, Switzerland, where the firm has continued to be based. Over time, Kuoni grew to

title: Permit to travel

text: Permit to travel In the ticketing system of the British rail network, a Permit to Travel provisionally allows passengers to travel on a train when they have not purchased a ticket in advance and the ticket office of the station they are travelling from is closed, without incurring a penalty fare. Some rail passengers may travel without having their tickets checked at any point of their journey—particularly at off-peak times when stations are more likely to be unmanned—the obligation to possess a Permit to Travel allows the collection of at least some revenue from passengers who would otherwise travel for

title: Chinese immigration to Sydney

text: Shan village as Dr Sun, and until his death in 1999, Dalton Gokbo (Bo) Liu liked to stress the close connection by telling the tale of visiting Sun's home with his father William (Uncle Billy) Liu in 1921 when he was secretary of the Sydney branch of the Kuomintang. In 1919 a re-formed Kuomintang was setting up branches around the world, and in 1920 a convention with delegates from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific met in Sydney. There was wide coverage in the English language press in Sydney, and a fine welcoming reception aboard the SS "Victoria", of the

title: Travel to work area

text: Travel to work area A Travel to Work Area or TTWA is a statistical tool used by UK Government agencies and local authorities, especially by the Department for Work and Pensions and Jobcentres, to indicate an area where the population would generally commute to a larger town, city or conurbation for the purposes of employment. As a measure based on urban areas and their commuter hinterland they are a form of Metropolitan Area, though as methods of calculation differ they cannot directly be compared with other specific measurements such as Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States. TTWAs have no

title: Travel to work area

text: legal status. However, they give planners and geographers an alternate view of urban life as their boundaries are tied not to arbitrary administrative limits but socio-economic ties. Having an idea of where people commute from for work is particularly useful for public transport planning. Travel to Work Areas are defined by the Office for National Statistics using census data for commuting between wards, based on the different locations of individuals' home and work addresses. A Travel to Work Area is a collection of wards for which "of the resident economically active population, at least 75% actually work in the area,

title: Live from Sydney to Vegas

text: Live from Sydney to Vegas Live from Sydney to Vegas is the second official DVD from The Black Eyed Peas. It includes two concerts from their Monkey Business Tour, bonus features and innovative technology enabling the viewer to switch back and forth between Sydney and Las Vegas. Directed by Nick Wickham and filmed at the Sydney SuperDome on October 3, 2005 and Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's The Joint. When one is watching "Dum Diddly", "Don't Lie", "Where Is the Love?" or "Don't Phunk with My Heart" on the Sydney concert, pressing 'enter' (or 'angle') will take the viewer to

title: Central railway station, Sydney

text: the coastal shipping network declined. Train travel was more reliable, the train timetable was not reliant on good weather conditions and the loading and unloading of freight was less hazardous. Little trace remains of a once extensive coastal shipping network. Rather than Sydney Harbour, the Sydney Terminal became the main point of entry or departure for travellers to and from country NSW and for the movement of goods. The construction of a city rail loop was proposed around the turn of the century and provision left adjacent to the main terminal building. Construction did not to occur until the mid

title: Questions of Travel

text: Questions of Travel Questions of Travel is a 2012 novel by Australian author Michelle de Kretser. It won the 2013 Miles Franklin Award and the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction. The novel concerns two main characters: Laura—an Australian woman who travels the world before returning to Sydney to work for a publisher of travel guides—and Ravi—an IT professional from Sri Lanka who flees his country after a major trauma. The novel "illuminates travel, work and modern dreams in this brilliant evocation of the way we live now." Owen Richardson, in his review of the novel in "The Monthly"

title: Chinese immigration to Sydney

text: the Chinese Seamen's Union was formed in Sydney, with close links to the Australian Seamen's Union and the Chinese Youth League. As well as working for better conditions for seamen, all of these organisations were involved in concealing deserters, falsifying papers and finding unobtrusive jobs. By 1943 reluctant shippers were required to pay Chinese seamen the basic wage plus wartime bonuses. At the same time, labour shortages in Sydney encouraged others not to go to sea at all and it was officially estimated that around 500 seamen were illegally on shore. Some were gaoled and deported, but more were skilfully

title: Johnny Ward (travel blogger)

text: period. He returned to Ireland and took part in a medical research experiment to earn more money to travel. He then travelled to Thailand where he taught English for a year before moving to Sydney, where he worked as a telephone sales representative. Dissatisfied with office work, Ward left his job and sought to make a living from travelling full time. In 2010, Ward started a blog named "OneStep4Ward" to document his travels. By 2012, he had expanded this to a media company, earning money through ad revenue to fund his trips. By the end of that year, he was

title: Travel Insurance Direct

text: have the need for travel insurance. The campaign featured a range of digital advertising, and outdoor media, including a bus wrap that highlighted how precarious it can be to catch public transport in foreign countries. The campaign media was bought and placed by media agency, Hyland Media. Travel Insurance Direct Travel Insurance Direct (TID) is an Australian travel insurance company headquartered in Sydney, Australia for Australian and New Zealand residents travelling domestically or internationally. Its policies are arranged and managed by Cerberus and underwritten by certain underwriters at Lloyd's of London. TID was established in 2005 and is a part

title: Sydney

text: median weekly income for the same period was $719 for individuals, $1,988 for families, and $1,750 for household. Unemployment in the City of Sydney averaged 4.6% for the decade to 2013, much lower than the current rate of unemployment in Western Sydney of 7.3%. Western Sydney continues to struggle to create jobs to meet its population growth despite the development of commercial centres like Parramatta. Each day about 200,000 commuters travel from Western Sydney to the CBD and suburbs in the east and north of the city. Home ownership in Sydney was less common than renting prior to the Second

title: 2012 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

text: Derwent, to cross the finish line in Hobart, Tasmania. Line honors were claimed by Wild Oats XI, who broke their own race record, to finish in 1 day, 18 hours 23 minutes and 12 seconds. They defeated their nearest challenger, Ragamuffin Loyal, by around 5 hours 2012 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race The 2012 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, sponsored by Rolex, was the 68th annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. As in past editions of the race, it was hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales.

title: Time travel in fiction

text: Sydney, Australia, is to the squalor of 1873; and Helen Cresswell's "Moondial", where three times periods are involved (1988, also televised). A "distinct subgenre" of stories explore the possibility that time travel might be used as a means of tourism, with travelers curious to visit periods or events such as the Victorian Era, Crucifixion of Christ, or some point where dinosaurs could be watched (or hunted by big game hunters), or to meet historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln or Ludwig van Beethoven. This theme can be addressed from two directions. An early example of present-day tourists travelling back to

title: Race Around the World

text: film-making, before deciding on an itinerary for their journey around the world. They were then given a digital video camera, and sent to their first destination. Over the next 100 days, the racers were required to devise, arrange and film a series of ten four-minute documentary films, as well as a stand-by documentary and five "postcards". This gave them ten days to travel to their next destination, film the video, and send it back to the ABC in Sydney with detailed editing instructions. The series was broadcast as a weekly half-hour program, with four films shown per episode. Each film

title: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

text: described hereafter are fictional and cannot hurt you." He repeats the Hogwarts motto: "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus", Latin for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon". "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" contains the history of magizoology and describes 85 magical species found around the world. Scamander says that he collected most of the information found in the book through observations made over years of travel across five continents. He notes that the first edition was commissioned in 1918 by Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books. However, it was not published until 1927. It is now in its fifty-second edition. In the

title: Permit to travel

text: The passenger is supposed to insert coins as near to the value of the fare as possible (if they know the fare and have enough coins), and some machines have a list of common local single and return fares. "Permits to travel" bear the warning that they are not fare tickets and must be exchanged for one at the first opportunity. The record of the station of issue means that passengers who travel using it cannot claim that they just boarded the train (allowing them to travel on a cheaper fare) if they are not reached by a ticket inspector

title: Target Travel

text: from a Target Travel 39 service on Torr Lane in Hartley. The driver of the car involved, a Ford B-Max, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for careless and dangerous driving. Target Travel Target Travel is a bus operator and coach hire company serving South West Devon. Target Travel started as a coach and minibus hire company, before moving on to running commuter routes in and around the Plymouth area. Target ran a number of commuter routes in and around Plymouth, often covering the neighbourhoods and small villages that Stagecoach South West and Plymouth Citybus didn't, meaning the majority

title: Sydney

text: and Perth. There can be up to 350,000 cars using Sydney's roads simultaneously during peak hour, leading to significant traffic congestion. 84.9% of Sydney households own a motor vehicle and 46.5% own two or more. Car dependency is high in Sydney–of people that travel to work, 58.4% use a car, 9.1% catch a train, 5.2% take a bus, and 4.1% walk. In contrast, only 25.2% of working residents in the City of Sydney use a car, whilst 15.8% take a train, 13.3% use a bus, and 25.3% walk. With a rate of 26.3%, Sydney has the highest utilisation of public

title: Questions of Travel

text: described it as "...a big, ambitious novel of Sydney and the world, globalisation and divided identities. It is everywhere full of intelligence and a vivid sense of individual lives." The novel's title, "Questions of Travel", is a homage to a poem of the same name by Elizabeth Bishop. The novel carried the following dedication: It also contained the following epigraphs: Questions of Travel Questions of Travel is a 2012 novel by Australian author Michelle de Kretser. It won the 2013 Miles Franklin Award and the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction. The novel concerns two main characters: Laura—an Australian

title: Liberty Travel

text: more similar storefronts as large as 8,000 square feet around the United States in the next 5 years. In 2013, they partnered with USA Today on the publication’s yearly 10Best award in travel. In 2016, Dean Smith, the president of Liberty Travel's parent company, Flight Centre, declared "brick and mortar travel agents are still important". In February 2018, Liberty Travel launched new “Home-Based” Travel Agent Brand to give travel consultants more control over their business. Liberty Travel Liberty Travel is a retail travel and cruise company headquartered at 5 Paragon Drive in Montvale, New Jersey, United States. In 2016, Liberty

title: Sydney Explorer

text: reintroduced in late 2012 for both routes. When Ensignbus sold the City Sightseeing business in 2011, it retained ownership of the Sydney operation. In 2016, Sydney Explorer relinquished its City Sightseeing franchise and became a Big Bus Tours affiliate. A casualty of the takeover by City Sightseeing was the one-day pass on the Sydney Explorer which was no longer valid. This used to allow travellers unlimited use on the Sydney and Bondi Explorer buses, it also allowed free travel on regular Sydney Buses services. Today the Explorer has a 24- or 48-hour 'hop-on, hop-off' ticket valid on both Sydney and

title: 1947 Sydney hailstorm

text: is the equivalent of around A$45 million in modern figures. The supercell dropped hailstones larger than in diameter, with the most significant damage occurring in the central business district and eastern suburbs of Sydney. The event caused around 1000 injuries, with between 200 and 350 people requiring hospitalisation or other medical attention, predominantly caused by broken glass shards. The majority of severe injuries reported were suffered by people on Sydney's beaches, where many were without shelter. The size of the hailstones were the largest seen in Sydney for 52 years, until the 1999 Sydney hailstorm caused A$1.7 billion in insured

title: The Hayseeds Come to Sydney

text: a brawl. Dad then gets a letter from Tom announcing that old Spotty the cow has got a calf and that Mum's eggs are hatching. This makes them get homesick and they go home. After "Our Friends, the Hayseeds", Smith was able to pre-sell this sequel to forty Sydney theatres by the end of that month. This was the first film made by stage actor Fred MacDonald who played Dave Rudd on stage and in several films, notably for Ken G. Hall. The part of Jim Hayseed was similar to Dave Rudd. The movie was filmed in and around Sydney

title: Travel Counsellors

text: Travel Counsellors Travel Counsellors Ltd. is an independent travel company headquartered in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1994 by travel entrepreneur David Speakman and operates in 7 countries around the world. The company specialises in bespoke holidays and business travel, and has over 1,600 travel agents globally, running their own home-based franchise, in the United Kingdom, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Australia and the UAE. Travel Counsellors is an independent home-based travel company with turnover at the end of its last financial year (Oct 31 2015) of £166 million – up 22% year on year. Travel Counsellors has

title: The Travel Corporation

text: The Travel Corporation The Travel Corporation (TTC), is a multinational group of travel and leisure companies, operating in over 70 countries and with 40 offices around the world. It employs more than 10,000 staff, and serves 1.9 million guests annually. It comprises 29 travel brands, which are independently managed and comprise tour operations, hotels and river cruise ships. The group operates a non-profit affiliate, the TreadRight Foundation, to oversee projects supporting sustainable tourism in various locations around the world. The Travel Corporation's motor-coach escorted touring divisions include AAT Kings (with its sub-brands Aussie Adventure and Inspiring Journeys), Brendan Vacations, Busabout,

title: The Travel Show (TV programme)

text: correspondents appear. The Travel Show (TV programme) The Travel Show is a BBC travel programme. The new programme launched in February 2014, and is the immediate successor of long standing travel programme, "Fast Track". Using a network of correspondents in London, Tokyo, Sydney, New York and Kuala Lumpur, the programme aims to provide unique insight into the world of travel. It first aired in the UK in late February, after Winter Olympics coverage, in a Friday morning slot on BBC Two. A Sunday evening slot was also added on the BBC News channel in April 2014 and BBC iPlayer. Occasionally

title: The Travel Show (TV programme)

text: The Travel Show (TV programme) The Travel Show is a BBC travel programme. The new programme launched in February 2014, and is the immediate successor of long standing travel programme, "Fast Track". Using a network of correspondents in London, Tokyo, Sydney, New York and Kuala Lumpur, the programme aims to provide unique insight into the world of travel. It first aired in the UK in late February, after Winter Olympics coverage, in a Friday morning slot on BBC Two. A Sunday evening slot was also added on the BBC News channel in April 2014 and BBC iPlayer. Occasionally other BBC

title: Travel Bug

text: Jeeps were simply numbered, and the 2005 white Jeeps were given first names. 2006 Jeeps were named after different peaks in the United States, and 2007 Jeeps were named after different rivers in the United States. In late 2006, to promote diabetes awareness and to gather support for a United Nations resolution, the International Diabetes Federation disseminated "Unite for Diabetes" travel bugs to be released by volunteers around the world. Unlike the Jeep travel bugs, each Unite for Diabetes travel bug has a specific mission. Every individual bug is assigned to one of 20,000 target cities around the world (for

title: Target Travel

text: Target Travel Target Travel is a bus operator and coach hire company serving South West Devon. Target Travel started as a coach and minibus hire company, before moving on to running commuter routes in and around the Plymouth area. Target ran a number of commuter routes in and around Plymouth, often covering the neighbourhoods and small villages that Stagecoach South West and Plymouth Citybus didn't, meaning the majority of their customers were elderly or disabled people using bus passes who wouldn't be able to walk to the nearest road served by one of the other companies. It is because of

title: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act

text: the "American tourists will bring democracy" thesis?" Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act is the name of three bills introduced into the United States Congress which would allow U.S. citizens to engage in unrestricted travel to Cuba for the first time since 1963. The first bill, H.R. 5022, was introduced into the 107th Congress House of Representatives in June 2002 by Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz) with 37 cosponsors. The second bill, H.R. 874 / S. 428, was introduced into the 111th Congress House of Representatives in February 2009 by Rep. William Delahunt (D-Mass) with

title: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act

text: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act is the name of three bills introduced into the United States Congress which would allow U.S. citizens to engage in unrestricted travel to Cuba for the first time since 1963. The first bill, H.R. 5022, was introduced into the 107th Congress House of Representatives in June 2002 by Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz) with 37 cosponsors. The second bill, H.R. 874 / S. 428, was introduced into the 111th Congress House of Representatives in February 2009 by Rep. William Delahunt (D-Mass) with 179 co-sponsors, including Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn), Sam

title: Helloworld Travel

text: 9 per cent in 2014 and 2 per cent in 2015 due to franchisee's being unhappy with the decision. Helloworld Travel has more than 2,000 travel agents in its retail network around Australia and New Zealand. As at June 30, 2018, the retail network had 2,223 members in Australia and New Zealand. Helloworld Travel uses a franchise model, whereby franchisees are running their own small to medium business looking after their own business leasing, staffing, community marketing and brand marketing. In Australia, the Helloworld Travel network consists of fully branded franchise outlets, Associates, Helloworld Business Travel, Magellan Travel, MTA and

title: Travel plan

text: governmental policies that support active travel. A framework travel plan may be used for speculative development such as a business park where the occupiers of buildings are not known or where there will be multiple occupiers (such as a shared office block). There are many examples of successful travel plans for tertiary campuses. Successful tertiary travel plans are usually prepared with the assistance of the local public transport agency. As well as the initiatives listed for school or workplace travel plans, tertiary travel plans can include a U-pass system for student travel on public transport. The development of travel plans

title: Chinese immigration to Sydney

text: and Chinese not born in China were added, 3,680 Chinese were recorded as living in Sydney. This process of concentration continued in the early twentieth century, as Chinese from other parts of the continent, including Melbourne, gravitated to Sydney. The Chinese community was firmly embedded in the landscape of the city and in surrounding suburbs where market gardens thrived. Chinese signs announced businesses in the Chinese sections of town. Chinese gardeners from Go Yui built a temple at Alexandria, then and now run by the Yui Ming Hung Fook Tong. The Sze Yup people did the same at Glebe Point.

title: Travel Counsellors

text: announced a record month of sales for January, with the value of its holiday bookings topping £48 million for the first time ever. In October 2014 Steve Byrne led a management buyout of the company, backed by Equistone Partners Europe. In 2015 the company announced it was moving headquarters from Bolton to Manchester. Travel Counsellors Travel Counsellors Ltd. is an independent travel company headquartered in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1994 by travel entrepreneur David Speakman and operates in 7 countries around the world. The company specialises in bespoke holidays and business travel, and has over 1,600 travel agents

title: Sydney Blu

text: Sydney Blu Sydney Blu (born Joanne Judith-Mary Hill; November 22, 1977) is a Canadian DJ, producer, and record label owner. Blu is known for large, live event performances at major venues and dance music festivals around the world and releases on multiple labels, including her own Blu Music. Her singles, "Give It Up For Me" and "Senses and the Mind" broke beatport.com sales records, and launched her label "Blu Music" with her single "Instinct". Blu's career began in her native Canada, where she became a well-known member of the electronic dance music community with shows around the country. She moved

title: Sydney Bristow

text: headed for Mount Subasio. She and Vaughn travel there and Sydney descends into the cave. There she encounters Sloane again, with the amulet she recovered earlier. Sloane fires several rounds into the floor of the cave at Sydney's feet, causing the floor to give way. Vaughn rescues Sydney and performs CPR on her. The team next tracks Sloane to Mongolia and the tomb of Milo Rambaldi. There Sydney encounters Sloane yet again as he implements his endgame by placing the Horizon on an altar, thus creating a red, hovering ball-shaped fluid similar to that created by the Mueller device. Sydney

title: Sydney Sixers

text: its structure with that of India and South Africa, where their domestic teams are based around cities. This was an important factor for the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 tournament, where those three nations were founding members. It was decided that there would be two teams from Sydney, two teams from Melbourne, and one from each other capital city for an eight team competition. The names Sixers (and Thunder for cross-city rivals) were decided upon by Cricket NSW. Other names considered for the two teams were Rocks and Edge. The Sydney Sixers were chosen to host the first game of the

title: Permit to travel

text: free. Most train operating companies (TOCs) have altered their penalty fare policies and have removed many "permit to travel" machines. PERTIS machines at larger stations have also in recent years given way to more sophisticated self-service ticket machines. The system, known officially as PERTIS (Permit to Travel Issuing System ), was first introduced by Network SouthEast in November 1988 on the LTS route between London Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness. The machines, which closely resemble those found in pay and display car parks, were manufactured by Almex Control Systems. Machines were given the designation AS-9 (wall-mounted) or AS-88 (mounted on a

title: Travel website

text: college student audience and list exclusive airfare deals and travel products. Significant sites in this area include StudentUniverse and STA Travel. A social travel website is a type of travel website that will look at where the user is going and pair them with other places they want to go based on where other people have gone. Couchsurfing is a type of travel that allows travelers to stay at a local's home during trips. Finding hosts and visitors happens online, either through the CouchSurfing website or app. Hosts are not allowed to charge couchsurfers for lodging, providing travelers with a

title: Travel Go

text: Travel Go Go — The International Travel Game, later Travel Go, is a family board game, based on international travel, which was manufactured by Waddingtons Ltd from 1961 onwards. The objective of the game is to travel the world by air, sea, rail and road, collect a pre-determined number of souvenirs from each city visited, and to return to the starting point (London). The board is in two parts, and each player has a counter on each part. The outer edge is where the player moves when in a city, and is where money can be changed and tickets purchased.

title: Travel

text: else, religious pilgrimages and mission trips, business travel, trade, commuting, and other reasons, such as to obtain health care or waging or fleeing war or for the enjoyment of traveling. Travellers may use human-powered transport such as walking or bicycling; or vehicles, such as public transport, automobiles, trains and airplanes. Motives for travel include: Travel dates back to antiquity where wealthy Greeks and Romans would travel for leisure to their summer homes and villas in cities such as Pompeii and Baiae. While early travel tended to be slower, more dangerous, and more dominated by trade and migration, cultural and technological

title: Intergalactic travel

text: light, but the space around it would). This could in theory allow practical intergalactic travel. There is no known way to create the space-distorting wave this concept needs to work, but the metrics of the equations comply with relativity and the limit of light speed. Intergalactic travel Intergalactic travel is the term used for hypothetical manned or unmanned travel between galaxies. Due to the enormous distances between our own galaxy the Milky Way and even its closest neighbors<wbr>—<wbr>hundreds of thousands to millions of light-years<wbr>—<wbr>any such venture would be far more technologically demanding than even interstellar travel. Intergalactic distances are roughly

title: Whale watching in Sydney

text: Whale watching in Sydney Whale watching is a popular pastime in Sydney in the winter and spring. There are a number of different migration and whale seasons. The humpback whale migration passing Sydney takes place between April and December each year. The season is split into two distinct sections depending on the direction of travel of the majority of whales at that time. The migrating population is named the Group 5 Southern Hemisphere humpback whale population or the Australian East coast humpbacks. As distinct from other humpback migration populations that travel along the West Australian and South African coasts. The

title: Travel agency

text: Travel agency A travel agency is a private retailer or public service that provides travel and tourism related services to the public on behalf of suppliers such as activities, airlines, car rentals, cruise lines, hotels, railways, travel insurance, and package tours. In addition to dealing with ordinary tourists, most travel agencies have a separate department devoted to making travel arrangements for business travelers; some travel agencies specialize in commercial and business travel only. There are also travel agencies that serve as general sales agents for foreign travel companies, allowing them to have offices in countries other than where their headquarters

title: It's Better to Travel

text: It's Better to Travel It's Better to Travel is the debut album by the British pop band Swing Out Sister, released in 1987 on Mercury Records. Upon its release, the album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. This was Swing Out Sister's debut album and contained the hit single "Breakout", which reached number 4 on the UK pop chart in November 1986 and number 6 on the US pop chart in November 1987. Subsequent singles released from "It's Better to Travel" include "Surrender", "Twilight World" and "Fooled by a Smile". The original vinyl and cassette release comprised the

title: The Vice Guide to Travel

text: The Vice Guide to Travel The Vice Guide to Travel is a travel show-style documentary show released in 2006 by Vice Media, as part of the VBS.tv online television division of Vice. The show follows Vice employees as they travel to dangerous, weird, and offbeat locations throughout the globe. In 2006 VICE released the DVD “The Vice Guide to Travel,” which was funded by MTV and inspired by the long-running series of "Vice Guides" in the magazine. VICE reporters and camera teams visited locations such as the slums of Rio, Congo, and Paraguay. Spike Jonze helped edit the pieces. Videos

title: Association of British Travel Agents

text: Association of British Travel Agents ABTA is a UK travel trade association for tour operators and travel agents. Previously known as Association of British Travel Agents, its name was changed on 1 July 2007 to ABTA, The Travel Association to reflect its wider representation of the travel industry. On 1 July 2008 it merged with the Federation of Tour Operators (FTO). It was founded in 1950 by 22 leading travel companies. ABTA has been around for over 65 years and is the UK’s largest travel association, representing travel agents and tour operators that sell around £32 billion of holidays and

title: Sydney to Me

text: Sydney to Me "Sydney to Me" is a song performed by Australian duo Jess & Matt, released on 25 January 2017 to coincide with their performance at the Australia Day concert. The song was commissioned by Destination NSW as their new campaign tune. "Sydney to Me" is the lead and only single from the duo's extended play, "Belmont Street". Matt Price told the Daily Telegraph “We got this amazing opportunity, we were invited to collaborate on the song, its our home town so it is an honour to put our feeling about Sydney in to a song” with Jess Dunbar

title: Travel

text: and hotels were booked together. Airships and airplanes took over much of the role of long-distance surface travel in the 20th century, notably after the second World War where there was a surplus of both aircraft and pilots. Travel may be local, regional, national (domestic) or international. In some countries, non-local internal travel may require an internal passport, while international travel typically requires a passport and visa. A trip may also be part of a round-trip, which is a particular type of travel whereby a person moves from one location to another and returns. Authorities emphasize the importance of taking

title: Sydney to Me

text: Asian guests from both domestic and international markets – as evident in the turnout last night. Their bilingual performance of Sydney To Me was definitely a highlight of the evening,” In a review of the EP, David from auspOp said “"Sydney to Me" is a nice ode to a city they love... It’s a great sentiment for a great city.” Andrew P Street from Sydney Morning Herald was critical of the song saying "[it's] a song that sounds like it was looped on a laptop in someone's bedroom" adding "In short, "Sydney to Me" beautifully reflects up the soul of

title: Sydney to Me

text: the city right now: vapid, unengaging, and forged entirely by the forces of naked commerce. It's not a song anyone could love, but it's unambiguously the song that we deserve." Zanda Wilson described the video as a "shockingly insular, cringeworthy, one-dimensional view of Sydney" adding "the overly synthetic, instrument-free song itself is hardly a redeeming factor". Sydney to Me "Sydney to Me" is a song performed by Australian duo Jess & Matt, released on 25 January 2017 to coincide with their performance at the Australia Day concert. The song was commissioned by Destination NSW as their new campaign tune. "Sydney

title: Where The Action Is (Australia)

text: station meant the show was unsuccessful and was cancelled within the same year it commenced. It was the last television series to be hosted by O'Keefe. Only two episodes are known to still exist. Where The Action Is (Australia) Where The Action Is was an Australian television show that aired from January to November 1966. It starred Johnny O'Keefe and was produced by the newly launched TEN Network. The concept revolved around O'Keefe traveling to locations around Sydney, and later in the show's run, around Australia. Each episode would feature guest stars that would sing many of their current hits.

title: Where The Action Is (Australia)

text: Where The Action Is (Australia) Where The Action Is was an Australian television show that aired from January to November 1966. It starred Johnny O'Keefe and was produced by the newly launched TEN Network. The concept revolved around O'Keefe traveling to locations around Sydney, and later in the show's run, around Australia. Each episode would feature guest stars that would sing many of their current hits. The show marked O'Keefe's return to Australian television following the cancellation of his previous show "Sing, Sing, Sing" in 1965. A combination of O'Keefe's waning popularity, budget constraints, and technical limitations at the new

title: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race waterspout

text: of around , but grew in size until it was across. The waterspout proceeded to strike several other boats with weaker winds. The tornado should not be confused with the severe storm that wrought havoc on the race in 1998. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race waterspout The south coast tornado was a tornadic waterspout spawned by a supercell thunderstorm off the south coast of New South Wales on 26 December 2001, during the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The tornado passed very close to the yacht "Nicorette II", which was severely damaged but able to complete the race with a

title: Travel plan

text: councils in the UK, Australia and New Zealand are actively involved in helping schools to develop and implement travel plans. In Canada, a national pilot project running from 2010 to 2012 is designed to bring stakeholders together to build school travel plans collaboratively. Typical actions in a school travel plan include promoting the health benefits of walking, providing more or better pedestrian crossings, tighter enforcement of parking and traffic rules around the school, providing cycle training, and setting up a walking school bus. School travel planning groups like Green Communities Canada also work on a policy level to encourage multi-tiered

title: Hypermobility (travel)

text: about locally due to the use of cars and motorways, and internationally by aeroplanes. Some of the social threats of hypermobility include: The addictive properties of hypermobile travel have been noted by researchers. Widespread Internet use is seen as a contributory factor towards hypermobility due to the increased ease which it enables travel to be desired and organized. To the extent that the Internet perversely stimulates travel, it represents a lost opportunity to reduce overall emissions because online communication is a straightforward substitute for physical travel. The term hypermobility arose around 1980 concerning the flow of capital, and since the

title: Sydney/Melbourne Express

text: Sydney/Melbourne Express The Sydney/Melbourne Express was an overnight intercapital passenger train service that operated between the Australia's largest two cities, Sydney and Melbourne, between August 1986 and November 1993. Operated jointly by State Rail Authority and V/Line the name depended on the direction of travel, with the train nicknamed the 'Sex' or 'Mex'. The Sydney/Melbourne Express was formed to replace the "Spirit of Progress" and "Southern Aurora" to cut operating costs of the intercapital rail service with the first train operating on 2 August 1986. The last "Melbourne Express" ran on the night of 20 November 1993 ex Sydney, with

title: Sydney Kings

text: into voluntary administration following the 2001/2002 season and was then purchased by a new investment group, the franchise decided to move back to the Entertainment Centre in 2002, citing falling attendances and the high cost of playing their games at the NBA-size venue. It was also speculated at the time that the core of the Kings fan base came from the eastern and northern suburbs of Sydney and that fans were not enthused about having to travel to Homebush for games. The Kings moved back to the Entertainment Centre in 2002, where they remained until 2015, though they were forced

title: Around the Block (film)

text: Around the Block (film) Around the Block is a 2013 Australian drama film directed and written by Sarah Spillane. The films stars Christina Ricci, Hunter Page-Lochard, Jack Thompson and Damian Walshe-Howling. The films revolves around an American drama teacher (Ricci) who develops a friendship with a sixteen-year-old Aboriginal Australian boy (Page-Lochard) during the 2004 Redfern riots. An American drama teacher named Dino Chalmers (Christina Ricci), who has a passion for Shakespeare, gets the opportunity to work at a school in Sydney, Australia, where she attempts to introduce theatre as an alternative to life on the tough streets of Redfern in

title: Travel survey

text: to households to solicit their participation. Denmark's most recent National Travel was initiated in 2006 and has been going on continuously since then. The interviews are conducted using the internet and telephone interviews. Germany is conducting its National Travel Survey since 1994 on a yearly basis. Each household member fills in a travel diary in which he records each trip made during the course of one week. Despite this yearly survey there is another non regular scheduled survey which is conducted again in 2008. 25,000 households are expected to participate. The Netherlands National Travel Survey surveyed around 34,500 households in

title: HMAS Sydney (1912)

text: Sydney, where they joined the escort of the first convoy delivering Australian and New Zealand soldiers to Egypt. The convoy sailed around the southern coast of Australia to Albany, then departed on 1 November for Colombo. On the morning of 9 November, the communications station at Direction Island, in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands group, was captured by the German light cruiser . Before capture, the station was able to transmit an SOS, which was received by the troop convoy, and "Sydney" was ordered to investigate. "Emden"s wireless operators had overheard the distress call and the orders to "Sydney", and prepared

title: Sydney Grammar School

text: the best performing private school nationwide, and a top performer in the New South Wales Higher School Certificate where the median ATAR ('Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking') of the school's students is around 96. Tuition is A$31,419 per year (for Forms I – VI, non-boarding). Sydney Grammar is located near the Sydney central business district. The campus is compact and consists of multi-storey buildings (of up to eight floors) in a concrete landscape setting. Sydney Grammar is situated on the eastern side of Sydney's Hyde Park, next to the Australian Museum, and extends from College Street to Yurong Street. The designs

title: Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

text: famed for her around-the-world sailing, has been nominated several times for World Yachtswoman of the Year and was Australian Yachtswoman of the Year for 2004–05. In 2005 she was part of the crew for the winning "Wild Oats". In 2011, Jessica Watson, known for her solo unassisted sail around the world at age 16, skippered the Sydney Hobart yacht race with a crew of six other young Australians and three Britons all aged 21 or under, making them the youngest ever to compete in the blue water classic. In total, over a thousand women have taken part in the race.

title: Sydney Bristow

text: corrected by Prophet Five and the baby is saved. After being extracted by APO, Sydney is reunited with her mother and together with her and Jack they travel to Vancouver in order to obtain a mysterious object called "The Horizon" which Prophet Five believed Sydney possessed. During this mission, which is complicated by the discovery that Irina works for Prophet Five and a subsequent attack by Peyton, Sydney goes into labor and — with the aid of Irina and Jack — gives birth to a baby girl, named Isabelle. Irina subsequently disappears with The Horizon. After the birth of Isabelle,

title: Sydney Trains

text: Line and T8 Airport & South Line then travel through the City Circle - a ring line beneath the Sydney central business district. After completing the City Circle, these trains pass through Central for a second time and return to the suburbs. The T1 North Shore, Northern & Western Line and T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line pass through the central business district and continue on to other areas of Sydney. The T5 Cumberland Line serves Western Sydney and provides access to the major centre of Parramatta from the south west of the city without requiring a change of trains

title: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

text: Richard Hickox, and Sir Simon Rattle. The current musical director and chorusmaster is Brett Weymark. Sydney Philharmonia’s singing commitments have grown to the point where a typical year (2018) sees it perform 12 performances in its own concerts and 20 performances with the Sydney Symphony. Other commitments such as corporate events, commercial concerts and the like mean that the organisation mounts around 50 performances a year. Sydney Philharmonia has taken part in many civic and community events such as the 1988 bicentennial celebrations and the opening ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as part of an international video

title: Whole Travel

text: system was developed by Whole Travel in conjunction with non-profit organizations such as Rainforest Alliance and academics at Stanford University. Each hotel receives a Level 1-5 ranking based on their sustainability practices in four key areas: Environmental Management. Economic Management. Customer Interaction. Social and Cultural Support. During the summer of 2008, Whole Travel Foundation was formed in order to actively improve sustainability in travel and tourism worldwide. Instead of being constrained by Whole Travel's growth, the foundation was set up as a 501(c)(3) organization and actively seeks funds in order to complete sustainability projects around the world. Whole Travel Whole

title: Victoria Road (Sydney)

text: Victoria Road (Sydney) Victoria Road is a major road in Sydney, Australia. Victoria Road connects Parramatta with the western end of Anzac Bridge. It passes through the Sydney suburbs of Rydalmere, Ermington, West Ryde, Ryde, Gladesville, Drummoyne and Rozelle, and is currently one of the longest roads in Sydney. The road passes over two major bridges: the Iron Cove Bridge over Iron Cove, and the Gladesville Bridge over the Parramatta River. The road has been notoriously dubbed as one of the most congested road in Sydney with an average travel speed of 24 km/h during the morning peak period and

title: Western Sydney Airport

text: at 2.4 billion (as at 2012) and to generate 4,000 jobs. The government plans the initial phase would be complete and operational by 2025. Sydney Airport Corporation, the operator of Sydney Airport, was given the right of first refusal to build and operate any second airport in an agreement reached with the Government when Sydney Airport was sold in 2002. Sydney Airport declined the offer to build and operate the airport on 2 May 2017. It is believed the initial phase, with only one runway, would be favourable for budget airlines and airlines offering point to point travel. The airport

title: Sydney Fast Ferries

text: until March 2010. On April 2010, Sydney Fast Ferries commenced a five-year franchise to operate the service. However, Manly Fast Ferries continued to operate services between Circular Quay Wharf 6 and Manly East Pier via Fort Denison, Taronga Zoo and Watsons Bay. In July 2014, expressions of interest were sought for the next franchise with Bass & Flinders Cruises, SeaLink Travel Group, Sydney Fast Ferries and Transit Systems responding. In December 2014, the franchise was awarded to Bass & Flinders Cruises, with Sydney Fast Ferries ceasing operations on 31 March 2015. Sydney Fast Ferries lodged a complaint in March 2015

title: Sydney Weekender

text: an episode. Sydney Weekender Sydney Weekender is an Australian travel show featuring destinations throughout the state of New South Wales. The program debuted in 1994. It is hosted by Mike Whitney and airs on the Seven Network in New South Wales and nationally on 7Two. The program visits various locations in the state highlighting activities, attractions, and dining options. "Sydney Weekender" reached a milestone of 750 episodes on 18 August 2012. The series has spawned spin-offs including "Melbourne Weekender". Many of the locations featured in the program have a commercial arrangement whereby they have bought advertisements or paid to be

title: Sydney Weekender

text: Sydney Weekender Sydney Weekender is an Australian travel show featuring destinations throughout the state of New South Wales. The program debuted in 1994. It is hosted by Mike Whitney and airs on the Seven Network in New South Wales and nationally on 7Two. The program visits various locations in the state highlighting activities, attractions, and dining options. "Sydney Weekender" reached a milestone of 750 episodes on 18 August 2012. The series has spawned spin-offs including "Melbourne Weekender". Many of the locations featured in the program have a commercial arrangement whereby they have bought advertisements or paid to be featured in

title: Sydney/Melbourne Express

text: the timetable, allowing the V/Line coaches to be shifted to broad gauge and used to boost the Victorian country rail network services. Sydney/Melbourne Express The Sydney/Melbourne Express was an overnight intercapital passenger train service that operated between the Australia's largest two cities, Sydney and Melbourne, between August 1986 and November 1993. Operated jointly by State Rail Authority and V/Line the name depended on the direction of travel, with the train nicknamed the 'Sex' or 'Mex'. The Sydney/Melbourne Express was formed to replace the "Spirit of Progress" and "Southern Aurora" to cut operating costs of the intercapital rail service with the

title: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act

text: their dislike for Fidel Castro. Bob Whitley, president of the United States Tour Operators Association, has supported the measures, remarking "if Americans don't like the policies of the government of a country, they can choose not to go. But a lot of people want to see Cuba because they've been denied the right." For those who support the embargo and are opposed to the liberalization of travel, democracy and human rights in Cuba are the issue. Significant opposition to the liberalization of U.S. travel restrictions exists both within the island of Cuba and the Cuban-American exile community. Arguing against the

title: Public transport in Sydney

text: Public transport in Sydney Public transport in Sydney is provided by an extensive network of operating modes including suburban rail, light rail, buses and ferries. The network will also include a mode of rapid transit, with the new Sydney Metro opening in early 2019. According to the 2006 census, in terms of travel to work or study Sydney has the highest rate of public transport usage among the Australian capital cities of 26.3% with more than 80% of weekday trips to/from Central Sydney being made by public transport. According to the New South Wales State Plan, the state has Australia's

title: Sydney Bypass

text: Sydney Bypass Sydney Bypass refers to a number of roads, existing and proposed, that motorists can use to avoid the congested approaches to the city's central business district (CBD). The main bypasses are: Some disjointed sections of such planned roads were built but during the 1970s, the focus changed and many sections of these proposed roads were never built. Such disjointed segments of freeway can be seen in such places as Hunters Hill near Gladesville Bridge, where segments of the North West Freeway were constructed. Around this time, freeway planning shifted to building freeways as bypasses. For decades, it has

title: Public transport in Sydney

text: commuter rail service consists of a complex system of integrated railway lines, of which most run through the city underground. All city trains consist of eight double deck carriages with two crew members on board–driver and guard. Fares are calculated on the basis of distance travelled. Trains run from 4am until around 1am seven days a week with Nightride bus services covering the network throughout the night when trains are not operating. Sydney Metro is a new rapid transit line that will run from Sydney's north-western suburbs, pass through the city and then travel south-west to Bankstown. NSW TrainLink interurban

title: Chinese immigration to Sydney

text: real glimpse of Sydney's Chinese comes from the 1891 Royal Commission, which took evidence from around 60 people, Chinese and non-Chinese, men and women, from labourers to the community's elite. Mei Quong Tart, perhaps the best known Chinese in Sydney at the time, was a commissioner, and his presence may have kept his fellow commissioners from straying into hyperbole. Their comments on opium smoking carefully noted the limits to this practice, and they found that Chinese gambling houses were dependent on European patronage for survival, and that overall, Chinese gambling accounted for only a tiny fraction of the gambling habits

title: Chinese immigration to Sydney

text: in Australia were afraid of the sexual and racial threats they thought came from Pacific islander and Asian men and it was written that the Chinaman "marries, or cohabits with the mean white woman, jostles and competes with the white man, and when it comes to labouring in the tropics, supplants him." in the Sydney Morning Herald, with interracial sex and prostitution booming in Northern Australia because of the racial sexual imbalance due to the fact that Australia hardly ever permitted the immigration of non-white women. Around Melbourne's Little Bourke Street precinct and Sydney's Lower George Street grew majority Chinese