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Tiger Airways Boosts Sydney and Gold Coast Markets With New Route!!

22 December, 2009 in Uncategorized

Third Sydney Route Announced Today Bringing Gold Coast Five Flights Per Day

Tiger Airways announced it will launch flights between Sydney and Gold Coast from this December.

Fares for the new route go on sale today starting from just $39* one way (Tiger raw fare including taxes and charges). Tiger Airways flights between Sydney and Gold Coast will start from 15 December 2009 with a daily flight between the two destinations.

Shelley Roberts, Managing Director, Tiger Airways Australia, says today’s Sydney-Gold Coast route announcement is another significant milestone for Australia’s fastest growing major domestic airline.  Read more...

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Adelaide Zoo welcomes Giant Pandas

29 November, 2009 in Uncategorized

Adelaide Zoo and Australia welcomes the four-year-old male Panda “Wang Wang” and three-year-old female Panda “Fu Ni,” on a joint research program for a 10-year stay in Australia. It is hoped that Wang Wang and Fu Ni will be the first pandas to breed in the southern hemisphere.

The pandas have received a huge response in Australia. Many families in Adelaide have started growing Bamboo shoots to welcome their new visitors from Sichuan Province. The pandas are housed in a new $8 million climate controlled luxury enclosure specially built for them that also includes refrigerated rocks to protect them from the Australian summer.  Read more...

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