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Why pay for accommodation, when you can stay for free. With CouchSurfing you can search for accommodation in the city you are visiting and stay with a local host. Or if you are not on the road yourself you can host visitors at your place.

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The Royal Melbourne Show is held every September over 11 days. Put on by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, it is billed as when country comes to the city. It is similar to the State Fairs in the US.

Animals

At the show aniamls from Rural Australia are on show, as well as domestic favourites cats and dogs.



Amusement Rides and Sideshow Alley

Seeing the aniamls is all well and good, but for most kids the main atraction is the rides.







Showbags

A big tradition of any Australian Show is the Showbag. Most of the showbags are from the chocolate and lolly companies, as well as toy themed ones. My pick of the show is this David Hasselhoff themed showbag.

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Location: Rome - Italy
Photo: Bocca Della Verita



La Bocca Della Verità ("the Mouth of Truth") is located in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy. It is famously known as a lie detector. it was believed that if you put your hand in the mouth of the sculpture and told a lie, it would be bitten off.

You may have seen this image at an amusement parlour as a Fortune Teller.

Travel Photo Gallery: Rome Photo Gallery

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Ryanair have gone one better than last weeks 1 Pound Sale by offering a sale that comprises of 2 million free seats - no other taxes or charges to pay.



Ryanair are cashed up and they are sticking the knife into the airlines that are struggling with high oil prices.

Booking Period: Tue 23rd Sep 08 - Thu 25th Sep 08
Travel Period: Tue 07th Oct 08 - Sat 15th Nov 08
Applicable Days: Mon - Thurs & Sat (subject to availability)
Notes on this fare: All Holidays, School Breaks and Major Sporting Events are excluded from this offer

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digihitch is a site dedicated to the art of hitchhiking. Includes tips on how to hitchhike as well as a forum to ask questions, hitch a ride or find a hitching partner.

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Win a trip to Spain with Rail Europe (open for US residents).

To celebrate the release of Woody Allen's new film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Rail Europe is offering a free trip for two to Paris and Barcelona.

The winner will get a roundtrip fare from New York to Paris, a one night stay in a four-star hotel in Paris, overnight travel aboard the Elipsos TrenHotel in Grand Class to Barcelona, a two night stay in a four-star Barcelona hotel and overnight travel on the Elipsos TrenHotel in Grand Class back to Paris.

All you need to do to enter is answer five simple questions at the Rail Europe Free Trip To Spain website.

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Pacific Blue Airlines have announced they will be flying to Bali, their first destination in Asia. Services begin from 1 December 2008 and will fly direct from three Australian ports - Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth - to Denpasar, the gateway to Bali.

Perth - Denpasar from $199*
Brisbane - Denpasar from $299*
Adelaide - Denpasar from $299*
Sydney - Denpasar from $379*^
Melbourne - Denpasar from $379*^
Canberra - Denpasar from $379*^

Sale Period: 19 September 2008 to Midnight 26 September 2008
Travel Period 1: 01 December 2008 to 14 December 2008
Travel Period 2: 01 February 2009 to 31 March 2009

*Subject to regulatory approval. All fares are subject to availability, are for one way travel and include taxes, fees and surcharges. Seats are limited and may not be available at peak times or on all flights. Fare prices are based on sale fares. Fares are one way on the net or $15 more by phone. A credit card surcharge of $5 per person per one way flight is applicable for flights internationally. Fares are correct as at Sept 18, 2008 and are subject to change. International return fare may vary with the addition of local taxes and charges.

^Offered as a connecting flight. Domestic connecting flights offered by Virgin Blue Airlines Pty. Ltd.

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SkyEurope Airlines Lucky 7 sale is on now for the next 7 days with flights from €7 all incl.*

Booking period: Sep 16, 2008 - Sep 22, 2008
Travel period: Nov 1, 2008 - Mar 31, 2009 (Blackout periods apply)

* One-way. Subject to availability. Taxes and charges included. Subject to payment of credit/debit card fees. Subject to payment of baggage fee.

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At Flight Club, you find other travelers online to hang out with on the plane, at the airport, or afterwards.

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Ryanair 1 Pound Sale - no other taxes, fees or charges to pay.



Airlines might be dropping off like flies due to high oil prices and the global credit crunch, just don't tell Ryanair that. The Irish low cost airline is having a 1 pound seat sale. That one British Pound will get you a one way fare with no other taxes, fees or charges to pay.

Booking Period: Wed 10th Sep 08 - Sun 14th Sep 08
Travel Period: Tue 23rd Sep 08 - Fri 31st Oct 08
Applicable Days: Mon - Thurs & Sat (subject to availability)
Blackout Period: 17th Oct '08 - 03rd Nov '08 to/from Edinburgh / Glasgow (Prestwick) 24th Oct '08 - 03rd Nov '08 to/from UK / Ireland
Notes on this fare: All Holidays, School Breaks and Major Sporting Events are excluded from this offer

From London (Stansted)
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Alghero (Sardinia) 1.00
Angouleme (Cognac) 1.00
Belfast (City) 1.00
Bologna 1.00
Bologna (Forli) 1.00
Bratislava (Vienna) 1.00
Bremen 1.00
Bydgoszcz 1.00
Cork 1.00
Derry 1.00
Dinard 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Dusseldorf (Weeze) 1.00
Eindhoven 1.00
Frankfurt (Hahn) 1.00
Gdansk 1.00
Glasgow (Prestwick) 1.00
Grenoble Lyon 1.00
Hamburg (Luebeck) 1.00
Karlsruhe-Baden 1.00
Katowice 1.00
Kerry 1.00
Knock-IrelandWest 1.00
La Rochelle 1.00
Linz 1.00
Madrid 1.00
Marseille Provence MP2 1.00
Milan (Orio al Serio) 1.00
Montpellier 1.00
Nantes (Brittany) 1.00
Newquay 1.00
Oslo (Torp) 1.00
Palma Mallorca 1.00
Perpignan 1.00
Poitiers 1.00
Poznan 1.00
Pula (Istria)(Croatia) 1.00
Rimini 1.00
Rodez 1.00
Santander 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Stockholm (Vasteras) 1.00
Szczecin 1.00
Toulon St. Tropez 1.00
Tours Loire Valley 1.00
Valladolid 1.00
Zaragoza (Pyrenees) 1.00
Zweibrucken 1.00

From London (Luton)
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Barcelona (Girona) 1.00
Beziers Cap d'Agde 1.00
Brest Brittany 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Kerry 1.00
Milan (Bergamo) 1.00
Nimes 1.00
Rzeszow 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Szczecin 1.00

From Birmingham
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Biarritz 1.00
Billund 1.00
Bologna 1.00
Bologna (Forli) 1.00
Bratislava (Vienna) 1.00
Derry 1.00
Dinard 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Dusseldorf (Weeze) 1.00
Frankfurt (Hahn) 1.00
Gdansk 1.00
Katowice 1.00
Krakow 1.00
Marseille Provence MP2 1.00
Oslo (Torp) 1.00
Perpignan 1.00
Pisa (Florence) 1.00
Poitiers 1.00
Prague 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Stockholm 1.00
Szczecin 1.00
Trieste 1.00

From Liverpool
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Belfast (City) 1.00
Bydgoszcz 1.00
Cork 1.00
Derry 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Gdansk 1.00
Knock-IrelandWest 1.00
Krakow 1.00
Milan (Bergamo) 1.00
Nantes (Brittany) 1.00
Nimes 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Stockholm 1.00
Szczecin 1.00
Wroclaw 1.00

From Glasgow (Prestwick)
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Belfast (City) 1.00
Bournemouth 1.00
Cork 1.00
Derry 1.00
Dublin 1.00
Dusseldorf (Weeze) 1.00
Frankfurt (Hahn) 1.00
London (Stansted) 1.00
Marseille Provence MP2 1.00
Oslo (Torp) 1.00
Paris (Beauvais) 1.00
Shannon 1.00
Stockholm 1.00
Wroclaw 1.00

From Newcastle
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Dublin 1.00

From Bournemouth
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Dublin 1.00
Edinburgh 1.00
Glasgow (Prestwick) 1.00
Marseille Provence MP2 1.00
Milan (Bergamo) 1.00
Nantes (Brittany) 1.00
Paris (Beauvais) 1.00
Wroclaw 1.00

From Blackpool
Fares include taxes, fees & charges

Dublin 1.00

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US low cost airline JetBlue have launched a promotion selling flights on eBay. Visit their eBay Store: stores.ebay.com/JetBlueAirways

JetBlue are offering no reserve auctions on flights and packages. So far there are already plenty of bidders on all the flights listed, so I don't think you will find any bargain basement fares here. Points for JetBlue though for trying something different.

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International taxi fare calculator. World Taximeter gives you an estimate of the cost of a taxi ride in cities around the globe. Also available on your mobile. The site currently supports calculations for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Dublin, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, San Francisco, and Toronto.

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Tiger Airways Singapore is 4 years old, and to celebrate they are having a S$0.04 seat sale. 100,000 seats are available for S$0.04 one way, excluding taxes and charges.

Buy between 8 Sep 08 and 14 Sep 08, or until seats sell out. Conditions apply.

Fares to/from Singapore
- Guangzhou from S$0.04
- Shenzhen from S$0.04
- Bangkok from S$0.04
- Bangalore from S$0.04
- Kuala Lumpur from S$0.04
- Chennai from S$0.04
- Padang from S$0.04
- Phuket from S$0.04
- Macau from S$0.04
- Haikou from S$0.04
- Ho Chi Minh City from S$0.04
- Hanoi from S$0.04

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Keith Haring was an artist whose graffiti became famous in New York in the 1980's. He took his distinctive style to cities around the world, making him possibly the worlds first celebrity street artist.

Haring visited Australia in 1984 and his mural at the Collingwood Technical School in Melbourne is one of the largest surviving Haring outdoor murals outside the United States.


The school has since closed down but the mural remains intact. It has been nominated for protection with Heritage Victoria.



Location: 35 Johnston St, Collingwood, VIC, 3066, Australia

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Location: Gibraltar - British Overseas Territory
Photo: Rock of Gibraltar



Travel Photo Gallery: Gibraltar Photo Gallery

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Aer Lingus seat sale for flights from the UK. 150,000 seats on sale, just pay taxes and charges on routes to Dublin, Belfast and Cork.

For travel until 31 March '09.
Offer ends 15 September.

Fly to Dublin

From
Birmingham
Edinburgh
Glasgow
London Gatwick
Manchester
Newcastle

Fly to Cork

From
Birmingham
Manchester

Fly to Belfast

From
London Heathrow

Zero fares plus the taxes and charges at aerlingus.com

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Danish low cost airline Sterling are running a contest for the chance to win a visit to Copenhagen's famous Tivoli Gardens during Halloween, a stay at a downtown Copenhagen hotel and two return tickets to Copenhagen.

To go in the draw you need to answer two mutiple choice questions and join the Sterling mailing list. The contest ends Friday 12 September and the winners will be announced in the Sterling newsletter the week of 15 September.

Enter online at Sterling Tivoli Competition.

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One man and his obsession with Airsickness bags. Paul Mundy, with the help of bag enthusiasts around the world, has put together a massive collection of bags from current and defunct airlines.

www.bagophily.com

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