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Archive for October, 2009

Booking Christmas flights to Australia for December 2010 (lots of you are planning ahead!)

Posted on 28 October 2009 | Related Categories: Flights, News, Travel

I have to say I am amazed at how many enquiries I’ve had recently (questions almost daily on Ask Lucy!) about flights to Australia in December 2010. I can never think that far ahead (I still haven’t even thought about what I am doing for Christmas 2009!), but it seems there are plenty of you who do plan your Christmases 14 months in advance, so I will share my booking tips…

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London to Sydney – 1935 style. Qantas celebrates with commemorative flights

Posted on 19 October 2009 | Related Categories: Flights, News, Travel

Image of Qantas logo from 1935
Qantas announce two commemorative flights from London to Sydney

Severe £££ warning — look away now if you don’t have a spare £20k+ (!) for a ticket.

Qantas have announced two commemorative flights that follow original flight paths that the London to Sydney routes took 75 years ago. The flights have the same stopovers and will also use the same historic planes.

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Create a virtual Gap Year Down Under – Tourism Australia on Facebook

Posted on 17 October 2009 | Related Categories: News, Places to stay, Things to do, Travel

Image of Facebook logo with Kangaroo for Australia
Tourism Australia have launched a virtual gap year app on Facebook

Thought this looked a little bit interesting if you’re planning (or at least dreaming about!) a gap year, working holiday, or any holiday to Australia.

Tourism Australia has launched a Facebook page featuring an app that allows you to create a “virtual gap year”.

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Christmas 2009 flights to Australia for under £1k – it’s not too late to book

Posted on 7 October 2009 | Related Categories: Flights, News, Travel

There’s still lots of you out there who want to travel to Australia for Christmas — so here’s an update…

You will be very unlikely to get a return in early January for a cheap price, but that said you can still grab a sub £1000 flight in the peak dates before Christmas 2009 if you book soon…

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