Use the links on this page to connect to useful Web pages for the travel news and information. You can click on any link to connect to it immediately.
Please send addresses (URLs) of sites
that you find helpful to 
’carey.peter@cathednet.wa.edu.au.
AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL SERVICES
- Virgin Blue
- Quantas Travel
- Jet Star
- Last Minute.Com
- Bookings.Com
- I Want That Flight!
- Wot If
- Cheaper than Hotels.Com
- Aitfares Flight.Net
- Frequent Flyer
- Fly Buys
- Smart Traveller
- Flight Centre
- WebJet
- TravelThere.Com
- Planet Holiday
- Holiday Planet
- Tripadvisor
- ORBITZ
- Travel Channel
- Jetaboard
- Online Travel
- BreakFree Resorts
- TraveloCity
- YHA Australia
- Expedia.Com
- Australian Travel Online A-Z
- STAR Travel
- Student Flights
- Travel.com.au
- Jetset Travel
- Traveland
TRAIN SERVICE
REAL ESTATE
- Real Estate.Com.Au
- What Price My House
- Property.Com.Au
- Commercial Real Estate
- Elders
- Ray White
- Real Net
- L J Hooker
- Australia Reality- Sale by Owner
- Domain.Com
- Price Your Property
- Mortgage Australia
- Real Estate Institute of Australia
- What Price is my Property?
BANKS
- Commonwealth Bank
- National Bank
- Westpac
- ANZ
- Australian Banks
- Aussie Home Loans
- Australian Credit Unions
- American Express
- AMP
WORLD NEWS
- CNN
- The BBC
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/
This BBC website provides key facts, figures, timelines and dates on all the world's leading countries. There is also a quick guide and timeline on Nato and a chronology of key events concerning the Vatican and the history of the Commonwealth.
- New York Times
- The Times (London)
- Newsweek
- Thousands of Newspapers on the Net
- Financial Times.Com
- The Internet Public Library of Newspapers
- News Trawler
- Wall Street Journal
AUSTRALIAN NEWS
- ABC
- The Australian
- Sydney Morning Herald
- Melbourne Age
- Business Review Weekly
- Australian Financial Review
- Nine Network
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
- Federal Government
- Business Entry Point
- US Bureau of Labor
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Tax Office
- Tax Reform
- Copyright Council
- Austrade
- Consumers
- AusIndustry
BUSINESS MAGAZINES
OTHER SEARCH TOOLS
Listservs and Newsgroups
- Deja.com - Usenet discussions
- Directory of Scholarly and Professional E Conferences
- Liszt, The Mailing List Directory- 80,000 listservs
SUBJECT GUIDES - individuals or groups with particular expertise compile subject guides to resources or specific areas of knowledge.
- 4Anything Network
- The Argus Clearinghouse
- EdNA Online - for the Australian education community
- Infomine
- The Internet Public Library Reference Centre
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
- Kids search engines - guides and resources for kids
- Martindale's Health Science Guide
- Scout Report Signpost
- UCB Internet Resources
- WWW Virtual Library
Please note other search tools included in Explore the Internet categories under
- Geography & Travel
- Reference
EMAIL ADDRESSES
It is currently difficult to find the email address for someone on the Internet. I have listed a number of tools that may be useful, but there are no comprehensive searching tools or directories for Australian email addresses at the moment:
SOFTWARE COLLECTIONS
There are many sites that provide access to useful software and programs. Australian locations generally provide faster downloading. The following is a list of some useful sites.
- Wire Net
- Simtel.net: Network of Shareware, Freeware and Public Domain Software
- The Virtual Library
- UNIMELB
- Telstra
- USP
BUSINESS TRAVEL
- Internet Travel Network's business travel index: excellent list of services and organizations for business travelers.
- American Express: Travel and Entertaiment also Research your Vacation
- Business Travel useful articles and timely news stories for traveling business people.
- Business Traveler Center
- Business Travel News
- Nerd World business travel index: another fine list of travel resources for business people.
- International trade: background information and business advice for companies seeking to trade abroad.
- Association of Business Travellers: membership organization (fee) with a variety of services for frequent travelers.
- National Business Travelers Association: organization for business-travel professionals.
- The Virtual Tourist http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/
- The World Travel Guide Net http://www.travel-guide.com/navigate/world.asp
- The Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations
HEALTH ADVICE
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) travel advice: compendium of health-related details for world destinations.
WEATHER
- National Centers of NOAA: weather forecasts from National Oceanic and Atmostpheric Administration (NOAA) covering U.S., Canada, and some international cities.
- MIT weathermap of U.S.: large map shows current weather; click on the map for display of the forecast for that location. Also CNN.com (FIND WEATHER AROUND THE WORLD
Try also Weather.Com
The Bureau of Meteorology's 128 & 256km Perth Weather Radar Loop and WA Weather warning http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR123.loop.shtml
MAPS
CURRENCY CONVERSION
- http://www.xe.com/ucc/Nifty currency conversion tool and table of current value for many currencies, with links to related sources of information.
- Currency Converter
- The CIA's latest Factbook: detailed information on most countries.
FOCUS ON WOMEN TRAVELERS
- Women Travel Info: useful topics that emphasize women's needs and interests.
GENERAL TRAVEL
- Internet Travel Network Index Page: comprehensive set of travel topics in a monumental database.
- Yahoo's index of travel resources: smorgasbord of travel information and services.
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