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businessclasstohouston · 5 months ago

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How to Plan Your Next Trip to Australia?

The smallest continent in the world, famous for the Great Barrier Reef, Kangaroo and Cricket drives thousands of tourists around the globe throughout the year! You got it right! We are talking about Australia- a fine tourism destination to witness the iconic geographical wonders, sprawling beaches, magnanimous urban life, rich heritage, culture and spectacular scenic beauty. Book your first-class tickets for one of the best flights to Australia from UK months before the rush begins. Spring in the southern hemisphere (October to March) is the ideal time to enjoy Australia.

There are quite a few things to consider when you are all set to plan your next trip to Australia whether with the family or solo including the budget, the best time to book the tickets for flights to Singapore and then to Australia and so on.

Let’s check out some tips about planning your next trip to Australia—

Connect with an OTA for customizing a packaged tour

Several online companies have appeared these days including the tourism department websites of the concerned country from where customizing a tour package can easily be done. You can also do the same by connecting an OTA where by using the filters you can mention the time, budget, areas of interest and so on and wait for a couple of customizable tour packages the OTA shows on the screen.

Compare the packaged tours created by the AI, including the flight fares, accommodation rates, sightseeing tour packages etc. Make sure that the OTA provides attractive deals on flight tickets like any aggregator site provides on fares of tickets for flights to Canada from UK, the USA, Singapore, Bali, Bangkok, Dubai, and so on.

If you agree with one of the customized tours then buying the packaged trip to Australia will be the best option to enjoy a 100% hassle-free trip. Unless you have the incredible zeal to see Australia on your own, pre-booking a packaged trip is ideal for not only family vacations but also solo travellers.

Find the ideal season to visit Australia

If it’s not a business trip for which you are visiting the cricket Mecca, you can have a detailed discussion with close friends or travel bloggers who can guide you to decide the best season which is the spring in the southern hemisphere to visit Australia and New Zealand.

During this season, you can enjoy the pleasant and temperate weather in the country. The climatic versatility is also genuine in Australia. Winter is pretty harsh in certain areas while summer witnesses scorching heat. Therefore travelers from all around the world are suggested to hop into Australia in the spring for the pleasant weather.

Decide a budget

You should have a budget planned previously before you start planning for the trip. Those who have visited Australia in the recent past can guide you properly. Otherwise, you can receive exact cost estimations from popular tourism sites in the country.

It will be necessary to decide your regular expenses while in Australia and for that you need to decide how long you will be in the country. Usually, if you target to see two to three top attractions of Australia including Bondi Beach, National Parks and reserves, deserts and the Great Barrier Reefs then it will take a minimum of two weeks. Plan your stay considering your budget and your expectations while visiting Australia.

Pre-book flight tickets for more savings

You can save more on your flight tickets by booking tickets for first-class round-way or one-way flights to New York from London or London to Melbourne. Find one of the best aggregator sites offering attractive deals on any flight booking endeavour to their eminent customers. Sign up for the newsletters to receive instant notifications on the deals they have on the next flight booking. You can also target Happy Tuesdays and sometimes Fridays to get additional discounts on your next fight tickets to Sydney.

You must also use the royalty points from a particular airline company for extra offers on business-class flights or first-class flights to Australia.

Chalk down the top attractions in the country and plan the trip accordingly with a packaged trip if you are looking for a budget trip to Australia.

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after-zeno · 7 months ago

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Comment: Despite living down south in Melbourne, this blogger's favourite pool, North Sydney Pool, has been closed since February 2021 with a botched redevelopment in the heart of Sydney.

This article tells the story.

Note: the archival photos in the story are worth a look.

Extract 1: It was one of Australia’s most idiosyncratic swimming pools: nine 50-metre saltwater lanes tucked under the base of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, framed by the waterfront on one side and the art deco kitsch of Luna Park on another. North Sydney Olympic Pool fostered the careers of Australian swimming greats including Dawn Fraser, Frank O’Neill and Shane Gould – 86 world records were smashed there – and delivered exercise and respite from the heat to thousands of others.

When it closed for redevelopment in February 2021, veteran members expected to plunge back into the same pool, albeit brought up to world-class standards, late the following year. Three years on, two of themhave died while waiting for it to reopen.

Extract 2: Beset with council infighting, claims of pork-barrelling and a lack of transparency, heritage concerns and criticism from health organisations, what has been billed as the “world’s most beautiful pool” has become a gaping hole with the budget blown out to more than $100m and the opening extended to a still unknown date – perhaps 2025.

#australia #sydney #north sydney pool #swimming #water #the guardian

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tripticharan · 2 years ago

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sydchaplin · 2 years ago

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name: sydney chaplin.

age: thirty-four.

gender: cis female.

pronouns: she & her.

sexuality: heterosexual.

neighborhood: downtown

occupation: inn manager, blogger & podcast host

tw: parental death, car crash, drunk driving accident, pregnancy mention, adoption mention

Mortimer Chaplin was a successful chef owning his own restaurant in London, England. He was tall, dark and handsome your typical romcom guy but for him, he wasn’t looking for love around that time. At the beginning of his twenties, it wasn’t about his career. Mortimer was twenty-six, and wasn’t looking for love as cooking was his one true love and why would he when he was already so successful within work? Owning his own business, making good money and owning a beautiful flat in his favorite city. However, those thoughts all changed when he was set up with a beautiful women by a mutual friend who thought he needed to get laid. Starting off as a joke, Mortimer finally got up the courage to go out on his blind date with Whitney Grayson, a twenty-five year old who was a prima ballerina at the time.

The first date was a bust since he thought it was a joke, but then later on, he asked her out again and asked her to give him another chance. After going on a few more dates, the two started to go on more and they started to fall for one another. Mortimer was funny and became a different person around Whitney. Usually he was always so focused on work and the restaurant, but Whitney had gotten him to loosen up and vise versa. They brought out the best in one another.

Fast forward to a few years, they were in love and both living together. Whitney still preforming a show every night, Mortimer still having his restaurant being so successful, the two got engaged at age twenty-nine. It was a beautiful wedding filled with friends and family, and the two couldn’t of been more in love. Mortimer declared that it was the best night of his life, marrying Whitney.

After getting married, Mortimer and Whitney deiced to move to the states and so they decided on the city that never sleeps, New York, New York. Whitney was still a prima ballerina, now dancing every night for the New York City of Ballet, and Mortimer owned another restaurant on the Upper East side making more money than he already had, and the two were enjoying the married life. It wasn’t until one night that Whitney figured out she was late, and even though it was soon, Mortimer really couldn’t wait to become a father. He loved Whitney and couldn’t wait to start a family of their own. On a cold December morning, the 5th to be exact back in 1987, Whitney and Mortimer had welcomed their first and only child into the World. A beautiful baby girl, they decided to name her Sydney James Chaplin. To them, Sydney was perfect, to them, Sydney was the best thing that’s ever happened to them. They loved her more than anything. She was an exact replica of Mortimer, and Whitney couldn’t of been happier. Sydney was everything they wanted.

Growing up in the city that never sleeps, Sydney’s life felt like a dream. They lived in a pent house on the Upper East Side, and her back yard was Central Park. She loved every minute of it, she was a good kid who never got into trouble. Always getting straight A’s in school, had a good group of friends and enjoyed reading and writing in her free time. Life seemed pretty perfect for Sydney, however it wasn’t until her 11th birthday that things changed forever. It wasn’t until her 11th birthday that she and her parents were coming home from their family’s restaurant, and a drunk driver had hit their family car. Mortimer and Sydney were perfectly fine, however, Whitney was not. Sadly, Whitney did not make it and passed away on impact, leaving Sydney without a mother.

It was one of, if not the worst night of not only Sydney’s life, but Mortimer’s life as well. The two struggled in the beginning. Mortimer struggled for a bit with Sydney, but eventually the two realized that they needed to look out for one another. They realized that it was just going to be them. The father and daughter duo had to take care of one another. Mortimer had become Sydney’s best friend, and Sydney had become Mortimer best friend. Though during her teenage years, raising her wasn’t the easiest. They fought for a bit and there were times of grief that came out of no where, but the two eventually had gotten through it with the help of friends and other family members who understood their pain.

Hitting high school, Sydney excelled and had joined the Yearbook committee & the schools newspaper and by the time she was a junior, she was editor in chief. It wasn’t until then that Sydney had become obsessed with fashion and the World around it. It wasn’t until Sydney’s senior year that she had created her blog Sydney Said So, and for whatever reason it took off. It had taken off and that was how she made some extra cash. She went on some adventures for it too, but the brunette needed to focus on college. College was where her life had seemed to begin and end.

College. She had gotten accepted into New York University, the place where her mother studied and the brunette had loved every minute of it. Sydney studied English and Business and had gotten degrees in that. It was where she had met and fallen in love with Max Cortez as well. Her relationship with Max Cortez was consuming, thrilling and exciting. She fell in love with him. Sydney was only eighteen years old when she fell in love, and Max was the first person she truly fell in love with. The two fell fast and hard for one another. At least that’s what she always thought. It didn’t take long, because at nineteen Max had gotten down on one knee and proposed. Her father thought it was ridiculous and he wasn’t too fond of the man her daughter was marrying so young, but he didn’t care as long as Sydney was happy. Well, for the time being. At the age of twenty, before everything seemed to change completely fast, Sydney found out she was pregnant. Pregnant with Max’s child, and Sydney was terrified. Not telling her father, and deciding not to tell Max, Sydney took an internship offer in Providence Peak and nine months later gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Not wanting to keep her, terrified of being a mother, let alone a good one, Sydney placed Isla Rae Cortez up for adoption. At least, that’s what Sydney had named her secretly. Pulling a disappearing act, Sydney finally called it quits with Max. The women was devastated as she truly loved him, but Sydney knew she wasn’t cut out for that kind of life.

Deciding to stay in Providence Peak, Sydney finished her college years at Providence Peak University. The woman had fallen in love with the town and the INN she had been staying at. Getting back in touch with her father, Sydney had told him she was staying in Providence Peak and continuing her life here. With that, her father had supported her and Sydney had become a receptionist at the INN for a little bit, then worked her way up and she’s now the manager. Sydney still runs her blog on the side called Sydney Said So and now has a successful podcast called Coffee Talks.

#providence.intro #&*sydney chaplin/ she's magic that one; intro.#intro.#tw parental death #tw car crash mention #tw drunk driving mention #tw pregnancy mention #tw adoption mention

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laibakhalidsblog · 3 years ago

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Richmond, Sydney, Australia.

#australia #beauty #influencer #sydney #aesthetic #blogger #photography #awesome #positivity #art #greenry #green #spring #lovers #travelphotography #travel #beautiful #lushiesofinstagram

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settoglow · 8 years ago

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Beauty Review: Top Mascaras for 2017

When it Comes to Beauty Products, What Makes One Product Shine over the Other?

When I mentioned that I was a bit bored with my mascara on Instagram, lots of my followers suggested their favourite cosmetic products.

There are so many cosmetic products out there; from the well known luxury brands, to the best drug store buys, to the natural cosmetics brands and brands you have never heard of. I will be reviewing L'Oréal False Lash Architect 4D ($15.36AUD) and L'Oréal Manga Mega Volume Mascara ($15.36AUD) that I bought in Priceline in Sydney. Two of my followers suggested these. I will also be reviewing Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara ($47.50AUD), Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara ($43.50AUD) and Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara ($42.50AUD) in the luxury cosmetics brand area. I bought there from StrawberryNet because they are discounted but I also get a loyalty discount. Plus I will also be talking about Dejavu Lash Knockout Extra Volume Mascara ($21AUD) which is a Japanese mascara. Another Instagram follower suggested Benefit They're Real! mascara, which I will hopefully have my hands on soon.

I will talk about packaging, they way they feel in my hand, their brush applicators, how they went on my lashes, we'll compare photos of each product when they are on my eyelashes and then rate them out of 5. Hopefully, after that we can work out which product is the Top Mascara for 2017 and finish the Set to Glow Beauty Review on a high note!

Mascara Packaging

A lot of my regular income comes from the design industry, specifically packaging so I know a lot about it. Obviously, the type of packaging a company uses depends on their position instore and whether they have their own pop up within a department store or not. For example, Dior always has their own booth in Myer. Another reason packaging is different is down to the brand and how they want their product to be perceived. Is it a luxury brand? Are there foil finishes on the packaging?

Both the L'Oréal False Lash Architect 4D and the L'Oréal Manga Mega Volume Mascara were hanging in Priceline, so their secondary packaging include a hangsell. Both have pretty impressive close-up pictures of an eye with mascara on it while the L'Oréal False Lash Architect 4D has a close-up of the brush applicator. The close-ups of the eyes look like they have false eyelashes on, which is false advertising really if we are honest. However, I will find out when I use the product.

The Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara, Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara and the Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara all come in cardboard boxes, which is better for the environment I think. The Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara and the Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara come in metallic board boxes so they have a premium feel. The Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara is in a high gloss black box with silver foiling on it. Only the Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara has a illustration of an eye and the brush. Not a photo though, so I am not sure what I think about that. Less of a hard sell... These brands let their products and reviews do the talking.

I don't know very much about Japanese packaging other that they seem to like a lot of it and their products always seem to be in clamshell packaging. Dejavu Lash Knockout Extra Volume Mascara is no exception. It is in a plastic clamshell which a paper insert. It has two illustrations, one of the brush head, and the other explaining how the product coats the lashes.

So How Do They Feel in My Hand?

The L'Oréal False Lash Architect 4D packaging was super easy to open, you just pulled the top of the box open and you could slide the product straight out. It is light to hold and you have a good grip to open the product because of the contours on the mascara. The super bling silver mascara opens easily but it is a bit hard to close again. Maybe that will loosen with application.

The L'Oréal Manga Mega Volume Mascara has a card backing and a plastic top. This type of packaging is called a blister pack. It is pretty easy to open, but I never like that the card doesn't come away from the plastic properly, and you always have to pierce the leftover card to access the product. In this case, I damaged the L'Oréal Manga Mega Volume Mascara with scissors. I put a scratch in the pink metallic paint on the lid. The Manga Mascara is smaller and nicer to hold than the Architect 4D Mascara I think. I feel like the lid twists on and off more easily too.

Now we come to the first of the more expensive premium products. The Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara packaging is really easy to open and the product slides right out. I find the lid a little tight but the product sits nicely in my hand since it is a rounded tube. Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara is heavier than the two drug store bought L'Oréal products which is good. Both the L'Oréal products are 9mLs each and the Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara is 10mL. So that is good. It is more expensive but you get more product.

Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara is also easy to open. However it is only 8.5mL. I have never actually paid attention to the amount of mascara I am getting as a consumer, I must admit. It is a smaller, rounded tube with pleasant contours. And at this stage in my review it is the nicest to hold. It opens and closes really well and the tube is super black and glossy with a really nice little Giorgio Armani logo seal near the lid. It is not as expensive as the Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara but has a nicer feel in my opinion.

The last premium mascara is the Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara. It is also easy to open this box and the product slides right out. Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara also has a similar rounded, contoured tube to the Giorgio Armani mascara, however it is slightly longer. This product doesn't open and close as well as the Giorgio Armani, however I like the Shocking brush script on the gold metallic tube. This is not as light as the two L'Oréal Priceline bought products but it is lighter than the Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara. This is the smallest amount of mascara of all the products at 6.4mLs!!

And now to the only Japanese mascara I have ever tried. Dejavu Lash Knockout Extra Volume Mascara comes in a clamshell and I have to ruin the packaging by going at it with a pair of scissors. The Dejavu Lash Knockout Extra Volume Mascara is small like the L'Oréal Manga Mega Volume Mascara but far lighter. Dejavu Lash Knockout is 8g and I really like the pink coloured packaging. It is easy to open and close.

Beauty Review: Mascara Brush Applicators

When I opened the L'Oréal False Lash Architect 4D the brush applicator was already bent. The picture on the box was in no way representative of the brush as well. It was the right shape though, long and thinning at the end like the bottom of an ice cream cone. The product seemed to clump at the smallest end of the brush. The L'Oréal Manga Mega Volume Mascara was the same, the picture on the box is not representative of the brush. However it has the same brush shape as the L'Oréal False Lash Architect 4D but you can bend the brush head it seems as there are lines in the arm about a cm away from the brush head. I will see how that goes when I apply it. When you look at the brush applicator for the Manga Mega Volume Mascara, the product clumps at both the smallest end of the brush as well as right at the start of the arm. There was quite a bit of product stuck there when you first open the Manga Mega Volume Mascara...

The Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara has a curved brush applicator a bit like how a pair of false eyelashes curve. It is thinner at the very end of the brush. The product only clumps right at the end of the Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara brush. So far the Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara brush comes out the most cleanly from its tube. It has I really like the share of the Giorgio Armani brush, it is long and thick and tapers to and end really quickly. The Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara has the same shaped brush as the Giorgio Armani brush applicator but it is thinner. The Yves Saint Laurent product immediately smells like flowers. It's very strong!! I think it smells like roses. I am not the best on fragrances because I don't often wear them. I also avoid skincare with fragrances. The product gets stuck at the end of the brush and at the start of the wand on the Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara.

The Dejavu Lash Knockout Extra Volume Mascara has the same shaped brush as the Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara however it has less of a deep curve. It also seems thicker to me. This brush is the cleanest of all the mascaras when it first comes out of its tube, however there is still some product at the tip of the brush applicator.

Beauty Product Review: Mascara Application

Firstly, let me just say that I have applied my mascara with no other makeup on so you can see each product in its natural state, but also so no other makeup ingredients affect the way each mascara performs. I have also done no retouching to any of the above photos.

There was a CLEAR winner half way through the process and whilst I was applying each mascara it became obvious as to why millions of women part with lots of money for mascara... Drug store/cheaper brands are just not as nice to use and the end results are not nearly as good... So there you go! You can all justify spending a bit of money on mascara!!

L'Oréal False Lash Architect 4D wasn't very easy to apply and you can see in the top left photo that my end lashes aren't coated. When I tried to use the end of the wand to coat my smaller end top lashes it ended up being a hot mess. This was because the product clumped on the end of the brush. I felt that my lashes were separated a bit better than when I used the L'Oréal Manga Mega Volume Mascara however. The Manga Mascara brush was really great to use. It sort of bent and sprung when I touched my lashes. I LOVE this brush, pity the formula wasn't great... It seemed to make my lashes stick together at the ends and therefore wasn't my favourite AT ALL (see the middle top photo above). I was a bit disappointed with Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara... Have a look in the top right photo above. The shape of the brush meant that it was easier to coat more of my lashes from left to right. It did open my eyes and they seemed more dramatic when my eyes were open... BUT if you look in the photo above, they actually appear shorter?? I give Lash Architect 4D a 3 out of 5 and the Manga Mascara a 3.5 out of 5 because of the brush.

Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara is my favourite of the more expensive brands. The simple brush is easy to use and formula glides right on. It didn't make my lashes clump at all - it seemed to coat each one individually and opened my eyes right up. Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara separates you lashes really well and if you have a look in the bottom left photo above it seems to make them a bit more full. Even though it is waterproof, it was pretty easy to get off. It sort of flaked off in little pieces if that makes sense? Usually your cotton pad comes away with a big black smear on it when you take your makeup off. Giorgio Armani gets a 5 out of 5.

This brings me to Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara. I have never used a more horrible mascara. The smell was too much, it got everywhere, the formula was too gluggy and made my eyelashes clump together and seemed to coat them like wet paint. My lashes were webbed together by wet formula. It was horrible to get off and irritated my eyes. This is not worth the money AT ALL. Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara gets a 0 from me since it is so expensive, smelly and horrible to use.

Dejavu Lash Knockout Extra Volume Mascara ($21AUD) is actually a really great buy. It was similar to the Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara in ease of use. And doesn't seem to clump at all. It wasn't as good as the Giorgio Armani because it didn't make my eyelashes seem as full. However, for the money it is better than both the Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara and the Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara. I give it a 4.5 out of 5 only because of the price. If it was more expensive it would have been a 4 out of five.

Set to Glow's Top Mascara for 2017 is the Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Wet Length & Volume Waterproof Mascara with a 5 out of 5!

Followed closely by the Japanese Dejavu Lash Knockout Extra Volume Mascara with a 4.5 out of 5!

Set to Glow's WORST Mascara for 2017 is the Yves Saint Laurent Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils (Shocking) Mascara with a 0 out of 5!

Which mascara do you use and what do you rate it? Comment at the end of the post!

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