Welcome to Australia – a quick guide to the Internet
December 17, 2007 5:18 pm Personal, ReadifyIt looks like there is a fair bit of new people arriving in Australia & Readify so I thought I’d share with some of the most relevant Internet sites that might be of help to you:
- Government & stuff:
- www.ato.gov.au – Taxation, laws .. blah blah
- www.rta.nsw.gov.au – road rules, driving licenses other road related stuff
- Sydney Entertainment:
- www.cityofsydney.com.au – general details about Sydney, news, events
- www.darlingharbour.com.au
- www.sydneyoperahouse.com
- www.ticketek.com.au – buy tickets to almost anything
- www.ticketmaster.com.au – same
- www.eatability.com.au – restaurants guide. (Good stuff)
- Sydney transport:
- www.cityrail.info – trains
- www.131500.info – busses & ferries
- www.whereis.com.au – local maps
- Sydney newspapers:
- Sydney other:
- www.truelocal.com.au – your local newspaper ads (from plumbing to electricians and more)
- www.tradingpost.com.au – local private ads (buy/sell)
- Online shops:
- www.zazz.com.au – one day bargains (interesting and popular)
- www.catchoftheday.com.au – same
- www.msy.com.au – computers & stuff
- www.cpl.net.au – same
- www.graysonline.com.au – large auction site with lots of stuff
- www.bestgames.com.au – board & card games shop
December 18th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Some sites that I use a lot:
Weather:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/weather/
Public Holidays:
http://www.australia.gov.au/Public_Holidays
TV Guide:
http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/tv/
Coincidently I’ve been looking for an Aussie website where I can order Monopoly: Here And Now Edition and have it shipped as a gift to friends interstate. Unfortunately I couldn’t find it on bestgames.com.au.
Regards.]
March 4th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
You can find it here:
http://www.bestgames.com.au/Products/Monopoly–The-Australian-Here-and-Now-Edition__HAS00563.aspx
Regards,
Corneliu.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:33 am
Recommend another dining website:
ador.com.au Australian Dining Out Reviews
a web 2.0 website to help people find information about dining out activities
through recommendations. and lots of deliciously looking food photos. Now with
Virtual Earth mashup, people can find restaurants directly on map it makes
searching much more intuitive and easy to use.