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Thredbo Blues Festival
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When:
Annually in January (2009 TBC)
Where: Thredbo Alpine Village, Australia
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The village of the winter sport, Thredbo, is located in the snowy mountains of New South Wales in Australia. The village hosts every year, for more than ten years, the Thredbo Blues Festival.
In the three days of the festival, the blues lovers can enjoy more than fifteen concert venues. All the venues are located near by. The view of the snowy mountains, the cafes and the lively bars add to the magic atmosphere of the festival.
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IMPORTANT:
Please note that the details of the event are subject to change.
We strongly recommended that you check with the organizers
before making any travel arrangements.
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Event related information:
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Online hotel reservations:
Country background and overview:
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt.
James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy.
It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990s, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980s. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.
[Courtesy of The World Factbook]
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 Location: Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. |
Languages:
English |
Climate:
Generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north. |
Capital:
Canberra |
Time Zone:
UTC+8–+10
Summer (DST) UTC+8–+11 |
Currency (code):
Australian dollar (AUD) |
Call Code:
+61 |
Electric Power:
230V 50 Hz |
Tourist office:
Australian Tourist Commission,
Level Four, 80 William Street, Woolloomooloo,
Sydney, NSW 2011, Australia.
Postal address:
GPO Box 2721,
Sydney, NSW 1006, Australia.
Tel: (61) 2 9360 1111
Fax: (61) 2 9331 6469 |
Tourist website:
Click Here |
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