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January 16, 2017 Events and Festivals, International

Top Five Things To Enjoy On Australia Day

Australia day is just a few sleeps away. It is considered as the official National Day of Australia and is celebrated annually every 26th of January. The said celebration marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and also the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip.

Australia day is a day that is being looked forward to by Aussies and also foreigners that travel from different parts of the world to visit and witness the festivities of the country. Some also go not just to witness but to also experience the whole week of celebration by having a planned long getaway and vacation. If you are coming to Australia Day then here are the top five things you can enjoy on January 26, 2017:

Top 5 things to enjoy on AustraliaDay

PARTIES

Party time on Australia Day — (photo source: TNT Magazine)

Yes, you read that right. There are a lot of parties across the different cities of the beautiful country of Australia. Since it’s their biggest day, many establishments and villages are throwing a party where friends and family can mingle and gather together to celebrate the event.

You can join parties in different places in Australia and you can also throw your own and invite your loved ones! Most of the awaited parties are happening in cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Gold Coast, and many more.

FIREWORKS

celebrations on Australia Day — (photo source: www.dailymotion.com)

Australia Day is just like celebrating the New Year! Although it is more personal since Aussies are celebrating a very historical event. Fireworks is something that you have to look forward in visiting Australia since they have a strong reputation of having the best fireworks displays in the world.

The best fireworks display can be seen at the bridge near the Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Get your cameras ready and pose as soon as the fireworks pop and crack in the beautiful sky of an equally beautiful and wonderful country, Australia. A lot of things are happening in Sydney Harbour and they are the following: ferry races, jet fighter displays, street performers and also a cruise ride in the waters for a better view of the tremendous fireworks.

FOOD

Food on Australia Day — (photo source: Pinterest)

Food in Australia, especially during Australia Day, is something that you can’t ignore. There are many delicacies that you can eat and enjoy with your family and friends. Across the cities, there are restaurants where you can avail of local dishes like meat pies, Anzac biscuits, chips and fish, tim tams, beetroot and many more.

If you’re celebrating at home, you can try grilling BBQ in your backyard. That’s actually one of the Aussie ways to celebrate especially if you’re the laid back type of person. But if you are outgoing, you can go out and enjoy the food and festivities around the streets of Australia.

MEETING PEOPLE

meeting people on Australia Day — (photo source: Pinterest)

Meeting new people is something that you have to put in your bucket list. Aside from celebrating Australia day, you should also take into consideration the fact that making friends is one way to build connection and also gain new family members. It’s not about using them for your own sake and good, it’s about knowing how to deal with different kinds of people. Sometimes you need a friend to tag along in order to enjoy events like Australia Day. By making new friends, you get to know more about the culture of Australia especially if you are a tourist coming from another country.

5 FESTIVALS

Festivals on Australia Day — (photo source: jadiberita.com)

There are numerous festivals that are celebrating ‘Australia Day’ all over the country. Of course, we can’t deny the fact that the best ones are located in the heart of Australia which is Sydney. But, you have to try the small festivals that are celebrated in small towns especially if you are looking for a more authentic type of experience.

But if you really plan to just stay in major cities, there are festivals that you can enjoy: Melbourne Australia Day, Sydney Festival, Australia Day Stone Creek Festival and many more. If you are up to experience a very Aussie way of celebration, then you have to go to any of the festivals mentioned. Enjoy live music with people and savour every single moment!

These are the top things that you may enjoy if you come to Australia. There is really no formula to enjoy and have fun in a certain event, you just have to indulge yourself and explore more. Australia is frequented by a lot of people during January since that’s where the festivities starts to make waves for the very much-awaited day: AUSTRALIA DAY!

Author Bio:

Mark Aldrin Hipolito is a daytime writer for Holiday Inn Parramatta, a modern hotel in Parramatta Australia that provides exceptional service and care to their customers from all over the world. Mark also enjoys travelling to different places and he uses his experiences as inspiration for writing.

January 13, 2017 Round the world, Travel

Belitung Island- Beautiful Vacation Destination in Indonesia

Belitung Island is a piece of Indonesia archipelago. It has delightful and outlandish shorelines you ought to see it sometime in the not so distant future. It is an awesome place for a getaway and a great deal less costly when contrasted with other different well-known Indonesia excursions like Lombok or Bali.

So, have you been to Belitung Island recently?

Never? Indeed, it’s not your fault when you never heard of this island as it has not been covered in a way it deserves to be.

pulau-Belitung, Indonesia — Belitung, Indonesia

Presently, let me tell you where the Belitung precisely is. Belitung situated inside Bangka Belitung archipelago that comprises of 98 islands, of all shapes and sizes, alongside Sumatra.

The notable getaway in the Belitung Island are:

– Tanjung Kiras Beach

– Bukit Berahu resort

– Tanjung Kalayang Beach

– Tanjung Tinggi shoreline

– Lengkuas Island

Tanjung Tinggi shoreline

The shoreline is flanked by two landmasses, is 2 km from Tanjung Kelayang shoreline. You will discover clean white sand, decorated by rock stones with around 15 meters tallness at its seaward and shore.

This shoreline measured roughly 100 meters for the length, 8 meters width in low tide with 1 km long shoreline, and 5 meters width in high tide. At the east end, there is a heap of rocks which forms a tolerable passage. The air streaming here is cool.

Tanjung Kelayang Beach

Area of the shoreline is around 27 km from Tanjung Pandan town and is stunning. The coconut trees along the shore, smooth white sand and calm blue ocean and stone rocks covering the west side make this shoreline totally energising.

At the clear seashore, you will find posts where anglers tie their speedboats before cruising. Tanjung Kelayang has around 1.5 km drift length, 7 meters wide shoreline (in a high wave) and 10 meters (in a low wave). This shoreline covers 60 sections of the land wide area and totally appropriate for sunbathing or swimming among the astonishing orchestrated rocks of stone. Having a delightful view, Tanjung Kelayang clearly is the ideal place for photography aficionados to fulfil their interest.

Opposite this shoreline is a resort named “The Villa Lor in Tanjung Tinggi”, considered as the first of a complete resort at Bangka Belitung archipelago. Tanjung Tinggi shoreline locale is ideal for sunbathing, swimming, or getting a charge out of the white sand on the shoreline. Tour Belitung Murah

Author: Arsalan has a passion for writing and wants to create space for himself on the internet and that is what he is doing here. He writes and makes jumbling of alphabets sound convincing to the readers and this is what he enjoys.

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January 11, 2017 Travel

Planning Your Trip Abroad, This is What You Need To Know

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If you are planning a trip outside India, in order to conform to the social necessities of the time, the Minister of State for External Affairs has announced a new set of rules for the passport application process.

The new rules have been introduced in various categories including orphaned children, single mothers, government employees and sadhus, among others.

In order to streamline, liberalise and ease the process of issue of passport, the Ministry of External Affairs has taken a number of steps in the realm of passport policy which is expected to benefit the citizens of India applying for a passport. The details of these steps are given below:-

PROOF OF DATE OF BIRTH

As per the extant statutory provisions of the Passport Rules, 1980, all the applicants born on or after 26/01/1989, in order to get a passport, had to, hitherto, mandatory submit the Birth Certificate as the proof of Date of Birth (DOB). It has now been decided that all applicants of passports can submit any one of the following documents as the proof of DOB while submitting the passport application:

(i) Birth Certificate (BC) issued by the Registrar of Births & Deaths or the Municipal Corporation or any other prescribed authority whosoever has been empowered under the Registration of Birth & Deaths Act, 1969 to register the birth of a child born in India;

(ii) Transfer/School leaving/Matriculation Certificate issued by the school last attended/recognised educational board containing the DOB of the applicant;

(iii) PAN Card issued by the Income Tax Department with the DOB of applicant;

(iv) Aadhar Card/E-Aadhar having the DOB of applicant;

(v) Copy of the extract of the service record of the applicant (only in respect of Government servants) or the Pay Pension Order (in respect of retired Government Servants), duly attested/certified by the officer/in-charge of the Administration of the concerned Ministry/Department of the applicant, having his DOB;

(vi) Driving licence issued by the Transport Department of concerned State Government, having the DOB of applicant;

(vii) Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) issued by the Election Commission of India having the DOB of applicant;

(viii) Policy Bond issued by the Public Life Insurance Corporations/Companies having the DOB of the holder of the insurance policy.

Planning your trip abroad, this is what you need to know

Report of the Inter Ministerial Committee

A three-member Committee consisting of the officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Women and Child Development was constituted to examine various issues pertaining to passport applications where mother/child has insisted that the name of the father should not be mentioned in the passport and also relate to passport issues to children with single parent and to adopted children. The Report of the Committee has been accepted by the Minister of External Affairs.

The following policy changes have been made inter-alia on the basis of the recommendations of this Committee:

(i) The online passport application form now requires the applicant to provide the name of father or mother or legal guardian, i.e., only one parent and not both. This would enable single parents to apply for passports for their children and to also issue passports where the name of either the father or the mother is not required to be printed at the request of the applicant.

(ii) The total number of Annexes prescribed in the Passport Rule, 1980, has been brought down to 9 from the present 15. Annexes A, C, D, E, J, and K have been removed and certain Annexes have been merged.

(iii) All the annexes that are required to be given by the applicants would be in the form of a self-declaration on a plain paper. No attestation/swearing by/before any Notary/Executive Magistrate/First Class Judicial Magistrate would be henceforth necessary.

(iv) Married applicants would not be required to provide Annexure K or any marriage certificate.

(v) The Passport application form does not require the applicant to provide the name of her/his spouse in case of separated or divorced persons. Such applicants for passports would not be required to provide even the Divorce Decree.

(vi) Orphaned children who do not have any proof of DOB such as Birth Certificate or the Matriculation Certificate or the declaratory Court order, may now submit a declaration given by the Head of the Orphanage/Child Care Home on their official letterhead of the organisation confirming the DOB of the applicant.

(vii) In the case of children not born out-of-wedlock, the applicant for the passport of such children should submit only Annexure G while submitting the passport application.

(viii) In the case of issue of passport to in-country domestically adopted children, submission of the registered adoption deed would no longer be required. In the absence of any deed to this effect, the passport applicant may give a declaration on a plain paper confirming the adoption.

(ix) Government servants, who are not able to obtain the Identity Certificate (Annexure-B)/ No-Objection Certificate (Annexure-M) from their concerned employer and intend to get the passport on urgent basis can now get the passport by submitting a self-declaration in Annexure-‘N’ that he/she has given prior Intimation letter to his/her employer informing that he/she was applying for an ordinary passport to a Passport Issuing Authority.

(x) Sadhus/ Sanyasis can apply for a passport with the name of their spiritual Guru mentioned in the passport application in lieu of their biological parent(s) name(s) subject to their providing of at least one public document such as Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) issued by the Election Commission of India, PAN card, Adhar Card, etc wherein the name of the Guru has been recorded against the column(s) for parent(s) name(s).

 Necessary notifications would be soon published in the Official Gazette to give effect to these changes. Instructions are also being issued to the Passport Issuing Authorities in India and abroad on these revised regulations.

 The Ministry of External Affairs expects that the above changes in the Passport Rules would further ease the process for passport applicants in getting their Passport. At the same time, it would enable this Ministry to continue to deliver passport related services to the citizens in a timely, transparent, more accessible, reliable manner and in a comfortable environment through streamlined processes and committed, trained and motivated workforce. Source: Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

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