Australia Travel News 10/20/2011

Travel agents said that staff are working long hours to reschedule tickets and have threatened to stop selling Qantas tickets.

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SYDNEY: A Virgin Australia pilot was recovering on Thursday after being blasted from the stairs leading up to his plane by the engine thrust of a passing Qantas 747 jumbo.

The annual Floriade flower festival closed its doors four days ago, but reopened for the Queen on Thursday on the first full day of what could be her last trip to Australia.

According to the 2011 Credit Suisse Global Wealth report, Australia has a median wealth of US$222,000 ($217,559), the highest in the world and nearly four times the amount of each US adult.

AUSTRALIA’S 2015 World Cup campaign has begun in emphatic style.
Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh made history as the next generation stamped themselves on international cricket in Australia’s 93-run demolition of South Africa.

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