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It’s the visionaries behind headline events, openings – and even slogans – who keep us coming back time again. Here are three great reasons to get moving around Australia and New Zealand.
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Australia’s vast Central Desert (measuring 283,000 square kilometres) might be small on population but it’s large on talent. Home to about 4300 full-time residents, it takes in some of Australia’s most notable Indigenous art communities, including Papunya, Lajamanu, Utopia, Ernabella, Hermannsburg, Yuendumu and Kintore. The best art out of the region is breathtaking, and sought after by collectors around the world.
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More than 100,000 of the federal government’s 800,000 discounted airfares to 15 regional destinations including Cairns, Hobart and Darwin sold before midday on Thursday, with one-way fares starting at about $55.
Despite the strong start to the aviation stimulus package, industry leaders continued to decry the absence of hard-hit Sydney and Melbourne on the destination list, as well as the end of JobKeeper for an industry that employs more than 660,000 people.
Deserted now, but not for much longer. Hard-hit Cairns sold well during the first 11 hours of the big 50 per cent off regional airfare sale.
Brian Cassey
There are also fears that consumers could struggle to find reasonably priced accommodation with the sudden rush on Queensland destinations such as Cairns, Maroochydore, the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast.
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