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Tracks $10.64 A cult classic with an ever-growing audience, Tracks is the brilliantly written and frequently hilarious account of a young woman''s odyssey through the deserts of Australia, with no one but her ... |
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Australia''s Great Desert Tracks Atlas & Guide $61.95 Australia''s Great Desert Tracks Atlas & Guide |
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Imaginate [Australia Bonus Tracks] $11.19 This Melbourne, Australia quartet has a feel for the glossy harmonies of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Everly Brothers, but with a '90s sensibility. The sitar hook on "Get Set," for example, shares more kinship with Kula Shaker than George Harrison, but the song's four-part harmonies are every bit as Beatlesque. With production by Jack Joseph Puig (Goo Goo Dolls, Semisonic), Imaginate is a slick record with rough edges being smoothed by strings, softly distorted guitars, and Bacharach-style horn sections -- a true bid for pop radio. [An Australian version contained bonus tracks.] ~ Steve Kurutz, Rovi |
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Gift Experience Smartbox Unique Escapes Wombat Valley Cabins $149.95 The early pioneers of rural Victoria would recognise these properties from the outside but it is on the inside that differentiates the two. Here at Wombat Valley you will stay in cabin styled as they were when the early settlers set about exploring the bushland of Australia; these unique cottages are built using the drop log fashion with giving them an amazing look that is truly Australian. Outside this charming cottage the Australian bush awaits you, if you keep quiet and tread lightly you are more than likely to spot numerous Australian marsupials such as echidnas and the curious wombats. You can also head out and trek the many bushwalks which are on your very door step, the winding tracks will take you through some of the most amazing spots the Australian country has to offer. So come on your own little adventure and stay at this great little wooden cottage next time you are on holidays. |
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Renegades [Australia Bonus Tracks] $25.49 Rush released after the late-2000 split between Zack de la Rocha and the rest of Rage Against the Machine, the covers album Renegades salutes the band's musical and philosophical roots, ranging from the old-school Bronx to the hard-rockin' Motor City to protest-central Greenwich Village to gangsta-ridden L.A. As could be expected, the set works best when the group focuses on material from its most recent forebears: rappers and hardcore bands. Indeed, Renegades begins with a pair of powerful hip-hop covers -- Eric B & Rakim's "Microphone Fiend" and Volume 10's "Pistol Grip Pump" -- that spotlight Rage's immense strengths: Tom Morello's clean, heavy riffing and vocalist de la Rocha's finely tuned spray of vitriol, just this side of self-righteous. Another hip-hop blast (and the one closest to home), Cypress Hill's "How I Could Just Kill a Man," is even more devastating, an easy pick for the highlight of the album. Listeners familiar with the originals, however, may have trouble with Rage's covers of EPMD's "I'm Housin'," the Stones' "Street Fighting Man," and Dylan's "Maggie's Farm," a trio of original versions whose anger and emotion were conveyed more in the lyrics than the performances. Still, drummer Brad Wilk sets an appropriately frenetic hardcore tempo for the excellent version of Minor Threat's "In My Eyes," and de la Rocha stretches out well on the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams." With just a bare few excepions, Renegades works well, in part because Rage Against the Machine is both smart enough to change very little and talented enough to make the songs its own. [The Australian release adds two bonus tracks -- live recordings of "Kick Out the Jams" and "How I Could Just Kill a Man" -- that are hidden tracks on the standard release.] ~ John Bush, Rovi |
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Gift Experience Smartbox Adventure Mountain Biking $99 Mountain Biking is an activity that embodies a sense of purity and realness. An activity that allows you to completely engage yourself in the moment you are in. Refresh your mind, exhilarate your body and ignite your senses. Mountain Bike Tours will take you to some of the finest and most spectacular places you can imagine. Tracks, fire trails, backcountry single tracks and coastal rides in the beautiful hinterland of Byron Bay. As a fully licensed NPWS operator they will offer you maximum access with minimum impact to waterfalls, deep gorges and lush sub-tropical rainforests. Under licence from the National Parks and wildlife service, Mountain Bike Tours will guide you within the lush protected forests and spectacular National Parks, some under World Heritage Listing. |
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The Dutchess [Australia Bonus Tracks] $12.79 Through all the twists and turns taken by Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson during her 20-year career as an entertainer -- including a stint on Kids Incorporated, background vocals for Martika, two albums with adult contemporary/dance-pop group Wild Orchid, and superstardom with Black Eyed Peas -- she has always sounded as if she is trying really, really hard. That has been the lone consistent characteristic of her output, and it remains in effect throughout The Dutchess, an album with all the characteristics of a release fronted by someone who has been itching to go solo and prove herself, once and for all, as a versatile force all her own. Fergie does cartwheels and handstands, juggles three objects at once, balances books on her head, hangs upside down, rides a unicycle with her hands in the air -- all these things while wearing different outfits. The whole process, produced mostly by fellow Pea will.i.am, is mildly entertaining. There's throwback hip-hop ("Fergalicious," done to the tune of J.J. Fad's "Supersonic"), throwback soul ("Here I Come," done to the tune of the Temptations' "Get Ready"), reggae ("Mary Jane Shoes"), ska-punk ("Mary Jane Shoes"), scat ("Mary Jane Shoes"), vaguely torchy midtempo fluff ("Velvet"), and a classy string-drenched ballad (the appropriately titled "Finally"), among several other passable switch-ups. "London Bridge" is terrific, provided you can block out the lyrics or prevent yourself from trying to decipher its meaning. One of the more convincing songs on the album, "Big Girls Don't Cry," sounds exactly like a 2006 version of Wild Orchid, with Fergie's Taylor Dayne kid-sister act in full effect. [This Australian version includes bonus tracks.] ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi |
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(I'm) Stranded [Australia Bonus Tracks] $11.19 The Saints were to Australia what the Sex Pistols were to Britain and the Ramones to America. Picking up the germ planted by the defunct Stooges, MC5, Velvet Underground, and New York Dolls, the Saints sparked the Far East punk rock movement with a blasting, blistering, scorching sound no one had heard before. Moreover, the Saints were blitzing the unsuspecting in their home of Brisbane in 1973, long before the Sex Pistols or the Ramones had even begun. Australians today hold the Saints in greater reverence than any rock band in its history, save for the Easybeats. After their incendiary, self-released debut 7" single "(I'm) Stranded" b/w "No Time" blew minds of a raving British press on import in 1976, subsequent sales of the single proved to the industry that the upstart punk movement was in fact commercially viable. The Saints pocketed a worldwide deal with EMI Australia, who rush-released "(I'm) Stranded" in Australia and Britain (and in the U.S., on the heavyweight punk label of the time, Sire Records) to capitalize on the new trend. This first LP was actually nothing but eight rough-and-raw demo tracks the band had no intention of releasing, plus the two sides of the much better, cleaner-sounding single. The heavy, buzzing racket on the eight demo tracks borders on unintelligible, they're so cheaply recorded, but nothing can stop a collection of cracklers this intense, with two absolutely astounding, blues-heavy ballads thrown in for great balance -- "Messin' with the Kid" and "Story of Love" drip with genuine, bratty soul. Of the hard-fast tracks, even today's punk fans are amazed at the sheer tenacity and outright fire of "Nights in Venice," "One Way Street," and "Erotic Neurotic." Hear history burning. [The 2007 Australian edition included 8 bonus tracks.] ~ Jack Rabid, Rovi Performers: Chris Bailey - Vocals; Ed Kuepper - Guitar; Ivor Hay - Drums; Kym Bradshaw - Bass |
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Harem [Australia Bonus Tracks] $13.59 Adopting a Middle Eastern flavor to enhance her blend of classical and new age pop, Sarah Brightman's Harem continues her experimentation with thematic discs that began with 1993's oceanic Dive. These themes, while never dominant or original, are simply meant to enhance her brand of crossover just enough to keep listeners interested in hearing her next project. Harem accomplishes that feat by shrouding new age pop songs in a thin Middle Eastern veil that disguises, but never completely covers, Brightman's true musical identity. It works well when she fully utilizes the theme, as on the opening title track where Brightman's fragile operatic voice is able to capture the traditional phrasing without sounding forced. But when the formula simply dresses up a pop/dance song like "The Journey Home," the results are less interesting and cross into territory already explored by the group Enigma and its worldly hits. Elsewhere, Brightman appears to have been taking classes at the Kate Bush vocal institute, sounding eerily similar to the English thrush on the quiet tracks "What You Never Know" and "Free," her writing collaboration with Sophie B. Hawkins. Retaining her classical leanings, Brightman successfully incorporates "Un Bel Di," from Puccini's Madame Butterfly, into the surging beats of "It's a Beautiful Day," her best attempt at creating a chart-worthy hit. Middle Eastern music stars like Kazem al-Saher and the late Ofra Haza lend an air of authenticity, while the tasteful arrangements by former Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman refrain from overpowering Brightman's voice or sinking into an Arabian parody. The disc gets a bit long by the time it reaches the unnecessary standard "Stranger in Paradise," but Brightman's Harem adventure is interesting enough to have listeners packed and ready to travel with her on another musical journey. [The Australian release includes the additional bonus track of "Guéri de Toi."] ~ Aaron Latham, Rovi Performers: Amir Abdel Magid - Kanun; Ibrahim Fathie - Kavala; Reda Bdir - Nay; Lukas Hilbert - Sitar (Electric), Vocals (Background); Andrew Playfoot - Choir, Chorus, Vocals; Anna Samant - Choir, Chorus, Vocals; Bach Choir - Choir, Chorus; Dean Hussain - Choir, Chorus, Vocals; Gregorian - Choir, Chorus; |
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Spirit of Place [Australia Bonus Tracks] $20.4 Remastered & expanded reissue of the Aussie rock act's 1982 album features 17 tracks including 7 bonus tracks, 'On The Platform' (Reprise Strings Instrumental), 'How Far Down', 'Shadow Of Your Love', 'Undertow', 'Let The Franklin Flow' (Live), 'Underfoot, |
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Left of the Middle [Australia Bonus Tracks] $9.59 Expectations for Natalie Imbruglia's debut album, Left of the Middle, were high because of the runaway success of the pre-album single "Torn" during 1997-1998. Fans of the single will be pleased to hear that the album is quite similar in approach and sound to the breakthrough single: laid-back alt-pop with sweetly melodic vocals. Admittedly, some of the material will be seen as pop fluff by certain listeners, but fans of popular latter-day female artists like Paula Cole, Sheryl Crow, and Meredith Brooks will find Imbruglia's debut most enjoyable. What separates Imbruglia from the aforementioned artists is her willing to experiment with electronic sounds, no doubt courtesy of mixer Nigel Godrich (of Radiohead fame), which can be heard on such tracks as "Smoke." "Torn" proves to be the best song on the album, with its bouncy acoustic feel, but the pop/rocker "Big Mistake" is almost as good. Not all of the material on Left of the Middle fairs as well, however, such as the Alanis Morissette sound-alike "Intuition," but Imbruglia need not worry about being lumped into the copycat category; for the most part, she has a style all her own. [The Australian edition boasts five bonus tracks, one of them a live recording.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi |
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Seventeen Days [Australia Bonus Tracks] $14.39 The stronger songwriting on 3 Doors Down's multi-platinum sophomore effort Away From the Sun was encouraging, especially after the rote post-grunge of their 2000 breakthrough, "Kryptonite." But the hit single "When I'm Gone" resonated in particular with American military personnel and their families, who identified with lyrics like "Hold me when I'm here" and "Love me when I'm gone" as deployment to Iraq became imminent in spring 2003. That populism guides Seventeen Days, the Mississippi band's third full-length album. Its liner notes connect to a cross-section of U.S. culture, thanking NFL quarterbacks and major league ballplayers alongside Tim McGraw, Metallica, Dale Earnhart Jr., and "our troops everywhere." And Away From the Sun's Southern rock flourishes have been broadened to create an album that's purely American, built from meaty power chords and everyman lyrics that search for redemption in plain-faced terms. It's no surprise that Bob Seger, heartland crier from another era, guests on "Landing in London." It's not the weary traveler's anthem Seger's "Turn the Page" is -- "London"'s keening strings can't replace the pain and longing of Alto Reed's saxophone wail. But 3 Doors Down try their best, and Seger's rough tenor riding shotgun makes the song more memorable. "When I'm Gone"'s template repeats throughout "Seventeen Days." Lead single "Let Me Go" has the usual quieter verses building to a strong chorus, with easily identifiable lyrics like "You love me/But you don't know who I am." "Be Somebody" and "Real Life" use similar pieces, aligning thick distortion choruses next to brooding verses and lyrics about finding one's own road. The harder-charging guitars of "Never Will I Break" and "Right Where I Belong" reference Alice in Chains' legacy, "Father's Son" is a morality tale in more quiet/loud dynamics, and "My World" amplifies Southern rock capably. 3 Doors Down have hit on a formula that works very well for them. It's a great framework for Brad Arnold's earnest lyrics, and the heavy bass and rousing guitar melodies ensure plenty of radio play. It's not unique, and the songs tend to run together. But they're heartfelt, and easily fill the average American's rock & roll quota. [The Australia-only version included bonus tracks.] ~ Johnny Loftus, Rovi Performers: Amy Owsley - Vocals (Background); Anthony LaMarchina - Strings; Bekka Bramlett - Vocals (Background); Crystal Taliefero - Vocals (Background); David Angell - Strings; Kristin Wilkinson - String |
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How to get off the beaten track in Australia
For many gap year travellers Australia may not seem to be, culturally, a million miles from home. The food, language and obsession with sport might remind you of home, but there are plenty of hidden sights and experiences here that will surprise you. Famous sights such as The Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, Alice Springs and the rest are all worth visiting; the best sort of travelling is discovering something almost no one else has found. It’s not guaranteed that you’ll feel like exactly like Captain Cook, but this list should provide a way to escape the crowds and still have a great time.
1. Kangaroo Island, South Australia
A brilliant way to get away from the crowds on Bondi Beach, Kangaroo Island is (unsurprisingly) home to Kangaroos as well as wallabies, koalas, seals and penguins! The surrounding water has protected its fauna from decimation; native forest and bush fill the interior and only give way on the edges to rugged cliffs and deep blue waves. Don’t miss out on the local delicacy of Ligurjan honey and jam made from the island’s fruits, and maybe even a little homemade wine.
2. Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
This one really is for the most determined of explorers. The Cape York Peninsula is at the tip of Australia’s coiled tail and certainly packs a sting. The long strip rising in the north of Queensland offers the best 4x4 driving in the country. Watch out (literally) for crocodiles, rainforests and the odd town (though blink and you’ll miss them). If this sounds like your kind of adventure then take a look at Lonely Planet’s Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef Guide and see what you’re letting yourself in for, and make sure you get a good map!
3. The Great Ocean Road, Victoria
Hire a car or better yet a jeep and burn some rubber for the full open road experience. This particular route lies between Torquay and Warrnambool along the Southwest coast and offers nearly 300km of uninterrupted coastal beauty, from huge cliffs, raging surf, peaceful bays, lush rainforests, to an abundance of fascinating wildlife. Remember to keep your eyes on the road; it’s a long way down! It’s worth thinking about getting someone else insured so you can share the view and leave enough time to stop and explore en route.
4. Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains have been literally a chill out paradise for years; the air cools as you rise and feels like the hiking equivalent of jumping in a swimming pool. It’s not just the air that lures people up here; the area boasts incredible scenery and a bevy of rock formations, waterfalls and bushwalks. The eucalyptus oil evaporating from the carpet of gum trees here creates a blue haze which gives the region its name as well as its enduring charm. From the ground, the saddle, the harness or the canoe, the Blue Mountains seem a world away.
5. The Adelaide Hills, South Australia
The Adelaide Hills have remained pleasantly underdeveloped aside from the abundance of lush woods, walking routes and a rich covering of flora and fauna. Follow any road you like and you’ll find dipping valleys, gently bobbing hills and vineyards. Great food is never far away from great wine and here is no exception; roadside fruit and vegetable stalls and fantastic restaurants will keep your energy up.
6. Nature conservation working holiday
It doesn’t get more off the beaten track that heading off into the wilds of Australia. Volunteering with a company is a great way to see the best of Australia’s natural wonders and make a difference too. Meaningful travel company i-to-i have recently launched a new trip that will give travellers the chance to spend a hassle free gap year in Australia. Not only will the company sort out al the paper work they’ll give you a years access to their job placement service and a week working at a conservation project at any one of 20 destinations across the country, take a look here http://www.i-to-i.com/volunteer-projects/australia-working-holiday-and-conservation-experience.html
About the Author
I'm totally passionate about travel, it's been my life and work for a good few years! My travel adventures haven't really been about seeing monuments etc but far more about people and getting off the beaten track. Even in a country that has large numbers of tourists you can still find hidden places if you look hard enough, living and working in country gives you such a different perception of it and more of a chance to absorb the local culture. I would like to share my many experiences and offer a little advice if I can to fellow travellers or anyone who is just about to set off on a life changing trip!
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