Australia travel

Australia is the sixth largest country in the world – more or less the same size as mainland USA. This vast land however also has the lowest population density in the world, with only two people per square kilometre.

To travel and tour in Australia is like travelling in no other country in the world. Your Australian vacation will be the most memorable of your life. Live an Australian adventure with an itinerary including Sydney and its opera house, The Hunter Valley with its Australian Wines, Queensland with its island resorts, the Gold Coast with its theme parks and fabulous beaches, the Sunshine Coast and Noosa with Steve Irwin’s wonderful Australia Zoo.

Australia is politically divided into six states and two territories, each one offering a different experience for the traveller. There is the drama of the remote ‘Outback’, the colourful spectacle of the Great Barrier Reef and its coral islands, the excitement of the cosmopolitan cities, the sun and surf at some of the best beaches in the world, and the tropical rainforests of Western Australia. The list is endless in this diverse land of adventure, which boasts 2,000 national parks and 14 World Heritage-listed areas, along with more than 7,000 beaches.

Australia time zones

Thailand travel info

Thailand is full of culture and new experiences waiting to happen, a Thailand tour for many is an ultimate holiday experience whether soaking up the sun on one of its famous beaches or going jungle trekking or bamboo rafting, there is something for everyone.

Thailand travel info

The kingdom of Thailnad, covering an area of 514,000 square kilometers, lies in the heart of Southeast Asia, roughly equidistant between India and China. It shares borders with Myanmar to the west and north, Laos to the northeast, Kampuchea to the east and Malaysia to the south. Topographically the country is divided into four distinct areas: the mountainous North, the fertile Central Plains, the semi-arid plateau of the Northeast, and the peninsula South distinguished by its many beautiful tropical beaches and offshore islands.

Thailand time zones

US time zones, time zone map

In the US time is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states and its possessions, with most of the United States observing daylight saving time for part of the year. The time zone boundaries and DST observance are under the authority of the Department of Transportation. Official and highly precise time keeping services are provided by two federal time agencies: a Department of Commerce agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and its military counterpart, the United States Naval Observatory (USNO). The clocks run by these services are kept highly synchronized with each other as well as with those of international time keeping organizations.

US time zones are:
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST)
Alaskan Standard Time (AKST)
Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Central Standard Time (CST)
Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Atlantic Standard Time (AST)
Samoa standard time (SST)
Chamorro standard time (ChST)

US time zone map

See the current time in various US Time Zones

Standard US Time Zones are currently defined at the federal level by law 15 U.S.C. §260. The federal law also establishes the transition dates and times at which daylight saving time occurs, if observed. It is ultimately the authority of the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the states, to determine which regions will observe which of the standard time zones and if they will observe daylight saving time. As of August 9, 2007, the standard time zones are defined in terms of hourly offsets from UTC.[1] Prior to this they were based upon the mean solar time at several meridians 15° apart west of Greenwich (GMT).

Travel – time, distance info

World is shrinking. Borders are fading away and we are living in a global village. To move around in this global village we need accurate information about the time difference between cities and distance from city to city. We need to know the current local times in cities and various time zones in countries. The need to communication between nations, peoples and cultures has never been so important.

http://www.happyzebra.com is a useful site with plenty of time difference, distance calculation, international dialing codes, international voltage and sunrise and sunset time information.

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