USEFUL LINKS
Looking for information on how to escape, explore, discover? Check out these handy links.

Bureau of Meteorology - http://www.bom.gov.au
Forecasts, Synoptic Charts, Satellite Photos. Basically everything weather - todays, tomorrows, or next months.

GORE-TEX® Fabrics - http://www.gore-tex.com/
W.L. Gore and Associates the inventors of Gore-Tex® fabrics. Find out about everything you need to keep you dry in the great outdoors.

National Tidal Facility - http://www.ntf.flinders.edu.au/
Find the Tidal chart relevant to your area.

Australian Conservation Foundation - http://www.acfonline.org.au
ACF is a non-profit, membership-based environment group.

Smart Traveller - http://www.dfat.gov.au/travel/
Country-specific Travel Advice on risks to Australian travellers overseas

YHA Australia - http://www.yha.com.au/
Australian backpacker & Youth Hostel accommodation and travel

NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service - http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is the main government conservation agency in New South Wales, Australia.

Coastal Watch - http://www.coastalwatch.com.au/
Coastalwatch brings you live vision of the world's top beaches and harbours through our state of the art camera system.

International Association of Air Travel Couriers - http://www.courier.org/
We track every courier company in the world that allows members of the general public to fly as their air couriers. We monitor the courier routes and serve as a resource for people who want to travel cheaper by flying courier.  If budget travel or cheap flights is your aim, then becoming an air courier is your goal.

Bushwalking in Australia - http://www.bushwalking.org.au/

Universal Currency Converter - http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Foreign Exchange Rates and Currency Converter

World Health Organisation - http://www.who.int/ith/
The ever-reliable global health organisation supplies you with a country list of vaccination certificate requirements, as well as a global malarial update.

Lonely Planet - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Lonely Planet is passionate about bringing people together, about understanding our world, and about people sharing experiences that enrich everyone's lives. We aim to inspire people to explore, have fun, and travel often. And we strive to provide travellers everywhere with reliable, comprehensive and independent travel information.

Local Times Around the World - http://times.clari.net.au
This guide attempts to list all of the world's countries, and many of its islands, with a pointer to the local time in the region. Times quoted as UTC offsets do not consider Daylight Savings Time. Except for the Pacific and Caribbean Islands, islands are often included with either the sovereign country listing, or with the nearest continent.