Archive for the 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands' Category
DX News — ARRL DX Bulletin #9:
ANTIGUA, V2. Alan, N3AD is QRV as V26M until March 7. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters. This includes an entry in the ARRL SSB DX contest. QSL to home call. COCOS KEELING ISLAND, VK9C. Tim, NL8F is currently QRV as VK9CF until March 10.
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Solo Circumnavigators and the trouble they get into
From the start in Hawaii she went to Vanuatu, Port Moresby, Darwin, Cocos Keeling Islands, La Reunion, Durban, East London, Mossel Bay, Cape Town, St.Helena, Fernando de Noronha, Saint Lucia, Panama, Galapagos and Marquesas Islands. To avoid The …
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Cocos Islands coins in city numismatist’s collection
VISAKHAPATNAM: City numismatist D. Satyabuddu has added to his vast collection a set of seven coins from Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. The islands spread over 14 sq km with a population of 600 are an Australian territory. Indigenous …
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StampNews.com: Top 10 most important stamps of 2009
StampNews.com presents the second of five ratings which grades the most important stamps of the year 2009. Quite a lot stamps dedicated to the socially-significant events have been issued in the year 2009. Last year many Post Offices commemorated the …
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At least we know what Australia we are talking about
Nor is Britain alone in this; 10 Caribbean island nations, three British colonies, a South American … Meanwhile, the Clunie-Ross family are still heirs to the throne of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, in the eyes of some. On Australia Day immigrants to …
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Virgin wins Christmas Island contract
… Christmas Island three times a week from April after landing a federal government contract to operate the service. The airline said the service would start on April 1 this year and include flights from Perth to the Cocos Keeling Islands and …
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Christmas Comes Early For Virgin Blue In 2010
Airline To Launch Flights To Christmas And Cocos (Keeling) Islands Virgin Blue will celebrate ‘Christmas in April’ this year as the airline confirms its intention to commence non-stop services between Perth and Christmas and Cocos (Keeling …
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David Weisbrot steps down as head of Australian Law Reform Commission
Australia has a lot of offshore territories like Cocos and Keeling Islands, Christmas Island, and Norfolk and so on. All of them are enacted under their own legislation at different times, at different historical periods, so in some cases Australian …
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Honolulu greets 32-year-old woman at the end of circumnavigation
When she was in port in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean she took … will reflect on what she wrote in her blog in September while sailing from the Galapagos Islands to the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas. ‘I hope I’m not one …
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A Close Call with Pirates
Commercial shipping is the target of most of the reported attacks, but many cruising boats have also been victimized. Here¿s where most of the reported attacks occurred last year. The sound of a diesel engine was unexpected. I was standing in the …
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