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Reference |
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| Universal
Currency Converter |
currency
converter i.e. $au to $us |
| The
World Clock - Time Zones |
for
checking world time, (is it too late to phone someone?) |
| Bureau
of Meteorology |
check
the weather and forecasts anywhere in australia |
| ABRpublic
|
information
on abn numbers and business detail (business entry point) |
| ASIC
- Company Name Search |
australian
securities & investments commission company search |
| ASX
- Australian Stock Exchange |
australian
stock exchange web site |
| World
Stock Exchanges |
links
to 145 of the worlds stock exchanges |
| Victorian
Government |
web
site for victorian state governmet |
| Melbourne
Water |
information
on melbourne’s water supply, catchments, rivers etc |
| Australian
Government |
web
site for australian federal government |
| Australian
Bureau of Statistics |
australia's
official statistical organisation |
| VicRoads |
vicroads
services, products and strategies (vehicle registration,
drivers licenses, roads etc) |
| MAXI |
pay
bills online, some councils, traffic infringements, car registration etc |
| DEFT
Payment Systems |
pay
many bills like your rent, council rates and strata levies |
| BPay |
explains
the features, benefits and participating organisations of BPAY |
| Online
Newspapers |
online
newspapers from all over the world |
| Ebay
Australia |
ebay
online autions, australian sales |
| White
Pages |
white
pages telephone directory (australia) |
| Yellow
Pages |
yellowpages
telephone directory (australia) |
| Where
Is |
online
australian street directory,(find a map of a location or
directions how to get there) |
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| Educational |
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| Your
Dictionary |
online
dictionary, thesaurus and much more |
| BabelFish
Translation |
translate
text from one language to another |
| The
Internet Public Library |
online
library, a project at the university of michigan school of information |
| Virtual
Library |
the
www.virtual library is the oldest catalog of the Web |
| The
On-Line Books Page |
includes
more than 20,000 english works |
| Webopedia |
definitions
in plain language related to computer and Internet technology. |
| Daily
Rotation |
quick
loading headlines from 300+ tech sites |
| Wayback |
40
billion current and old web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago |
| Encyclopedia.com |
internet
free encyclopedia |
| Columbia
Encyclopedia |
another
online encyclopedia |
| CONK!
Encyclopedia |
encyclopedia
with over 300,000 entries |
| NASA |
national
aeronautics and space administration |
| NASA
Earth Observatory |
satellite
imagery and scientific information about our home planet |
| World
Wind |
zoom
from satellite altitude into any place on earth (download
and install software -180 MB) |
| Hubblesite |
view
images and information from the hubble telescope |
| Sloan
Digital Sky Survey |
a
project to make a map of a large part of the universe |
| Crossword
Solver |
solve
crossword puzzles and anagrams |
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| Health |
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| Botanica
Medicines |
comprehensive
natural therapy clinic (malvern, victoria) |
| Victorian
Government Health Information |
victorian
government health information web site |
| MHFA(V) |
mental
health foundation of australia (victoria) |
| Women's
Health Victoria |
victorian
state-wide women's health promotion |
| Consumer
and Patient Health |
consumer
and patient health information section top 100 health sites(international) |
| Quit |
help to quit smoking, program housed within the cancer council victoria |
| Travel |
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| Connex
Melbourne |
melbourne
suburban trains, maps, timetables etc |
| Yarra
Trams |
melboure
trams. maps, timetables etc |
| Metlink |
guide
to public transport in metropolitan melbourne |
| Viclink |
guide
to public transport in regional victoria |
| Useful
Transport Links (Viclink) |
provides
further information about public transport related services |
| Spirit
of Tasmania Ferry |
passenger
and vehicle ferry crossing bass straight |
| CityLink |
purchase
citylink passes, top up your etag account etc |
|
VirginBlue
|
virginblue
homepage |
| Qantas |
qantas
homepage |
| JetStar |
jetstar
homepage |
| Melbourne
Airport Flight Information |
check
all departing and arriving aircraft at melbourne airport |
| Accommodation
+ |
|
| Executive
Apartments of Australia |
short
and long-term furnished apartments in sydney, australia |
| Wotif.com |
global
specialist in last-minute accommodation |
| quickbeds.com |
fastest
and easiest way for you to book accommodation online |
| lastminute.com |
last
minute worldwide flights, hotels, theatre tickets, restaurants and more |
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| Banks |
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| Adelaide
Bank |
adelaide
bank limited |
| ANZ |
australia
& new zealand banking group |
| BankSA |
bank
of south australia limited |
| BankWest |
bank
of western australia ltd |
| Bendigo
Bank |
bendigo
bank limited |
| citibank |
citibank
ltd |
| Colonial
First State |
colonial
first state investments limited |
| CommonwealthBank |
commonwealth
bank of australia |
| National |
national
australia bank limited |
| SUNCORP |
suncorp-metway
ltd |
| Westpac |
westpac
banking corporation |
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| Graphics |
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| Worth1000 |
wonderful
imaginitive images, worth spending time |
| Free
Graphics |
over 400 links to various free graphics sites |
| Google
Image Searh |
makes
it easy to find images |
| The
Rasterbator |
creates
huge, rasterized images from any picture (best if you download
and install the software) |
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| Computing |
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| Windows
Process Library |
identify
processes running under windows (task manager or alt-control-delete) |
| Answers
That Work |
another
site to identify processes running under windows (alt-control-delete) |
| Windows
Startup Online Repository |
database
that holds thousands of Windows applications, their behaviour and description |
| The
File Extension Source |
check
what file extension are and what program is used to open them |
| Internet
Archive |
library
of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form |
| Windrivers |
find
drivers for windows, i.e. modems, graphics cards etc (you
need to register, quite safe) |
| The
Elder Geek on Windows XP |
massive
site with lots of information and help for windows xp, professional and
home |
| Kelly's
Korner (Troubleshooting XP) |
lots
of answers to problems with windows xp(be careful with registry
tweaks, if unsure, don't) |
| Video
Help |
large
site with help, articles, tutorials on, making dvds & vcds, video software
and hardware |
| AfterDawn |
media
tutorials, software and hardware discussions. good forum to ask video questions |
|
Cdcovers.cc
|
world's
largest dvd, cd audio and game cover archive |
| Microsoft
Software Forum Network |
independant
respository of information about microsoft products, tips, tutorials, lots
& lots |
| DNSStuff |
for
dns checking, whois, nslookups, traceroutes, pings, etc. very useful
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| Australian
Domain Name Registrars |
complete
list of australian domain name registrars |
| Australian
Domain Name Availability |
whois
tool to check availability and ownership of an australian domain name |
| Network
Solutions |
whois
tool to check availability and ownership of international domain names |
| Banhoff
Solutions (Web Site Design) |
web
site designer, very good, melbourne based (i've known the
family for 30 years, very creative) |
| Computer
Swap Meets |
dates
and locations of victorian and melbourne computer swap meets |
| YouSendIt |
email
large files quickly, securely, and easily! up to 1gb in size |
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| Peer
to Peer |
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| Bit
Tornado |
bit
torrent client, there are lots, I like this one. |
| VCDQuality |
check
quality of p2p movies (most movies on p2p are copyrighted,
be warned) |
| SLYCK |
file
sharing news from around the net |
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| Entertainment |
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| Melbourne
TV |
melbourne
free-to-air television daily guide (click on "ourguide.com.au"
logo to find your local guide) |
| ABC
Television |
abc
television |
| Seven
Network |
channel
seven |
| ninemsn |
channel
nine |
| Network
Ten |
channel
ten |
| SBS |
sbs
television |
| c31 |
melbourne
community television consortium - channel 31 |
| Foxtel |
link
set to program guide, easy to navigate to the rest of the site |
| FoxSports |
fox
sports, what more can I say |
| ABC
Radio |
links
to all 8 abc radio stations, live streaming available.(be
aware of your download limit) |
| TVRadio
World |
I
have this set to melbourne, but site has links to most of the worlds radio
& tv stations |
| TV.com |
database
of all television shows, episode lists, descriptions etc. |
| The
Internet Movie Database |
the
biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet |
| TABCorp
|
tabcorp
horse racing. sportsbet, footytips |
| Tattersall's |
australian
lotto results |
| Village
Cinemas |
check
session times, book movie tickets online |
| Greater
Union Cinemas |
check
current films and session times, book movie tickets online |
| IMAX
Theatre Melbourne |
check
current films and session times, book movie tickets online |
| ticketmaster7 |
book
tickets online, sells tickets on behalf of promoters, teams, bands and venues |
| Ticketek |
ticketing
partner for the sports and entertainment industries in australia |
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| Sport |
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| AFL |
official
site of the australian football league, (live match scores
available) |
| Australian
Grand Prix |
australian
grand prix, f1 and motorcycles |
| Cricinfo |
international
cricket infomation and scores |
| Cricket
Australia |
australian
cricket (live scores available) |
| Baggygreen |
australian
cricinfo.org site |
| Australian
Rugby League |
rugby
league home site |
| Australian
Rugby Union |
rugby
union home site |
| Melbourne
2006 |
melbourne
2006 xviii commonwealth games |
| AusGolf |
details
on lots of victorian golf clubs, (rest of the country is
there as well) |
| The
Victorian Golf Association (V.G.A) |
official
website of the victorian golf association |
| Swimming
Australia |
official
australian swimming site |
| NBL |
australia’s
national basketball league |
| Tennis
Australia |
tennis
australia and davis cup information |
| Seido
Karate |
list
of australian dojos (seido means "sincere way", great
philosophy, caters to all ages inc children) |
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| Funny |
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| Comedy
Central |
funny site. a bit of everything humorous |
| Humorsource |
source
for humor sites on the web (links to over 100 comedy sites) |
| The
Dilbert Zone |
dilbert
cartoon home page |
| The
Simpsons |
the
simpson home page |
| Random
Quotations |
find
a smart quotation for your email signature |
| The
Last Page of the Internet |
the
end of it all |
| Games |
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| Abandonware |
lots
of old dos games to download, (software no longer sold or
supported by its copyright holder) |
| Addicting
Games |
lots
of free flash and java games |
| Flash
Games |
over
a thousand online flash games |
| shockwave.com |
online
shockwave games |
| Kids |
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| Kids
Domain |
online
kids games, fun and educational |
| Disney |
disney
online |
| National
Geographic for Kids |
national
geographic society, site for especially for children |
| Neopets |
long
time childrens favorite, massive site |
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