If you are going to Taronga Zoo, which is one of Sydney’s major tourist attractions, you must not miss to watch the Ausgrid Taronga Zoo Seal Show! You gonna love it for sure. Showcased at Taronga Zoo’s new 950 seat theatre, it’s perfect venue for families, excursionists, and tourists to enjoy this spectacular show where one can learn more about seals and their marine environment. You will enjoy the seal showing off their natural abilities like catching fish, climbing the stage, skillful maneuvers, diving, and entertaining the audience.
Meet Michi, the starring seal on the video below. Michi is Californian Sea-lions known as the world’s most easily trained seals. Michi was born in 1999 in Stuttgart Zoo, Germany, and when fully grown Michi will weigh around 300kg! Michi is the most experienced performer in the show. Have fun!
Watch Video: Taronga Zoo Sydney Seal Show
TIME TABLE / SCHEDULE OF SEAL SHOWS
11.00 am Ausgrid Seal Show
1.00 pm *Ausgrid Seal Show (during weekends and school holiday periods only)
2.00 pm Ausgrid Seal Show
Johnny Ruffo survived two live deciders with Australian votes went his way. This week’s Ultimate Dance Party! theme perfectly suits Johnny Ruffo having shown Australia that he’s got the dance moves! The most remarkable one is his performance of Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean.
Did Johnny Ruffo did enough to stay in competition? Watch Johnny’s performance at The X- Factor Australia 2011 live show 7, October 31, 2011. If you like Johnny Ruffo ‘s performance, don’t forget to vote.
JOHNNY RUFFO Ultimate Dance Party WEEK PERFORMANCE LIVE SHOW 7 X FACTOR AUSTRALIA 2011
The youngest contestant, Declan Sykes, is still in the competition. For this week’s Live Show 7 Ultimate Dance Party! theme, he is up for the challenge singing Walking On A Dream by Empire Of The Sun. Declan Sykes has a very unique voice and with a personality that is mesmerizing.
Did this week’s theme Ultimate Dance Party! gave 40 years old Aussie bloke Andrew Wishart a hard time preparing for the live show 7 of the X- Factor Australia 2011? It must be a freaking experience for Andrew Wishart! Probably he was the main focus of attention given that he’s not the type of artist who does “sing and dance.” Pressure was also upon him after delivering excellent performances including a standing ovation for the past two weeks.
Andrew Wishart sang a hard song called Titanium by Sia. But nothing is too difficult for a man who has the best vocals in the competition. After all, it’s a singing contest and not lousy dance routines with awkward and distracting choreography.
The only remaining group at the X– FactorAustralia2011, ThreeWishez, performed a wonderful performance with the song I Feel For You/ Push It by Chaka Khan. Joseph Gatehau, Sophia, and Fred-Day made huge improvements not only in their vocal blending but also in delivering solid performance with their choreography.
Christina Parie‘s song for the Ultimate Dance Party! Week is When Love Takes Over by Kelly Rowland. Ronan Keating started out with a very positive comment saying “welcome back Christina” apparently after Christina Parie did an unconvincing and weak performance last week.
It’s the Ultimate Dance Party! Week at the The X Factor Australia 2011. Songs with disco tunes are expected from the remaining six contestants. Reece Mastin sang Stayin’ Alive which is a song by the pop group Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack. Reece Mastin didn’t really sang it the way Bee Gees did it but instead put a touch of rock tune and tried to make it his own.
Hurray! A sign of relief to thousands of QANTAS customers after Fair Work Australia, an independent industrial disputes tribunal, has ordered a permanent end to the industrial dispute that has grounded all Qantas flights. It ordered both QANTAS management and the three unions to immediately resume flights and return to the negotiating table to resolve this industrial dispute. The parties now have 21 days to reach an agreement or face binding arbitration. Fair Work Australia issued this ruling after hearing evidences from the airline, unions, and government at an emergency session in Melbourne.
WATCH THIS NEWS CLIP FROM ABC NEWS REGARDING FWA DECISION ON QANTAS
QANTAS UPDATE:
Qantas has these statements on their website: “Qantas can confirm that all domestic and international services have resumed from mid-afternoon on Monday 31 October. We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and stress our customers have faced over the past days and months. Industrial action is now over, you can again book Qantas flights with confidence. Some flight delays, cancellations and disruptions are expected as we return our operations to normal and we advise you to visit Flight Status for up to the minute information on specific flights. As always, safety remains our first priority. We apologise for any inconvenience that this industrial action has causedand we thank you for your understanding and continued support. ” (Read Qantas Updates here)
Sydney TV stations has this breaking news with QANTAS delivering a shocking decision and announced the grounding and cancellation of all its domestic and international flights effective Immediately. QANTAS chief executive Alan Joyce announced this decision in a press conference at 5 p.m. today, 29 October 2011.
Qantas’ latest bulletin at AEDT 8.35pm 29 October 2011 posted at the Qantas website says this:
“Qantas will stop all domestic and international flights from 5pm (AEDT) on Saturday 29 October until further notice. This is in response to the damaging industrial action by three unions – the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA), the Australian International Pilots Association (AIPA) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU).
QantasLink, Jetstar, Jetconnect services, and our freight services (Express Freighters Australia and Atlas) will continue to operate as normal.
Qantas is providing a full refund for any flights cancelled due to the industrial action. Customers can also rebook their flights for a later date.
Customers are advised not to travel to the airport unless they are travelling on a QantasLink , Jetstar or Jet Connect flight and are urged to reconsider any non-urgent travel and defer their travel plans wherever possible.
If your flight number falls within the range QF1400 – 2699 you are travelling with QantasLink and your flight is not affected by the grounding so you should travel to the airport as normal.
Qantas codeshares with a number of airlines, these carriers are continuing their operations as scheduled. These flights have both Qantas and alternative carrier flight numbers eg. QF319 and BA16. READ FULL ANNOUNCEMENT HERE “
WATCH NEWS COVERAGE FROM ABC NEWS REGARDING QANTAS GROUNDING ALL FLEET
MORE NEWS ON THE GROUNDING OF QANTAS:
Qantas today announced that, from 8pm AEDT on Monday 31 October 2011, it will lock out all employees who will be covered by the industrial agreements currently being negotiated with the Australian Licenced Engineers Union (ALAEA), the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and the Australian and International Pilots Union (AIPA)
Qantas reported that the financial impact of action taken to date has reached $68 million and the action is costing Qantas approximately $15 million per week in lost revenue. Approximately 70,000 passengers have been affected and more than 600 flights cancelled. (Read Qantas Media Release here)
This shocking move by Qantas will surely create a lot of chaos to thousands of travelers from tonight.
Travelers are advised to use this Qantas Contact Number: on 13 13 13 or your local Qantas Office to discuss alternatives.
The bottom two were: Mitchell Callaway, his first time at the bottom two, and Johnny Ruffo who’s been in theremore than once.
Singing for their life to stay in the competition (which doesn’t make sense anymore with the judges obviously made their decision even before the first note was sang), Mitchell Callaway delivered the much awaited country performance singing “I Won’t Let Go” by Rascal Flatts; while Johnny Ruffo, did a Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”.
The four judges Ronan Keating, Guy Sebastian, Natalie Bassingthwaighte,andMel Bwere evenly divided with both acts receiving two votes each, hence, there was deadlock and they had to go the viewers’ votes to decide who will go home. The verdict: Mitchell Callaway is heading home.
