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THE HEKALD OUTLOOK Saturday March IMS Page 11 Heading down under Australia as a tourist attraction is no Croc Watch out traveller Crocodile Dundee wants you The people who promote Australian tourism have done their research and decided that we are to be their prime target And so tbey have enlisted the help of actor Paul Hogan the Aussie who played the colorful Crocodile Dundee in a couple of hit movies in recent years His raffish charm will soon be exhibited on your TV screen seek ing to persuade you that Australia is a sophisticated and accessible vacation land and to set aside any apprehensions about it that you may have Even without such commercials to beckon them plenty of Cana dians seem to have been persuaded already Final returns arent in yet but it appears that some Canadians travelled Down Under in 1988 an increase of more than 38 per cent over total of 52700 Canadians The big attraction last year was the World Expo held in Brisbane Queensland from April to Oct 30 Tourism statistics for the four months from July to October in clusive showed that the year-to- year percentage increase in the number of Canadian visitors as much as 122 per cent in July was greater than from any other area of the world BRIDGE JAMES First the meat then the gravy By James If youve been following these deals all week you may be wondering by now why bridge books bother to teach beginners how to take finesses The key of course is that making the con tract is always crucial and if the best way to do that is by refusing to finesse for whatever reason then that is the right play So now that you have been regaled with that bit of bridge logic cover up the East and West hands and decide how you might go about play ing four spades after the lead of the queen of clubs Obviously you could try either the diamond finesse or the heart finesse If you wanted to give yourself the best chance for you would un doubtedly go to dummy with the spade ace and lead the queen of hearts If that finesse worked you would still be in dummy and could then try the dia mond finesse So on a good day you would make 11 tricks However on a not so good day West would win the king You would then not be able to get back to dummy and down you would go I think you see the best play Take no finesses Win the ace of clubs and lead a low heart to the in dummy Should West win the king cash your ace of hearts before playing Fashions For The Young At Heart 115 MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN Across From Knox Church 8732851 Professional MakeUp Application Waddings Special Occasions BY APPOINTMENT ONLY FREE BRIDAL CONSULTATION RATES CAROLINE 8773251 Travel Outlook STILL GROWING It would be- natural to expect a slowdown in the year following such a big jump but further gains are expected this year according to John King head of the Australian Tourist Commission for the Americas King forecasts that by the turn of the century 280000 Canadians will be travelling to Australia each year out of a projected total of five million international visitors How are the doing it By spending big bucks wisely In 1983 when the Labor socialist government took power the tourism portfolio went to a successful entrepreneur nam ed John Brown who sold his cabinet colleagues on the need to double the governments annual tourismpromotion budget to million Australian Brown forcefully demonstrated tourisms power to create jobs and stimulate the economy a lesson that our federal government has yet to learn fully And some of the Australian governments tourism budget was channelled into research concero- EAST 10 K87 SOUTH KQJI098 A43 Vulnerable Neither Dealer South t North East South WEST J 10 Pass Pass NT Pass Pass Pass Opening lead ing the ideas and attitudes about Australia that are held by people in overseas markets WELL DISPOSED So bow does the average Cana dian feel about Australia We found a very positive lean ing or disposition toward Australia King said in an inter view The continent Down Under ranked second after Europe when Canadians were asked to nominate their ideal travel destination But theres always a but Australia slipped well down the list when it came to places that Cana dians actually intended to visit Many respondents indicated that they felt that they ought to spend five or six weeks in Australia if they went there at all and that length of time was more than they could afford to take Another finding A substantial number of Canadians seem to believe that Australia means rugg ed terrain beat and dry open spaces Understandable con sidering that so much of the population and so many of the ma jor cities are in the southeast sec tion of the continent In its forthcoming Canadian advertising blitz the tourism com mission will emphasize that Australia has very cosmopolitan cities a colorful lifestyle very good food and wines excellent nightlife says John King GROUP Primary target will be ordinary Canadians In the age group of 35 to King explains that youthful backpackers and older people visiting friends and relatives 124 MAIN ST SOUTH DOWNTpWN GEORGETOWN 8777654 the spade king and a spade to dummys ace You can now cash the good heart in dummy for a safe tricks barring a really bizarre heart distribution that would enable either defender to ruff the third round of hearts James books Jacoby on Bridge and Jacoby on Card Games written with his father the late Oswald Jacoby are no available at bookstores Both are published by Pharos Books FLORAL Silk Flowers Plants FREE Home Consultation at your convenience by appointment only Margaret ami Ann 8531928 ACTON NORTH END NISSAN Clearing Out All 1988 NISSANS WE RE JUST SOUTH OF 1 NORT END NISSANm MARTIN ST MILTON 8764137 Ulflfff 4PH0 4fr4yngi4Pi 99 Sounds of Spring a fashion Show by fashions Date Wednesday 8 March 1 Time 800 pm Place GDHS Auditorium Admission 500 Tickets are available from Elizabeths Fashions Macs Milk Mountain view Georgetown Fabrics Proceeds to Music Tour Germany For More Information Call 8731 already come to Australia in large numbers and dont need per suading In two or three weeks you can have a very diverse experience in Australia the sort of holiday that most of our potential visitors want King added Example Sydney a cosmopolitan city of more than three million people with an ocean a worldfamous opera rouse 33 beaches and of course in international airport served by several direct flights from Canada every week On that point says King travel between Canada and Australia is becoming easier Tire stateowned airline holds landing rights in Canada that it can take up and Australian authorities have removed legal obstacles to foreign charter flights into Australia Canadian Airlines International and both operate flights between Vancouver and Sydney while British Airways flies In the other direction from Toronto via London to Perth Western Australia Melbourne and Sydney Visitors need to obtain a visa from the Australian High Commis sion before leaving Canada An air port tax of equivalent to about Canadian is levied upon departure from Australia SAME DAY TAX RETURNS GuelphSl 8772217 THE MEAT OF THE MATTER My husband is a meat- andpotato man He just doesnt believe that a meal is a meal without red meat Im afraid that it isnt very good for his health but he wont believe me Whos right A Canadians now eat record amounts of red meats Unfortunately along with meat comes large amounts of hidden fats and fats contain more calories per gram than any other food A combina tion of animal and vegetable fats comprise nearly half of the calories In an average Canadians diet For example a sirloin steak contains calories 71 grams protein and 2 grams fat The same ounces of halibut have approximately half the calories 30 percent more protein and twothirds less total fats lower consump tion of anfmal fats switch to lean sources ofprotein such as fish chicken breasts and tofu For more tips on how to reduce the fat in your diet contact vour local Diet Center at Business Number Personal 8772900 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