Cheap flights and hols to celebrate Australia Day

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It’s Australia Day today and to celebrate, holiday companies are offering cut-price flights, holidays and room rates. STA Travel is offering an exclusive fare of just £599 for return flights from Heathrow to Perth for bookings until February 26 for travel until June 30.

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Austravel, the leading Australasia specialist, is offering an extra £50 off all holidays to Australia that include at least five nights’ accommodation if you book this weekend – 26th, 27th and 28th. And there’s even more reason to celebrate – it is extending its January Sale with savings of up to 25 per cent and free airport lounge passes until the end of February.

A holiday in Sydney (above) with four night’s accommodation is currently on offer from only £995 per person, saving of £275 per couple and free airport lounge passes. The price includes return flights from Heathrow with Qantas, a Blue Mountains day trip and four nights accommodation at the Cambridge Hotel in Sydney. Price based on April and May departures.

A holiday combining Brisbane and Hamilton Island is on offer from £1,395 per person, saving £750 per couple. The holiday includes return flights from Heathrow with Qantas, three nights accommodation at the Traders Hotel in Brisbane and five nights B&B at the Reef View Hotel on the idyllic Hamilton Island, on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef. Price based on May departures.

January 26, Australia Day has traditionally marked the landing of Captain Arthur Phillip and claiming Australia for the British Empire. Today, it has evolved from a small commemorative holiday to the most celebrated national day in Australia, expressing national diversity. From Thong throwing contests to welcoming new citizens, Australians all over the world celebrate Australia Day with thousands of events.

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There’s up to 15 per cent off hotel rooms in Australia with Hotels.com including the five-star Shangri-La in The Marina in Cairns, now from £97 a night, 10 per cent off the four-star Four Points by Sheraton in Sydney from £97 a night.

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For more details on Australia, see www.australia.com