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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Australia - Perth (Parmelia Hilton Hotel)
Western Australia - Perth
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Where crew stay:
Parmelia Hilton (Tech Crew Only)
Parmelia Hilton (Tech Crew Only)
Click here for ABBA Location of Parmelia Hilton Perth, 14 Mill St, Perth WA 6000, Australia
Located at the edge of the CBD, there not much in terms of cheap good food around the area, but a short 15min-20min walk in any direction would pretty much bring you to town or to the river side for fantastic dines. Perth Exhibition Center is beside the hotel and may have special events on during your visit.
There are Bus(Free cat runner services) which bring you to "North Bridge" for your oriental meals, art and historical museums and night life, as well as to "Harbor Town", another shopping enclave for big discounted brands. Walking to these places are totally viable as well.
Train station is just located around the corner, for the more adventurous willing to travel out of the city.
ABBATips
- Latest report is that PERTH does have internet avail in the room now
- Only Internet available is in the business center or in the lobby level. Open 24hrs. Obtain password from concierge.
*If u wish to Skype home, bring along headphones and mic (single connection is for 24hrs use)
- NO free meals. 25% discount on room service and meals.
- Free usage of their gym.
- Latest report is that PERTH does have internet avail in the room now
- Only Internet available is in the business center or in the lobby level. Open 24hrs. Obtain password from concierge.
*If u wish to Skype home, bring along headphones and mic (single connection is for 24hrs use)
- NO free meals. 25% discount on room service and meals.
- Free usage of their gym.
Parmelia Hilton (Tech Crew Only)14 Mill Street, Perth WA 6000
Click here for ABBA location
Click here for ABBA location
Getting Around in Perth with the FREE CITY CAT
Most of the locations are walkable from the crew hotel. However for ease of getting around, the simple to follow, color coded network of bus services helps travelers get to where they need to be with ease. Self explanatory boards and accurate bus timings, enhance the already user friendly experience.
LATE NIGHT Shopping Avail EVERY FRIDAY.
Shops Close at Approximately 9pm
Shops Close at Approximately 9pm
YPJT-JDK-Jandakot
(General Aviation Airport)
(General Aviation Airport)
To get to JDK is pretty straight forward.
1 - Purchase a 2zone ticket. It covers the MRT and Buses
2 - From "Espanade Station" located behind the hotel
3 - Take 3 stops down to "Murdoch Station"
4 - Take either Bus 515(walk from Turnbury Park Dr)/516(walk from Farringotn Rd) to JDK.
Time taken (MRT15min+BUS+WALK= 1hr45min -_-;)
ABBATip
- Call College Ops 0894174188 and request pick-up from________ at your discretion.
- Call College Ops 0894174188 and request pick-up from________ at your discretion.
- Buy a single ticket, AUD3.50, valid for 2hrs from time of purchase if your visit is short. A day pass unlimited rides, AUD10+. A trip up and down would be cheaper @ AUD7.50
*"China Southern Cadets" have always walked from main road bacck to JDK airport, but its a lonnnnngg 45Min walk in!*
Saturday, May 5, 2012
ABBA Apps
ABBA I.T*updated 08Aug2012
*Please do a search to find the latest version available for Android/Apple Apps.
Aviation
- Have a moving map in the air!
How to get LIDO flight plan on your iPAD?*only for Jailbroken users*
Step1:Through Cydia, download "Safari Download Manager" and "iFiles"
Step 1a: In Cydia, you can search and add additional sources which allow for free installations
Step 2: When viewing your CFP, a pop-up message will appear. You can from there select where your file is downloaded to.
Step 3: In iFiles, you can rename your files to "______.pdf".From there, you can select and choose >Open In>Good Reader.
Airports
This app not only gives you the longest runway available, but at a quick glance, the ATIS, METAR/TAF as well as airport elevation. Even VOLMET.
Aeroweather
List down all the airports enroute and get the latest weather en-route.
iChangi
Know if the flights have been arriving on time and know where the aircraft has been!
- Track Flight by Number/Tail Number/Flight Route
- Track Flight by Number/Tail Number/Flight Route
- Get the latest SID/STAR charts. Have your entire flight route plotted. Additional info of frequencies, danger areas and much more with JEPPFD. Charts are constantly kept up to date.
Add (BTSTACK from Cydia & an external bluetooth GPS device)- Have a moving map in the air!
Snowtam provides pilots with the following useful collection of tools
for cold weather conditions:
SNOWTAM decoder, MOTNE decoder and a cold temperature correction tool.
SNOWTAM decoder, MOTNE decoder and a cold temperature correction tool.
Step1:Through Cydia, download "Safari Download Manager" and "iFiles"
Step 1a: In Cydia, you can search and add additional sources which allow for free installations
Step 2: When viewing your CFP, a pop-up message will appear. You can from there select where your file is downloaded to.
Step 3: In iFiles, you can rename your files to "______.pdf".From there, you can select and choose >Open In>Good Reader.
This app not only gives you the longest runway available, but at a quick glance, the ATIS, METAR/TAF as well as airport elevation. Even VOLMET.
Aeroweather
List down all the airports enroute and get the latest weather en-route.
iChangi
Communication
-
Basic communication phrases, essentials to flirtatious. Good fun with
Audio play back to learn a language or converse with another
individual.
Navigation
- Offline map viewing for cities. Works well with your inbuilt GPS on phone/tablets.
- Vector based maps keeps files small. The added paid feature of Wiki Plus for offline viewing allows for your own travel guide about places of interests and eating locations.
ABBATip: For Jailkbroken users:
- Download Citymaps2go and Wikipanion Plus Separately
- Under Cydia, download IAP.*Note There is no icon for this. It runs in the background*
- In Citimaps2go, click purchase Wikiplus. It should immediately go to download the files without calling out your AppleID and password.
- Gives dead reckoning positioning even in tunnels. It uses your last known position and speed and continues to give directions even with no GPS signal in tunnels.
- 2D/3D view. As you slow down, the map zooms in to see a specific turn off that maybe coming. The Faster you travel, a greater overall view to look ahead.
- 2D/3D view. As you slow down, the map zooms in to see a specific turn off that maybe coming. The Faster you travel, a greater overall view to look ahead.
Photography
Canon Sg Lens: Free at Apple iTunes
Excellent App to see the practical differences in camera settings and the results it gives. A handy tool for new photographer enthusiast as well as seasoned ones to see the latest products available.
Panorama
Really capture the location with this app. A full 360 environmental view of the place. Augmented reality.
Photography
- Very smart software where it the system reconstructs several pictures
and combine them to make it into a larger picture or panoramic one.
Utilities
Pages
This is a great working platform. Allows you to save and email either as a word document, pdf or as a pages format. Powerful tool for active writers or work on the go.
Ever-note
A helpful free app allowing you to add notes and have tags for easy retrieval.
Checklist Apps
Get any Checklist APP. Its a very helpful tool to make sure you don't leave anything behind at the hotel that you maybe staying at. Plenty of good free ones are available online.
Pages
This is a great working platform. Allows you to save and email either as a word document, pdf or as a pages format. Powerful tool for active writers or work on the go.
Good reader
Excellent Utility to read all your magazines, or online articles. You can transfer via ITUNES>Apps (Method is same as how VLC transfers videos. Scroll below to see.
or
Add files accordingly or by mapping a network drive.
Excellent Utility to read all your magazines, or online articles. You can transfer via ITUNES>Apps (Method is same as how VLC transfers videos. Scroll below to see.
or
Add files accordingly or by mapping a network drive.
Ever-note
A helpful free app allowing you to add notes and have tags for easy retrieval.
Get any Checklist APP. Its a very helpful tool to make sure you don't leave anything behind at the hotel that you maybe staying at. Plenty of good free ones are available online.
- Weather forecast. Nice interface to see weather over the next few days. Excellent for planning your outings.
- Find out the best exchange rates with up to 10years of currency history.
Entertainment
VLC Player
- Load and view all of your shows without having to convert them.Follow these easy steps to soon being able to watch almost any video online!
Entertainment
VLC Player
- Load and view all of your shows without having to convert them.Follow these easy steps to soon being able to watch almost any video online!
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