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20% Off Everything in Australia

By Richard | September 8, 2008 | Down Under |

With the transpacific cruising fleet about to head to New Zealand and Australia to avoid tropical cyclone season, there’s good news. The Australian dollar has fallen 19% in eight weeks against the U.S. dollar, and the Kiwi dollar almost as much. Moderate gains were made today in the wake of the U.S. government bail-out of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but both currencies are still down. As such, everything is on huge sale in Australia and New Zealand compared to several months ago.

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