By following the instructions in this document, you will have your theme up and running in practically no time at all!

If you need additional help, we recommend Getting Started with WordPress and New To WordPress? Where to Start.

Table of Contents

• Installation instructions
• Customisation instructions
• Homepage settings
• Sidebar setup
• Menu setup
• Flickr setup

Installing TheTravelTheme

There are two ways to install TheTravelTheme.

Method 1 is via the WordPress Dashboard.

1. Download the ZIP file
2. Login to WordPress, usually accessible at http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin
3. Select ‘Appearance’ > Themes
4. Select ‘Upload’
5. Upload TheTravelTheme.zip
6. Activate

Download TheTravelTheme

Method 2 is via FTP

1. Download an FTP Client. For a list of FTP clients, please visit http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients
2. Using an FTP client, connect to the server that your WordPress blog is hosted on
3. Upload the folder TheTravelTheme to /public_html/wp-content/themes/
4. Log in to your WordPress dashboard (http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/)
5. From the left hand sidebar, select “Appearance”, then “Themes”
6. Activate “TheTravelTheme”

Customising TheTravelTheme

To customise the way the theme looks, navigate to the theme options located within the Travel menu item on the left hand side of the WordPress Dashboard.

Homepage Settings

Your homepage is totally customisable via the ‘Homepage’ section of the ‘Travel’ menu.

If you would like to add blog posts to the homepage, simply add the following line of code to the Homepage Content Editor:

You will now see 5 blog posts on the homepage.

This line of code was generated using the Shortcode Editor by clicking the drop down menu ‘Choose one’ and selecting ‘Blog’

Expanding into:

How to setup the sidebar widgets

To setup the sidebar widgets of TheTravelTheme, click on ‘Appearance’ in the left hand side menu of the WordPress Dashboard and select ‘Widgets’.

How to setup the menu

TheTravelTheme takes advantage of WordPress 3.0 menu functionality, allowing you far more control and customisation opportunities from within the WordPress Dashboard.

To setup the sidebar widgets of TheTravelTheme, click on ‘Appearance’ in the left hand side menu of the WordPress Dashboard and select ‘Menu’.

Flickr installation guide

To set up your own Flickr gallery, download the Flickr Photo Album Plugin by Joe Tan. The installation files for this plugin are included in the download zip file of TheTravelTheme, or can be installed using from within the WordPress Dashboard (Plugins > Add New > Search for Flickr Photo Album)

Simply activate the plugin and follow the instruction steps.

Winter Entertainment Ideas in Melbourne

Melbourne Bars
Melbourne is the perfect place to enjoy a nice warm winter tipple and there are plenty of bars and cocktail serving up your favourites – often with a bit of live music and entertainment. Go for the classic Manhattan or a Hot Toddy for a great belly warmer or quaff a robust Cabernet Sauvignon – the perfect winter wine. Find a seat by some outdoor heaters and spend a great night on the town.
Great places to try: The Deanery, Movida, Syracuse

Melbourne Art and Culture
The state of Victoria has dished out a number of great exhibitions for the winter season. This year, the city hosts the Melbourne Writers Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival – always popular favourites; meanwhile, Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2010 is showcasing some of the most unique works of Tim Burton, hailed as the modern mastermind of movie making.
Head to: Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Melbourne Sport
Grab a blanket and head to the Melbourne Cricket Ground to watch the AFL Premiership – this is the home for Aussie Rules footy. Or catch your favourite Rugby teams shouldering off against the Storm at the brand new Ethiad Stadium. Grab a drink before the game or head to one of many cosy Melbourne restaurants to enjoy a bite after.
Head to: Melbourne Cricket Ground,Ethiad Stadium

Melbourne Hotels
From the luxury resort to cheap accommodation and the cheerful backpackers, there are plenty of Melbourne hotels to check out during your great getaway. Head for the CBD or stay in some of the best known cultural suburbs – why not try Southbank hotels? Indulge in some pampering at a spa or cosy up next to a roaring fire at a boutique B&B. There are plenty of ways to enjoy a great winter getaway in Melbourne.

243 kilometres and beyond
The Great Ocean Road is 243 kilometres of spectacular scenic coastline. Considered a true national treasure, the drive can be done in a day, but most travellers will prefer to take their time on this journey stopping off at various points of interest along the way. You can do the drive yourself or join one of the many tour buses that operate from Melbourne.

Ready to hit the road? Your journey starts from Melbourne where you’ll head down south to Torquay where we mark off 0 km. From here you’ll be heading for the coast, cruising your way westward towards Warrnambool. There are plenty of sights and attractions to visit not to mention the picturesque beauty of the scene – stay for an hour, a day – even a week! There is plenty of great friendly and cheap accommodation to check into as you check out some of these trip highlights:

Bells Beach (7 km) - a favourite among surfers and beach goers, Bells Beach was also the setting for the final scene of Point Break (although the movie was not actually filmed here). Bells hosts a number of notorious annual surf competitions and events including the Rip Curl Pro Surf and Music Festival every Easter.

Apollo Bay (90 km) - Travelling through Lorne (46 km), this quaint little tourist town is a great place to drop in for a spot lunch, a leisurely afternoon or overnight if you’re looking for last minute hotels. Apollo Bay is one of the easiest locations for finding hotels and accommodation. Chat with the friendly locals fishing on the pier or visit the many foreshore shops. Don’t forget to scope out the view from Marriners Lookout (90.7 km). Those brave and fit enough can continue their journey on foot, walking the 104 km of the Great Ocean Walk that will take you from Apollo Bay to the Twelve Apostles.

Cape Otway (147 km) - driving through the scenic Otway National Park (114 km) , you’ll be heading for Cape Otway, home of the historic Cape Otway Lighthouse, the oldest surviving lighthouse on the Australian mainland. Offering stunning ocean views, you can imagine the first Europeans getting their first glimpse of Australian land as they approached their destination.

Port Campbell National Park (172 km) - koalas, kangaroo, penguins and Australian animal galore – this is also the place to see the Twelve Apostles (172.6 km) in all their breathtaking glory. Stay in nearby Port Campbell (179 km) or continue onwards for the home stretch.

Warrnambool (246 km) - you’ve made it – now bask in the experience. You can finish off your trip with a visit to the Loch Ard shipwreck in this maritime town. If you’re lucky, you’ll catch a glimpse of the amazing southern right whales as they frolic in the nearby seas.

This is the official end of the Great Ocean Road, but for those who aren’t ready to stop off just yet – it’s only just the beginning. You can continue onward westward to Port Fairy (305 km), Portland (378) or even Adelaide (858 km).

Nepal has a rich geography. The mountainous north has eight of the world’s ten tallest mountains, including the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, called Sagarmatha in Nepali. It contains more than 240 peaks over 20,000 ft (6,096 m) above sea level.[7] The fertile and humid south is heavily urbanized.

By some measures, Hinduism is practised by a larger majority of people in Nepal than in any other nation.[8] Buddhism, though a minority faith in the country, is linked historically with Nepal as the birthplace of the Buddha. There are 3 different buddhist traditions: Himalayan Buddhism, Buddhism of Kathmandu Valley (mostly Mahayana and Vajrayana), and also the Theravada Buddhism.

About half of the population live below the international poverty line of $1.25 a day.[9]

A monarchy throughout most of its history, Nepal was ruled by the Shah dynasty of kings from 1768, when Prithvi Narayan Shah unified its many small kingdoms. In 2006, however, a decade-long People’s Revolution by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) along with several weeks of mass protests by all major political parties of Nepal culminated in a peace accord, and the ensuing elections for the constituent assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of the abdication of the last Nepali monarch Gyanendra Shah and the establishment of a federal democratic republic in 28 May 2008.[10] The first President of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, was sworn in on 23 July 2008.

New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is known for its status as a financial, cultural, transportation, and manufacturing center, and for its history as a gateway for immigration to the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, it is also a destination of choice for many foreign visitors. Both state and city were named for the 17th century Duke of York, James Stuart, future James II and VII of England and Scotland.

New York was inhabited by the Algonquin, Iroquois, and Lenape Native American groups at the time Dutch settlers moved into the region in the early 17th century. In 1609, the region was first claimed by Henry Hudson for the Dutch. Fort Nassau was built near the site of the present-day capital of Albany in 1614. The Dutch soon also settled New Amsterdam and parts of the Hudson River Valley, establishing the colony of New Netherland. The British took over the colony by annexation in 1664.

The borders of the British colony, the Province of New York, were roughly similar to those of the present-day state. About one third of all the battles of the Revolutionary War took place in New York. New York became an independent state on July 9, 1776, and enacted its constitution in 1777. The state ratified the United States Constitution on July 26, 1788 to become the eleventh state of the union.

The Arkadiko Bridge is one of four Mycenaean corbel arch bridges part of a former network of roads, designed to accommodate chariots, between Tiryns to Epidauros in the Peloponnese, in Greece. Dating to the Greek Bronze Age (13th century BC), it is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and use. Several intact arched stone bridges from the Hellenistic era can be found in the Peloponnese in southern Greece[2]

The greatest bridge builders of antiquity were the ancient Romans.[3] The Romans built arch bridges and aqueducts that could stand in conditions that would damage or destroy earlier designs. Some stand today.[4] An example is the Alcántara Bridge, built over the river Tagus, in Spain. The Romans also used cement, which reduced the variation of strength found in natural stone.[5] One type of cement, called pozzolana, consisted of water, lime, sand, and volcanic rock. Brick and mortar bridges were built after the Roman era, as the technology for cement was lost then later rediscovered.

Its name is derived from Amstellerdam,[6] indicative of the city’s origin: a dam in the river Amstel. Settled as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age, a result of its innovative developments in trade. During that time, the city was the leading centre for finance and diamonds.[7] In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded, and many new neighbourhoods and suburbs were formed. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam (in Dutch: ‘Grachtengordel’), located in the heart of Amsterdam, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in July 2010.

The city is the financial and cultural capital of the Netherlands.[8] Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there, and 7 of the world’s top 500 companies, including Philips and ING, are based in the city.[9] In 2010, Amsterdam was ranked 13th globally on quality of living[10] by Mercer, and previously ranked 3rd in innovation by 2thinknow in the Innovation Cities Index 2009.[11]

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world, is located in the city centre. Amsterdam’s main attractions, including its historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, its red-light district, and its many cannabis coffee shops draw more than 3.66 million international visitors annually.[12]

With nearly 4,000 years of continuous history, China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations.[1][2][3] Prior to the 19th century, it possessed one of the most advanced societies and economies in the world; but through successive dynasties it then missed the industrial revolution and began to decline.[4][5] In the 19th and 20th century, imperialism, internal weakness and civil wars damaged the country and its economy, and led to the overthrow of imperial rule.

In 1949, after major combat ended in the Chinese Civil War, two states calling themselves “China” emerged:

* People’s Republic of China The People’s Republic of China (PRC), established in 1949, commonly known as China, has control over mainland China and the largely self-governing territories of Hong Kong (since 1997) and Macau (since 1999).
* Republic of China The Republic of China (ROC) established in 1912 in mainland China, now commonly known as Taiwan, has control over the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, the Pratas island group, and a few other outlying islands.

In the 1950s, change to economic policies in Taiwan transformed the island into a technology-oriented industrialized developed economy after a period of high growth rates and rapid industrialization. In mainland China, in the 1970s, reforms known as the Four Modernizations improved agriculture, industry, technology and defense, vastly raising living standards and making the PRC one of the great powers.[6][7][8]

Historically, China’s cultural sphere has extended across East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbors such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Through its history, China was the source of many major inventions.[9] It has also one of the world’s oldest written language systems. The first evidence of human presence in the region was found at the Zhoukoudian cave. It is one of the earliest known specimens of Homo erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived from 300,000 to 780,000 years ago.[10][11][12]

One design company is hoping to revolutionise our modern concept of luxury travel. Instead of rushing your travel, imagine floating over some of the most unique destinations in the world and getting a new perspective – gaze down at Niagara Falls, the pyramids of Egypt, even Ayers Rock. This gives a whole new meaning to concept of cruising through life.

Introducing the AirCruise – a new concept in luxury travel

Forget staying in Whitsundays hotels, even a 5 star resort couldn’t measure up to the prestige and pampering of this vision. The conceptual AirCruise, designed by Seymourpowell, is a giant, vertical airship powered by natural energy and designed to carry travellers in style and luxury. “The AirCruise concept questions whether the future of luxury travel should be based around space-constrained, resource hungry, and all too often stressful airline travel,” says Nick Talbot, design director at Seymourpowell.

The AirCruise design is for a hotel in the sky, with low passenger numbers and huge internal spaces offering room for living, dining and relaxing, as well as scope for dramatic and inspirational public spaces. The initial design proposes a bar/lounge zone, four duplex apartments, a penthouse and five smaller apartments.

If realised, the AirCruise would offer its passengers a brand new view of some of their favourite destinations.

See Australia from above

Seymourpowell has more thoroughly flushed out the scope of its design thanks to interested investors from South Korea. However, despite the appeal, the actual realisation of a flying cruise is probably still quite a long way off. In the meantime, you can see some of your favourite Aussie icons from above with helicopter or hot air balloon tours – get a new perspective of these great attractions:

Uluru

When viewed from above, Australia’s class outback icon is something unique to marvel at. The full scope and size of this sandstone formation is much better appreciated from the air. The rock itself has an expansive 9.4 km circumference and measures about 5 km in length.

In the absence of the AirCruise, visitors to the rock can check into nearby Uluru hotels and charter a scenic helicopter flight from $125 for a 15 minute tour.

Great Barrier Reef

With over 2900 individual reefs extending 2600 kilometres, the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s longest and most diverse reef system. From above, the reefs are a sight to marvel at, with beautiful hues of greens and whites speckling the deep blue seas. The reefs feature plenty of spectacular aquatic life and offer some of the most breathtaking diving experiences in the world.

Once you’ve seen them from below, get a view of the Great Barrier Reef from above. You can book a helicopter tour or, if you’re feeling particularly daring, take the plunge and go skydiving! Your journey starts with checking into Cairns hotels and booking your flight over the reef.

The Twelve Apostles

Carved out of the Southern Ocean, the 12 Apostles have long been a spectacle along the Great Ocean Road. Centuries of erosion have created a labyrinth of caves, arches and towering rock stacks rising up from the waves. You can take in some great views from specially built viewing platforms along the coast, but for a real treat – you can book a helicopter flight and soar over the Apostles, gazing down at their serene and picturesque beauty.

Where would you fly over?