CA XI squad to play West Indies   The National Selection Panel (NSP) has named the below 12-player squad for the men’s Cricket Australia XI match against the West Indies at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide. The three-day tour match will be played from Wednesday 10 January to Friday 12 January ahead of the NRMA Insurance Test Series between Australia and the West Indies. CA XI squad Peter Handscomb (VIC – St Kilda Cricket Club) (c) Jack Clayton (QLD – University of Queensland Cricket Club) Harry Conway (SA – Glenelg District Cricket Club) Jake Doran (TAS – University of Tasmania Cricket Club) Jayden Goodwin (WA – Subiaco-Floreat Cricket Club) Liam Haskett (WA – Claremont-Nedlands Cricket Club) Bradley Hope (TAS – University of Tasmania Cricket Club) Jack Nisbet (NSW – Mosman Cricket Club) Liam Scott (SA – Glenelg District Cricket Club) Tim Ward (TAS – University of Tasmania Cricket Club) Doug ...

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Adelaide Sri Lanka Buddhist Vihara ඇඩිලේඩ් ශ්‍රී ලංකා බෞද්ධ විහාරය Adelaide Sri Lanka Buddhist Vihara Inc. (ASBV), a not-for-profit organization, was established in 1996 to promote Theravada Buddhism and has gradually turned out to be the solitary community hub representing the culturally diverse Sri Lankans in South Australia. ASBV engages in a broad scale of Dhamma activities including conduction of Dhamma sermons as well as Seela and Bhavana (meditation) programs for the benefit of both Sri Lankan and non-Sri Lankan communities in South Australia. ASBV also offers a comprehensive education program including linguistic, cultural and religious components to children in the community through its Ethnic School (Sinhala Buddhist School), which is registered under the  Ethnic Schools Association of South Australia. Moreover, aspiring to be a community hub in South Australia, ASBV extends a plethora of non-religious volunteer services such as counselling, community awareness programs and charity work and reaches out to the wider Australian ...

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Transport Policy & Logistics – Joe Paiva (Adelaide: Australia) “journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” is a common saying that originated from a Chinese proverb.  This saying teaches that even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one first step. I very reluctantly share this narrative.  At the very beginning ( 1973..74..75.) life was far from a bed of roses in Adelaide. Adelaide was the backwaters of Australia, as a city then.  I remember the Adelade airport being a ‘tin shed’. No international flights operated in and put of Adelaide. It was the days of TAA and Ansett interstate domestic carriers. I had to claw my way up.  Number of times I did fall,  and had to pull myself up again ( ripped, bleeding finger nails, metaphorically) . It would have been futile to retune home to Ceylon, as I had burnt my bridges ...

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SriLankan Airlines Adds A Record Number Of Sydney & Melbourne Flights – BY JAMES PEARSON SriLankan Airlines is expanding its Australia offer, with Melbourne rising to 1x daily and Sydney to 5x weekly. Source:simpleflying SriLankan Airlines has added flights to Melbourne and Sydney. As such, it has more flights Down Under this northern summer (winter in Australia) than ever before. It has 722 round trip services (214,000 seats), up by 72% over the previous record in 2019. SriLankan increases Australia As the state of Victoria is home to Australia’s largest Sri Lankan community, it is no surprise that Melbourne, the state’s capital, has the most flights. Nor that it was the first Australian city to be served when the carrier returned to the country in 2017. From May 7th, Melbourne will have a 1x daily service, returning the route to the same frequency it had until early 2020. New South Wales has ...

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