West Australian wine connoisseurs can now satisfy their taste for a good quality tipple even if they are working on a beer budget, all thanks winecow.com.au.

Winecow.com.au are hosting a wine tasting event for those who want a good quality drop at less than half the price you would pay in the bottleshop! Come along and enjoy some fine wines and cheese and grab some bargains to stock up for the festive period.

Winecow.com.au are an online retailer and provide free home delivery in the Perth metro area.
DATE & TIME: Tuesday 18th November, 5.30pm – 8.30pm
LOCATION: South of Perth Yacht Club ‐ Coffee Point, Applecross (Cnr Duncraig and Canning Beach Roads)
WINERIES: Large range of top wines available such as Rare Earth, Sandalford, Flying Fish and Alkoomi.
COST: $10 per ticket, all tickets will be exchanged for a $15 winecow.com.au voucher on arrival
BOOKINGS: Log onto winecow.com.au, click on ‘events’ button and secure your place. All tickets purchased online are in the running for a $600.00 Door Prize. A limited number of tickets will be available on the door. These tickets will not be
eligible for the door prize.

TOWN OF BASSENDEAN TO BRING PLANET EARTH FESTIVAL ALIVE!

The Town of Bassendean is inviting the whole community to join them at their first fun filled carbon offset event called ‘Planet Earth Festival.’

DATE & TIME: Saturday 6th December 2008 from 4.00pm – 9.00pm and Sunday 7th December from 11.00am – 3.00pm.

LOCATION: The event will take place in the Bassendean Town Centre with Old Perth Road being closed off for the festival.

ENTERTAINMENT: Live bands will entertain crowds over the two-day festival. Other entertainment will include a street parade on the Sunday involving local school children, as well as street performers and buskers. Delightful delicacies from local food vendors will be there to tempt the taste buds and amusement rides to keep the adults and the kids on their toes.

Balloon artists and Old MacDonald’s farm will be ready to impress and for the first time ever, a Freestyle BMX Competition will take place over the two days of the festival, with a ghetto style theme and an attractive amount of prize money up for grabs.

ACCESS: Ten-minute drive from the city, Ashfield train station is nearby.

COST: FREE

For more information: Log on to www.bassendean.wa.gov.au or contact Leisure Services on 9377 8000.

OPEN DAY FOR UNIQUE NEW CENTRE TO HELP KIDS WITH AUTISM

A new centre, the first of it’s kind in Western Australia, set up to tackle a chronic shortage of therapists trained to help children with autism and developmental disorders will open it’s doors to the public on Saturday 29th November 2008.

The independent centre, known as the Learning Education and Research Network (L.E.A.R.N.), aims to ensure children suspected of having autism or developmental delays are diagnosed and receive intensive treatment as early as possible.

Families, carers and health professionals all welcome!

DATE & TIME: Saturday 29th November, 11.00am – 2.00pm

LOCATION: L.E.A.R.N. – 217 Canning Highway, East Fremantle

WHAT/WHO: L.E.A.R.N. Senior Clinical Psychologist, Darin Cairns and the centre’s Client Services Coordinator, Mandy Mason will be available for consultations to discuss the latest developments in autism early intervention and the L.E.A.R.N. Curriculum. Face painting, sausage sizzle, kids entertainment.

COST: FREE

For further information please visit http://www.learnaustralia.org/

One entry fee then you ride for FREE!. Experience the excitement of ADVENTURE WORLD, Perth’s premier amusement park with over 30 thrill rides and waterslides, plus Kids Cove with some of the best rides for younger children. Just 20 minutes from Perth and only 15 minutes from Fremantle, there’s something for the entire family at Adventure World! Adventure World…. It’s a SCREAM!

Thanks to the team at Adventure World, we’re giving away 5 Family Passes for you to enjoy this summer valued at $165 each to our Western Australian Win Big Members.

To be in with a  chance to win one of these passes you must live in WA and in 25 words or less tell us “What is the big attraction to Adventure World this season and why”.

Email your responses to Mike @ Win Big with your answer, your name and your postal address.

Good Luck!!

Every so often we can feel down on our luck. Maybe it’s just a passing mood or maybe it’s a particularly bad string of events, but sometimes in this hectic life we just need a pick-me-up. Here are some of my quick mood boosters when the going gets tough. Check them out and see if you agree!

1. Have a latte! The simplicity of a good espresso drink cannot be beat. Pair it with a walk outside and you have a cheap pick-me-up that’s good for a dreary afternoon.
2. Dine on popcorn and Red Vines. I have a thing for movie-theater treats, and I always feel better after a couple hours of munching and a light-hearted movie.
3. Play with a kitten. I’m a sucker for cats, but most of the time I can’t actually get to one when I need one. Fortunately, kitty pics or videos usually do the trick. So when I’m in a sour mood, but stuck behind my computer, I’ll opt for a good 10 minutes of kitten viewing!

To see my final ideas and add your own just read more.

4. Enjoy a chocolate-chip cookie. What’s better than the smell of homemade cookies? Eating homemade cookies, of course! I love to get my bake on when I’m gloomy. Cookies and milk do a mood good.
5. Get active. I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t love to work out (sorry, Fit!), but I do love how I feel afterwards. If I can drag my behind out the door, I’m sure to feel better when I get back home.

Do you dream about winning a car? Have you ever wondered what the secrets are that people use to win a car online? Anyone can be a competition winner, at the Win Big Australia Online Competition Club there are hundreds of competitions and prizes for you to enter online, including competitions to win a car! The key is knowing how to recognize which competitions and prizes represent the best opportunity to for you to win big.

There are a lot of sponsors who offer competitions to win a car as the major prize. Play Limbo has some great competitions where you can win a car, right now they are giving you the chance to win a Mazda 2 Neo. In the past Play Limbo have also given away a Hyundai Getz worth $17,000 and a Holden Barina worth $13,990.  For your chance to win big, become a member of Play Limbo and you could be the next lucky player to win a car.

If you’re looking to win a premium car then why not look at entering a raffle auction? Cars for Cancer is giving you the chance to win 2 cars,  a Holden HSV Clubsport R8 or a Ford FPV GT-P. First Prize winner will choose one of these 2 cars, valued at $83,208. This competition helps raise money for Cancer research. There is only 15,000 tickets to be sold, so the chances to win are much better!

Some of the Dodge is one of the latest offering four ways to enter a contest to win one of three, new Dodge models. You can enter by filling out a survey, playing the daily match game, registering with the company or relaying your favorite feature of a particular vehicle. However you opt to play the game, you have an equal chance to win.

EmailCash is a rewards website that gives its members the opportunity to win a car just by entering their free auction.   Right now EmailCash members have the chance to win up to 12 brand new cars including the Honda Civic, Mazda 3, Mitsubushi Lancer and Peugeot 207.  If you want to win a car then EmailCash is the website for you.

If you’re looking for more than just competitions to win a car then why not check our competitions from sponsors such as Valvoline, where you can win $1,000 cash each week or the $20,000major prize. The NRMA is also giving you the chance to win a $10,000 dream holiday, this competitions are easy to enter and give you the chance to win big every day!

The opportunity to win the car of your dreams is just a mouse click away.

Play free online games at the Win Big Australia Online Competition Club, updated weekly our online games are free and their heaps of fun.  Why do we all play these online games? Why are these free games so addictive? Free games from Win Big are fun because  you can pick up and play whenever you want, there is no preparation needed, no decisions to be made. You play when you want, for how long you want and quickly alt-tab when your teacher or boss comes over.
These are all fairly obvious reasons why free online games are appreciated, along with the ease of finding them, and of course, the point that they are FREE.  By playing a free game, we know that if we don’t enjoy it, we don’t lose out on anything, we can simply move on and try another one.

Our latest free online games include:

Coffee Shop - How much cash can you make in 14 days!

Kinetikz - Can you bounce the puck into the target?

Shift - Not your ordinary platform puzzler

AquaRotation - Guide the submarine and plug the hole

Premier League Foosball - Table Soccer on your Desktop

It is this experimentation which allows people to find a game that they really enjoy. The huge variety of online games, combined with the fact that there is no financial or large time investment means that there really is an enjoyable experience to be found for everybody, and more importantly, that people are inclined to find this enjoyable experience.

For more free online games visit the Win Big Australia Online Competition Club, join for free and you could also enter and win competitions and surveys.

For tips on how to win lotto or become a competition winner visit the Win Big Happy News blog.

When it comes to lotto secrets we’ve discovered a powerful bit of information that we feel anyone who plays their respective lottery should be aware of. Over the years our members have come together and shared a host of tips on how to win lotto, we simply pulled together some of the finer points and listed here tips on how you can win the lottery more frequently.For those who dream of quitting their jobs and being independently wealthy, the lottery is an affordable way to take some chances and move toward that goal. It is, in its simplest form, lotto is a game of chance – a game in which we are willing to pay a very small entry cost to get an extremely slim chance of winning a very substantial prize. Though based on sheer probability, Australian lottery games give everyday people to opportunity to see if a $1 or $5 ticket will win the big jackpot!

We don’t promote ‘Money Wheels’ or ‘Secret Number Selection’ methods. We offer commonsense advice and handy tips that will change the way you thing about selecting the numbers that you play and in turn greatly increasing your chances of winning lotto.

To prepare for what is possible in terms of winning lotto prizes, you will need to let go of a few precious, possibly long-held notions. These notions are mostly sentimental and will truly hold you back from extraordinary results.

Some popular sentimental ‘winning lotto’ theories include:

• there is a pattern or some kind of magic which determines what
  numbers are drawn each week;
• playing the same numbers every week will bring you luck.;
• winning a couple of prizes a year is motivating you to chase the big
  one;
• it’s all about picking the six winning numbers.

We all know that it’s not fun to keep paying out week after week on lotto and not win a prize. The fact of the matter is that, no one plays lotto to win the smaller prizes. If you truly want to be motivated to win lotto and then you must adopt a strategy that sets you up to win lotto prizes frequently along the way.

Here are some simple tips that are designed to show you how to win the lottery more often.  Once you have read these tips you can test them with 2 free lotto games from www.OzLotteries.com, a fully accredited retailer of popular Australian lotteries including Powerball and Saturday Lotto.

Tip 1 - When you select your Lotto numbers, try to have a relatively even mix of odd and even numbers.

Tip 2 - Tracking and studying Number Groups can help you decide which group to omit and which group to give extra heavy play.

Tip 3 - In Powerball, on average, one number will repeat from the last drawing every other drawing or 40 percent of the time.

Tip 4 - Sharing the ticket cost with others stretches your Lotto budget. By playing with a group, you can afford to buy more lottery tickets.

Tip 5 - When you form a Lotto syndicate select your partners carefully. Avoid negative people. Not only are they unlucky, but they dampen enthusiasm and drain energy from others.

Tip 6 - Many players like to bet the numbers that have won someone else a big jackpot, and by doing so, they are almost guaranteed NOT to win one themselves.

Tip 7 - Avoid betting five consecutive numbers, even four consecutive numbers is a very rare occurrence that, in most Lotto games, has never happened once.

Tip 8 -The majority of Lotto players like to play the calendar numbers, such as birth dates and anniversaries—and their children’s ages. This means that the most heavily played numbers are 1 through 31. If you win, chances are you will be sharing with thousands of others.

Tip 9 - Never choose all five numbers from one number group, such as all single digits, or all teens, or all 20’s, etc.

Tip 10 - The shortest, easiest way to search for Lotto numbers that have the greatest probability of winning is to track the trends.

Thanks to OZ Lotteries, a fully accredited retailer of popular Australian lotteries via its website www.OzLotteries.com. You can now try these lotto winning tips for free! If you join Oz Lotteries today, they’ll give you 2 free games to test your lotto winning tips.  The 2 free games include OzLotto, Powerball, Saturday Lotto and Daily Keno, so join today and you could be the next big lotto winner!!

Have you got a lotto tip that has helped you Win Big? If so, share that winning feeling and let us know and we’ll post it with our other winning tips.

If competitions, games, surveys and free offers and more your thing, join the Win Big Australia Online Competition Club today for more chances to WIN BIG!!

Continuing on from our previous  post on the habits of happy people here are some more tips on how to generate and maintain that happy feeling.

Invest in Relationships - Always make sure your loved ones know you love them even in times of conflict. Nurture and grow your relationships with your family and friends by making the time to spend with them. Don’t break your promises to them. Be supportive.

Keep Your Word - Honesty is the best policy. Every action and decision you make should be based on honesty. Be honest with yourself and with your loved ones.

Meditate - Meditation gives your very active brain a rest. When it’s rested you will have more energy and function at a higher level. Types of meditation include yoga, hypnosis, relaxation tapes, affirmations, visualization or just sitting in complete silence. Find something you enjoy and make the time to practice daily.

Mind Your Own Business - Concentrate on creating your life the way you want it. Take care of you and your family. Don’t get overly concerned with what other people are doing or saying. Don’t get caught up with gossip or name calling. Don’t judge. Everyone has a right to live their own life the way they want to – including you.

Optimism - See the glass as half full. Find the positive side of any given situation. It’s there – even though it may be hard to find. Know that everything happens for a reason, even though you may never know what the reason is. Steer clear of negative thoughts. If a negative thought creeps in – replace it with a positive thought.

Love Unconditionally - Accept others for who they are. You don’t put limitations on your love. Even though you may not always like the actions of your loved ones – you continue to love them.

Persistence - Never give up. Face each new challenge with the attitude that it will bring you one step closer to your goal. You will never fail, as long as you never give up. Focus on what you want, learn the required skills, make a plan to succeed and take action. We are always happiest while pursuing something of value to us.

Be Proactive - Accept what can not be changed. Happy people don’t waste energy on circumstances beyond their control. Accept your limitations as a human being. Determine how you can take control by creating the outcome you desire – rather than waiting to respond.

 Self Care - Take care of your mind, body and health. Get regular medical check ups. Eat healthy and work out. Get plenty of rest. Drink lots of water. Exercise your mind by continually energizing it with interesting and exciting challenges.

Self Confidence - Don’t try to be someone that you’re not. After all no one likes a phony. Determine who you are in the inside – your own personal likes and dislikes. Be confident in who you are. Do the best you can and don’t second guess yourself.

Take Responsibility - Happy people know and understand that they are 100% responsible for their life. They take responsibility for their moods, attitude, thoughts, feelings, actions and words. They are the first to admit when they’ve made a mistake.

Begin today by taking responsibility for your happiness. Work on developing these habits as you own. The more you incorporate the above habits into your daily lifestyle – the happier you will be.

Most of all: BE TRUE TO YOURSELF.

Welcome to Best Credit Card Bank. Are you looking to get a better deal on your credit card? To make sure you get the best credit card deal it is important that you choose a credit card that matches your needs. That means you need to make sure that you use a credit card that is the most suitable for your spending habits. If using a card for extended credit and don’t pay off the balance in full each month, choose a card with a lower rate. It may not offer any interest-free period, but the lower interest rate should save you more in the long run. Alternatively if you use your card for the convenience of paying for everyday purchases such as petrol or groceries, try a credit or charge card with maximum interest-free days, then make sure you pay it off in full each month.

Here at Best Credit Card Bank you can search, compare and apply for over 50 of the best credit cards that are on offer in Australia. You can compare balance transfer offers, interest free days, annual fees, late payment fees and reward programs and choose the credit card bank that best suits you.