Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / October 2003

My wife and I emigrated to Brisbane recently. We have been here 4 months
and loving it.
We are really looking forward to Xmas, as this will be the first time
that we'll have sufficient time (2 weeks) off work to do some exploring.

We're from Canada and we'replanning a trip to New Zealand in December.
We've been looking at the fares for internal flights within New
Zealand on the Air NZ web site (http://www.airnz.co.nz).  The prices
that we see on the site are MUCH less than those that our travel

Can anyone point me to a source of lowest fares from LAX to Melbourne?  I
going before December 8th and want to stay three months or longer.
Might a round-the-world ticket work out to be cheaper that the LAX-MEL
roundtrip for long stay?  I'd appreciate any advice.

  Would anyone be able to tell me which is the fastest route from Perth
city (William st to be exact) to Kalbarri? Via Midlands? And how long would
it take if I set off at about 9am on a working Monday morning. Thank you.
Shou Wee

I've never been to Australia, but am hoping to visit my brother out there in
December.  My Mother might also come out and we'll all spend Christmas
together.  In Britain, there are loads of companies that rent
holiday-cottages (like English Country Cottages) to a high standard.  Is

I am a Canadian citizen (and a student) and I will be traveling to Australia
and New Zealand next week (my plane leaves Nov. 4th).  I have a student
working holiday visa for both countries.  I expect to be in each country for
at least three months (up to 12 months total).  Can ...

Has anyone ever taken a PADI course or the diving cruise offered by the
diving schools in Bundaberg (Queensland)?
They seem to be very cheap (the shore diving course being 169$AUD) and
there is a nice 5day cruise, where you can get the PADI course for

    Would anybody know of a web page showing a map of the NSW
Countrylink bus routes?  I checked the Countrylink site itself but
that seems to not have.
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Can anyone tell me where I can find a well-stocked tobacco store in
(preferably central) Sydney ?
I smoke rolling tobacco, and the only tobacco I've been able to find
there earlier has been this total crap Drum tobacco - and the

I just posted 6 new Aussie Backgrounds made from photos from my recent trip
in QLD
- Cooktown Sunset - 1
- Cooktown Sunset - 2

I'm researching a trip to see the crab migration on Christmas Island.
Was wondering if anyone has some more detailed info beyond what's on
the Christmas Island website
(http://www.christmas.net.au/introduction.html).

I'm travelling to Oz in March 04 and am looking at getting my insurance
sorted just now. Does anyone have recommendations of cheap but adequate
insurance?
Cheers

...how many will object?
Dave
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NSW Rural Fire Service - become a volunter today.

In NZ we have some established second-tier cheap rental car places.  In
Perth, there is Bayswater, who have Corollas for $29 a day.  Who can I
turn to in Melbourne (or nearby, like Geelong) for a similar rate?  Best
I can do so far is over $40 a day.

Hi to everybody.
At first, sorry for my english... :-(
Now, at March I want to fly to Australia. I have 4 weeks to do a
travel around this big state.