Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / November 2003

We will be visiting NZ the end of December (N+S islands) and are looking for
sheep ranches that process wool and have it for sale.  Ranches in the
northern part of the N. Island or close to Christchurch would be preferred

If anyone is flying on Singapore Airlines in the next month or so, or knows
anyone who is - please contact me. By enrolling in their frequent flyer
programme new members can get a extra couple of thousand miles free.
(I get a similar referral bonus.)

Student from Belgium (Europe) is looking for a room/accomodation in
Sydney near the University of South Wales from end of March until end
of June/begin July 2004.

My wife and I will be traveling to the blue mountains region in mid
December. We'd like to stay for two nights.
We are looking at several B&B's in Leura & Katoomba, but there are sooo many
in roughly the same price range making it extremely difficult to make a

If you're flying to Hawaii do your best to avoid using Hawaiian
airlines. These bastards completely ruined my vacation.  Here is a
list of things that happened to me and why I suggest YOU not use them.
1.    Crushed my bag so badly in handling that they cracked my notebook

Any ideas for a 1 bedroom starting about 9th November
Thanks in advance
Doug Clark

im american. do i need anything before the arrival at the airport
besides a passport?
i dont plan to work.

Hallo overthere,
We, 2 people from the Netherlands are planing a trip to australie from ± 18
october 2004 for about 6 weeks.
We wish to travel from Brisbane over Syney , Bleu Mountains, Melbourne,

We intend to take our TV set (only 9 months old) to Australia, but we have
conflicting advice as to wether or not it will work ther because of
differing voltages & frequencies. Anyone got any advice please
Shaun

For my trip I want to keep a diary in which I keep all my journeys
through New Zealand. For this I'm looking for a simple map (highways,
large cities and main attractions (Tongariro NP, Mt. Cook, FJ /
F-Glacier, etc) ), which is detailed enough for a 10x15cm print.

I am planning a trip to Melbourne and have some spare days to travel within
Victoria. I have heard that Warburton is a nice place. Does anybody have any
comments or suggestions re things to do and/or accommodation ?

Does anybody know if there is anywhere in Sydney one can buy a proper
Cornish pasty ?
TIA          Ian S..................

For those of you Australians who have relatives/friends in Canada
wanting you to get them Tim Tams, fear not.  Campbell Soup has seen fit
to market them in Canada.  I've seen them in Superstores (same owners,
the Westons, as Loblaws and Extra Foods).  They're not called Tim Tams

Your advice please...when I see couples (man and woman, I assume a
wife or girlfriend, not a sister) flying on a place, in most cases the
man insists on his wife or girlfriend taking the window seat, with the
man taking the middle seat.  Is the man afraid that if his wife sits

Hi Y'all,
http://www.sunsetdestinations.com/Flights.htm
These guys have the best price on flights I have ever seen. They
consistenlty come in lower than expedia and travelocity.