Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / December 2003

Hello everone,
May I know which places in Ausrtalia and Newzealand are the most beautiful.
Thanks
Saira

Spending 10 days in Perth after attending a 21st party of a friend in April
2004. Will have a hire car for a few days and the rest public transport.
Any must-see's around Perth. Mainly just checking out the local lifestyle and
get a feel for the people over there.

My first time visit to Australie is about to become true.
I'll stay a few days in Sydney, then drive up to Brisbane (probably
visit Fraser Island as well).
I'd love to read any good / bad experiences fron the east coast : where

 We have a picture from a building in Broken Hill, but do not know what
it is. We think it is the Police Station or the Town Hall (or both?).
 We have the picture in JPEG format, but we don't have a website and
one is not supposed to post 'binaries' to a text group like this one, ...

I heard we should use repellant in NZ. I never used that before.
Any suggestions for the type and brand? And from where in Auckland
I can buy it?
Thanks a lot.

At our local shopping mall - Eastgardens, Pagewood in Sydney, there is a
specialist Ice Cream and Gelato outlet that is now selling Durian flavoured
Gelato- Yum!

See -
http://www.examiner.com.au/story.asp?id=210619
And - apparently on wrong side of road and NOT wearing his seat belt.

this is Michele from ITaly.
I'm a freelance photographer going to OZ in January for a month...
I'd like to know if anyone has any tips about locations for shooting
good pictures of the skyline of the cities in the subject.

I'll be visiting Melbourne again sometime in Jan 2004 and will like to golf
around. I have seen roos in most courses in Perth but have never seen any
here (Mel). I last played at Dunes and Moonah Links beginning of 2003.
Neither were there any to be seen even at remote Warrnambool ...

...Wondering about car rentals...rates,etc for a small car with
automatic gearbox.Suggestions?
 Also looking for suggestions regading accomodations in
Coogee.I stayed at the Holiday Inn about 10 years ago but

I just arrive here in Sydney yesterday morning after having been in
Singapore a while.
I'll be here for a week (that was the minimum the hostel would book
people for during this time of year) and will be celebrating Christmas

My wife and I plan on taking a two-week trip to Australia, with perhaps
a week in Noosa, probably sometime during Dec. 2004-Feb. 2005.  We'd
appreciate advice on:
1. Would anyone recommend the Noosa Sheraton?  Are the rooms, grounds

My wife & I were planning a train journey from sydney to melbourne on my
visit to australia in early january.
Are the views worth making a day journey?
How is the experience ? I sit worth it or should we just fly ?

Just a quick seasons greetings to all the regular and not so regular
posters.
I shall be thinking of all you Northern Hemisphere lot tomorrow whilst
sitting on the beach - sipping an ice cold Guiness and hopping into a bucket

AAP:  Long range passenger jet lands in Sydney
Tuesday December 2, The world's longest-range passenger aircraft -
engineered for flights of up to 19 hours - touched down in Sydney.
The 14-hour nonstop journey from Dubai to Sydney was the world's first