Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / May 2004

Anyone out there travelling through Brisbane and up to the Sunshine Coast
and would like someone to show them around etc, please get in touch. Have
made some awesome friends through travelling and meet alot of people through
work, (work for a coast hotel in retail) and happy to show ...

Has anyone stayed at Observation City in Perth, Western Australia ? I'm
interested in reviews, of rooms, facilities, pool, restaurants in the
Hotel.
Thanks,

SYDNEY, May 19
Qantas Airways Ltd subsidiary Australian Airlines today announced that
it would be flying to Sapporo, Japan, twice weekly between November 3,
2004 and March 26, 2005.

My husband and I are planning to spend about 6 weeks-2 months in
Australia/New Zealand, starting mid-October.  We are overwhelmed by all
there is to see, and are having trouble planning an itinerary.
We'll probably fly into Sydney and use that as a starting point.  In

   I am interested in visiting and hopefully staying with both the
Aborogines and Maoris, and see them go about in their daily lives and
participate in them if possible. I know that permits are required to enter
some of their lands. Hence, does anyone know of trustworthy travel ...

I'm a 18-year-old girl from Finland. I have been thinkg about going to
Australia as "an au pair". But I do not know what kind of working
permit or visa I need. Please, could someone help me! THANK YOU!!! :)

Hi Everyone!!!
Do you need to rent a car for your holidays? this is the site, check
this out!!! goog prices at least have a look to their prices
http://www.FirstCarhire.com

Thanks in advance for any advice... we are sending an 11 year old to
Sydney (from London) on her own, and need flights around June 30th,
returning August 9th...
On a long-haul trip like this, anyone have experience of sending an

Hubby and I have two weeks off in October/November of this year and we
are wanting to take a driving trip from Emerald to Melbourne via
Sydney to visit my family and also to go to the Melbourne Cup on the
2nd Nov.

My name is Kathy andI'm new to this newsgroup so here goes. I'm planning
a tentative trip to visit Sydney.
and would like to take my husband, mom, brother and his 2 teenage boys.
My husband and I have been

My wife and I plan will be visiting Cairns this July. We plan to visit
Green Island, spend a night on Fitzroy island and then take a trip out
to the outer reef. We have looked on the web and prices to the reef
seem to vary widely. For example, The Sunlover Cruise to Arlington

We have a 9 nights in July planned in the Cairns area. So far we are
planning to spend
3 days and one night on the reef
One day on the Atherton Tableland – is the Train Skyrail worth it?

Yes, full of mutated gay kangaroos that will rape you.
And New Zealand is full of homosexual sheep, that will rape you, too.

we have a week in Adelaide from 14th June and I'm looking for a
recommended hostel. We're not party animals; our preference is for
small, clean, quiet, hopefully not on a main road but still fairly
central as we won't have a car), with useable self-catering kitchen,

Hi, I've another question. We'd like to visit Katoomba. Could anyone
reccommend a good place
to stay that would range from 120-170 a night for 6 people? Like most
people, we're trying to do