Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / May 2004

I want to do a trip on Australia.
Could anyone help me saying what are the most important thing to see.
Thank you

banks such HSBC offer multi-currency accounts ... has anyone ever used
it/them and does that work for everyday life's expenses? also, are safety
deposit boxes a common service that the banks provide in AUS?  thank you!

Hello Everyone,  my family and I (5people) will be vacationing in Australia.
Would anyone know what is the best ie. cheapest, value for money for all of
us to go from Parramatta to Gold Coast.  I have check with Virgin Blue
website and they charge AU$179 for one adult which would ...

in Sep 2004 our family of 3 will be migrating to Brisbane from USA ...
ideally, we'd like to make our initial stay in AUS longer than 1 year before
returning to US for a brief family visit ...
1) are there any round-trip fairs that allow for a longer-than 1 year stay?

My question is about driving - from Melbourne to Brisbane via Sydney.
We will be driving up the coast from Melbourne, coming through
Woolongong, then want to go on to Brisbane - not stopping in Sydney.
Can you advise the best route to take to get through Sydney with

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Help please. I have made a res for my wife and son for their trip to
Melbourne with Hertz. They have a deductable of $2750 that they will
offset for a shocking amount (I think they told me $34 day). My
goodness, I called Thrifty and a couple of others and they were the

do airports provide a secure storage area for luggage where one could leave
6 big suitcases for a day or two?  cheers!

I am looking into going to New Zealand for a Holiday for the first 3 weeks
of September this year. Looking in some of the guide books we have here in
the UK, it says the weather is Max 15 C and Min 3 C for this period. As this
is the winter season in New Zealand ( at least I think ...

We are planning a round the world trip over Christmas/New Year.
I am 6'4" tall and always have legroom problems in economy class.
I have found out that American, Air France, Lufthansa and Air Canada have
more legroom than other airlines.

G'day everyone,
I live here in the sunny Whitsundays (I know it's tough sometimes !).
Having a heap of local knowledge and being in the local tourism
industry for the last 7 years, I've learned a little about the area.

Australia
Adelaide Sightseeing http://www.adelaidesightseeing.com.au
Adelaide Zoos (Eng) http://www.adelaidezoo.com.au/
ACT http://www.canberratourism.com.au/

what do you do while visiting aus? use the atm machines as in europe?
are there plenty of atms if so?
thanks

Our plans for a month in Australia are finally coming into place.
Thanks in part to the many good ideas from this group.
Briefly we arrive in Sydney June 17 and spend 6 nights. We plan to
stay in the Kings Cross area and visit the usual tourist sites  -

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newsgroup. Since then it has occurred to me that some here may find it
interesting.
Ignore the medical references, I was going to cut them, but they are