Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / June 2004

Thanks to all those that answered my last question about the weather in
September.
I have now booked some flights and i'm now looking into the hiring of car.
I have read on different web pages that you cannot take hire cars from one

I am looking for scans of entry and exit stamps of countries from all over
the world for an internet project. Will you support me by sending me scans
of such stamps you may have in your passport to: zaenkert@web.de please?
I only need scans of the stamps, not the passport or number, ...

I am going to NZ in September this year for my honeymoon. As we intend to
travel around for the time we are there I would like to pre book a hotel in
Auckland for the first 2 nights as a starting base so we can get over the
time lag etc.

I am off to New York in August and have been informed by our travel agent
that we are flying on one of the new planes. I will be in ECONOMY Class
flying on QANTAS, can
anyone confirm the following;

SYD  MH National:  Jetstar grounds its late arrivals  By Alexandra
Smith
June 2, 2004  Arrive just a few minutes late at the airport and your
Jetstar flight might not be so cheap after all.

We're trying to find hotels with in-room high-speed internet access.
We want to be able to connect the lap-top to send home photos, etc. We
don't want dial-up or a keyboard connected to a TV or a "business
centre" that has only a couple of PCs and a long wait and closes at

An elderly expat Australian fellow will be "going home" next September
after 30 years. His itinerary is as follows:
Sydney to Melbourne
Melbourne to Packenham

I am sure that the new Qantas based low cost Carrier JETSTAR will use Avalon
airport in the Melbourne area (instead of the usual Tullamarine) -- and I
"heard" that maybe they were going to use Richmond in the Sydney area rather
than Mascot.

SYD MH: Found: a new airport option
By Anne Davies, Urban Affairs Editor
May 28, 2004  [  Good access to transport and utilities but surrounded
only by villages . . . the rural landscape near Sutton Forest, south

Travelpress  Qantas is to resume flights between Australia and
Shanghai from December 2.
The thrice-weekly service will operate non-stop between Shanghai and
Sydney, with an international connection from Melbourne.

Indonesia's national flag carrier Garuda on Tuesday hiked airfares to
Australia and New Zealand because of rising price of aviation fuel,
the company said.
Fares to Australia will increase by AUS$15 (US$11) and to New Zealand

Does anyone know the cost of flying to Tasmania while I am vacationing in Australia?
Are there 1 week package tours?

Is this a good place to stay and relax?
I plan to spend 4 to 5 days here with my girlfriend there around
Christmas this year. We're ideally looking to get away from it all and
to have the chance to explore the reef.

      What is the best deal to travel from cairns to brisbane? What
does a flight fare cost between these two places ? As I heard that
travelling by train is very costly around 300$. Appreciate any inputs.
Regards

Hi group,
my girl friend and I want to go on tour to the Barrier Reef during our visit
of Australia in August.   We'll be driving all the way from Brisbane to
Cairns, and then with a 4wd to Cooktown.