Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / July 2004

coming to australia for three months, I wonder what the best option is:
Use my normal mobile number, or subscribe to an australian provider:
vodaphone, telstra or optus and sign up for a three month plan, or Use a
prepaid australian card.

I have been travelling in Hong Kong in the last month. I have been
stayed in Ah Shan Hostel/Dragon INN for two weeks.
In that place, I can enjoy free internet access using their computers.
And, because I have my own one. I can even access internet in my own

Hello travelers and locals!
I plan to visit Australia in September - October.
I plan to dive on GBR and after that I'd like to fly to Western Australia
I have a few questions:

I have recently launched www.ozcampsite.com as a small personal non-profit
venture so as to share knowledge & info on camping in general in Australia.
The site requires new members to complete a simply and free registration
process (so we can easily get rid of crackpots). Once ...

 On previous trips in Australia we have used a 4WD Toyota Landcruiser
Hightop 'Troupie' campervan, i.e. like this one:
http://camperworld.com.au/4WD_hightop_landcruiser.html
 For our next trip, because of the season (February 2005) we seem to

Hello all - I'm hoping this is a quick and easy one..
I was watching Getaway on Nine last week (Wed June 16th?), here in
Sydney, and I tuned in and checked out a very cool eco-cottage which
was part of a large group of cottages - and it was all in a woody

We are looking to rent at Trinity Waters Apartments.  Does anyone know
of this property and can you give us any insight.
Thanks!

I'm just back from a visit to Sydney and I loved it.  I found one
thing odd there: while looking for nice sit-down type of restaurants
for dinner, I noticed that most of them were fairly empty (maybe one
or two couples sitting in a huge restaurant, even at 7pm or 8pm at

Can anyone please tell me how to get to Auckland Airport from the city
cheapest method other than walking? Thanks. Auckland dont seem to run the
metro card as Christchurch does where bus ride to the airport is only like
$5 :(

Planning an extended trip through Qld very soon - in an old Viscount caravan
pulled by a very slightly newer (but well-maintained) Ford Falcon.
This old bloke would dearly love to have a beer in the Birdsville pub, but
don't like the look of the dotted red line (unsealed highway - ...

Has anyone in Australia used house sitters to look after house + pets
while they were away ?  If so, who did you find them through, and was
the whole experience successful ?
The friend who usually looks after my house is unable to and I am

Please if anyone have some informations about SIR Visa for Australia write.