Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / October 2004

Has anyone had any experience with this online hotel booking site? I'm
particularly concerned about security and rip-offs.
Hope someone can help
DT

I am going to visit .nz net year (planning for 8 weeks) and I am curious
to know whether it's worth including the Chatham islands. I am thinking
of going Wellington-Chatham and returning from Chatham to Christchurch.
(I will start my tour of the South Island from there).

I will be in NZ for 14 days starting in mid-November.  My plan is to start
in Christchurch and drive around the South Island, ferry across and drive
to Auckland where I will depart.  I'm including my itinerary below, would
love to get feedback on how feasible it is.  Also, I have a ...

We are thinking of travelling from Sydney to Bali on for a Christmas
holiday. Thinking of flying Garuda's 'Executive Class' (Their Business
Class).
Does anyone have any comments or experiences to share on Garuda airlines and

I'll be in Brisbane on Tuesday, and wondered if anyone had any tips on
places to stay there? Have read about a lot of places in my guidebook, and
manye of them seem really nice. They advise me to book in advance. Is that
really necessary?

Hi, I'll be staying with my family of 4 @ Surfer Paradise. My daughter
wanted to visit Steve Irwin's Zoo. Pls advise what's the best way to
travel ? Shall I rent a car or join the Day Tour ?
BTW, how long does it takes from Surfer Paradise to Australia Zoo ?

living in Perth and had a notion next Mar/Apr to take the car to Melbourne
and see the grandkids and then travel on up the coast to Brisbane. Any good
websites to look at, would like accommodation at around 50/60/70 dollars for
off season and would only be passing thru, no more ...

I am trying to book frequent flyer flights to NZ for next winter and was
wondering if anyone has flown Melbourne to Christchurch on Qantas'
Jetconnect 737-300 flight?
It sounds like a small aircraft. Does it have the same benefits as the

When road tripping in the USA I found Microsoft Streets and Trips pretty
good for calculating distance and time.  Is there similar software for
Australia and New Zealand?  How about GPS for my PocketPC PDA?

Is there a good phone callback service that you can recommend for use
from Australia? By good I guess I'd mean reliable and reasonably
competitive with Australian phonecards in call rates.
I have in mind suggesting that friends in France use a callback

does anyone know of any cheap places to stay in sydney, something like
an apartment for me and my wife for two weeks, maybe a studio apartment
or holiday homes from the 12 november any help greatly appreciated
thanks in advance

G'day all
Could any one please tell me the best way to get from Adelaide to Melbourne
on thursday 16th in max 2 days.
I've surfed the net and found 2 or 3 travel agencies that does this, but

I am planning a trip to new Zealand and Australia in 2006 and have
commenced detail planning prior to booking the Airline tickets.
I am from Toronto Canada and am looking forward to my first trip down
south. Period of travel for the part of the trip in question - Early

Hi to everyone,
I'm leaving to OZ in a month and in January I'll be in NZ for a while.
I'd like to take with me all my climbing rack and the skiing stuff as
well but I can carry just 25kg with me on the plane.

I was looking for a decent car hire company for my up and coming vacation. I
was given a link to a site for a company who have good prices but also give
a 5% discount if you book online - so here it is (share the knowledge and
all that!!)