Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / January 2005

Are there any special health risks in Australia I have to prepare myself
for? I will just travel a few weeks there. Any recommendation is greatly
appreciated.
cheers,

We (couple in our 20s) are thinking of hiking Milford Track in mid April.
The trouble is, the 2 of us have no hiking experience.
I am reasonably fit (eg. can run 5km in 30 mins) while my partner can prob
do it in a little more time.

Saturday, January 29th at 9 PM at The Tonic Bar, 7th Avenue between
48th and 49th
Please join us to celebrate with plenty of real Australia: Meat Pies,
Coopers and Tooheys-New Aussie beers, Aussie music, Aussie videos, and

I will be traveling for about 5 weeks in Australia, one week in Sydney, a
few days in Adelaide, a roadtrip from there to Melborne, a week on
Mornington. I understand that internet cafes tend to be pricey and not
ubiquitous. In addition, I need to be able to VPN into various ...

Jan 20 & Jan 21 2005
http://www.australiatravelexpo.com/

Hey all, I want to go to Australia on a working holiday visa this year
and a friend recommended that I use this company:
http://www.overseas-emigration.co.uk/workingholiday.php
Except seemingly they'll give her a free Lonely planet guide if I sign

I am a Canadian travelling in Australia for a month.
Someone told me you get the exchange rates by using your credit card if
you put extra cash in the account beforehand.
I have a choice between Mastercard and American Express.

I have just found this newsgroup and I wonder if anyone would like to
joint the adventure of Toraja Prince offer to cycle around Toraja
Sulawesi and have a beautiful panoramic of Toraja while we can refresh
seeing many culture of Toraja. This package is offer at

Does anyone know which airlines fly that route?
Are there any types of packages that would include flying in/out of the
major Oz cities?
Thanxxx! Dan

Thanks for the kind advice rendered in response to my last post!
Would like to do one more check.
What is the temperature in the DOC huts on Milford Track?
Want to buy a sleeping bag but not sure what temperature rating to get...

How long would £2500 (pounds) last me in aus? staying at hostels and
buying food from market etc.

Hi Netters,
My return flight is 5:45 am from Cairns airport. Could anybody advise a
budget hotel close to the airport with 24-hours transfer?
Thanks

I will be visiting New Zealand this March and was after some advise on
my travel plans.
I will be flying into Christchurch then plan to spend 2 days getting
over my jet-lag and exploring the city before picking up my hire car.

Whats the difference in sun/temperature with Australia and europe in
march-june?

Hi...
No mean to offer those live there but that was what l heard about Perth..
Surely... Perth got something to offer in term of sight-seeing, shopping and
etc..