Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / February 2005

Well, I'm trying to prepare myself for my visit to Australia, as I do before
I go anywhere.  Thank god for the internet.  I don't have enough detailed
knowledge to know what Australian radio is reliable or whatever.  Right now
I'm listening to a show called either "Australia All ...

My wife and I signed up for this 12-day tour. We're starting out in
Christchurch, then taking the train to (and through) Arthurs Pass, and down
the west coast of the South Island. Most of our days ar booked with tours
and stuff, but we usually get the end of the days with some free ...

Australian Gov't will help you find public restrooms via GPS or map and
cell phone. The National Toilet Map is a bid to fight public
incontinence ->
http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/02/gps-toilet-finder.html

I have been monitoring a couple of weather sites online in
anticipation of my upcoming trip to the Gold Coast.  And each one
gives different (and often contradictory!) current weather conditions.
Examples:

These questions about Australia were posted on an Australian Toursim Website
and obviously the answers came from a fellow Aussie.  Amusing especially the
Vienna Boys' Choir one.
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I'll be visiting NZ for four months next Summer. I intend to stay in
backpackers hostels and campgrounds. I've pretty much put my itinerary
together but it's still open for changes and I was wondering if you could
point me to good campsites and backpack hostels all over the country. ...

Can someone recommend a cheap way of flying from Sydney to Singapore
Thanks

Hi all I am helping a friend promote a web site. You see a childhood
friend of hers lost her husband at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11,
2001. She has run into some hard times and my freind wants to help her.
So she came up with the idea to market Just say NO to Bin Ladin

Is personalstuff.co.nz working in Australia?
It does not seem to exist in DNS in North America...

I read that in OZ you must carry your driving license all the time you
are driving. Also it must be of the photo ID type. Well, older driving
licenses in the UK (like mine) don't have photos on.
If I carry my passport with me as well as my licence, will that be ok?

I've read through past posts mentioning the Barrier Reef back to 2003,
but didn't see anything quite like this.  My wife and I will be flying
into Sydney Friday morning April 29.  We'd like to visit the Barrier
Reef and go snorkeling sometime before May 4th when I have to be back

Effective end of April 2005, the twice-weekly Australian Airlines
direct flights from Sydney to Kota Kinabalu (capital city of Sabah,
Malaysia Borneo) will be discontinued. The decision made by Australian
Airlines was unclear but it was not likely to be due to lack of

How do I interpret the [real] value of the HUF (Magyar Florint)?
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/m5?a=100&s=EUR&t=HUF&c=0
ADDENDUM: "today" must be read as "some time earlier this week" to account
for recent HUF flux.

Coming from Colorado and how informal people are there, I am curious
about New Zealand. Are there places in NZ where if you go to eat at,
etc. they are particular on dress code such as no jeans, sandals,
shorts, etc and dress clothes is expected ? I plan on traveling down

I have just purchased a boat from Devonport in Tasmania and need to get it
to Melbourne.
If you know someone who would like to earn $ 250 to have the boat hitched up
to their car at the Devonport ferry terminal and un-hitched at Melbourne