Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / March 2005

We will be in Airlie Beach in early September, and want to book a 3 day
sailing trip around the Whitsunday's.
I have seen a company / agent called Mr Travel www.sailing-whitsundays.com/
and wondered if anyone has any views whether it is safe to make a booking /

Hi I'll arrive in Melbourne next week from France. I'll attend a seminar
(named "Sustaining Prosperity") held at the university of Melbourne with
important people like the minester for education.
I'd like to know if I need to bring my own suit or if it's possible to

I'd like to spend May in NZ, and i was thinking about renting a 4x4 (4WD,
don't know the correct word sorry) to be able to use any road.
Yesterday i've been to a travel agency and they have a quite interesting
offer for the flight + motorhome.

I will be travelling by road from Queenstown to Launceston (Tasmania) in a
couple of weeks.  Can someone please recommend the most direct route on
sealed roads for this journey and suggest how long this trip will take?
Thanks, Mark (Melbourne)  mcl...AT...inbox...DOT...net

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I've been looking at Virgin Blue for Aussie domestic and best as I can
tell like Qantas, they don't appear to have any alternative payment
methods for internet bookings so you can either use the airport which
means they'll charge you $10 more (which is more then the CC fee) or a

Is it possible to buy telephone cards in Australia please? I will be
in Sydney and would prefer a card that is usable throughout Australia.

I need a guidance on AC power connector input that is used by Oz.
1. I am planning to purchase a notebook (laptop) can anyone tell me is
the AC power requirement in India the same as in Oz.
India uses: 220/230 V & 50 hz freq.

Does the UK have a medical arrangement facility for UK citizens in
Australia please?
I intend to take a travel insurance but wondered if treatment is
available in an emergency.

Does anyone know of a nice (comfortable) hotel in Sydney that is centrally
located, my family (2 adults and 2 kids ages 12 and 15) will be visiting in
August and are looking to stretch our dollars without to much sacrifice.
Thanks to any and all the respond

In April I will be traveling down under for the first time (hurrah ! ).
Although the trip is work related I managed to squeeze in an extended
weekend in Sydney. So; any recommendations for a centrally located hotel,
medium standard and price ?

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Hello, a few months ago I asked for recommendations for
souvenirs for us to bring back to USA for a class of
4th to 6th graders (10 to 12 year olds), and received
wonderful suggestions. Thought I'd mention what we ended

I've been pricing up flights to Australia and have seen that China eastern
airlines are considerably cheaper than the others. I flew with Cathay
Pacific last year but I am considering China Eastern this year. Has anyone
got any experience with this airline? Thanks a lot, Shaun.