Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / May 2005

we would like to buy a house in australia, but prefer our "non resident"
status.
Does anybody knows how many % capital gain tax we will have to pay if we
sell the house after a couple of Years?

hello, I have been offered a month in Australia or 2 nights in Blackpool,
Lancashire, England. Does anyone know both of theses places and feel able to
recommend which would be most fun. I am a young married family with 6
children ranging in age from the youngest right up to the ...

Hello all, we are honeymooning in NZ in June and have booked a car (Toyota
Echo) through Britz car hire.
Any comments on their level of service, car conditions, tricks and traps
etc?

hey guys,
In August I will travel a bit more than 4 weeks through NZ.
I will arrive in christchurch and will fly back home from
auckland. and now I have to decide which buscompany I will

My fiance and I are planning to spend 7 days in Kakadu and Katherine.
We are planning to camp in Kakadu and do a 3 day canoe trip through
Katherine Gorge.  When I did a google search for touring companies,
several outfitters were found.  Can someone recommend a good touring

I have been to Sydney twice. I have not really seen that much in Sydney
except the regular stunning sites.
Our family is visiting Sydney in June. What are the best and most beautiful
suberbs to drive through?

I have yet another question!  I was told that we could save a ton of
money if we booked out flights to Australia for a one month time frame,
versus a month and a few days like we original planned.  So, we have to
cut something out of our itinerary.  I was thinking about Fraser

I think a question like this has been posted before.  My fiance and I
will be driving through Kakadu, Katherine, down to Alice Springs and
over to Uluru.  Would it be better to rent s 4WD or just a Nissan?
Neither of us have experience driving a 4WD, and we could save $300US

I am interested in taking one of two tours offered by APT. Both are of
the same number of days, but one goes to Kakadu and not Dunk Island and
the other one goes to Dunk Island, but not Kakadu. Which one would you
knowledgeable people suggest? The remainder of the itinerary is the

I've planned to travel from darwin to ayers rock, I'll arrive in Darwin
on august 23rd in the late evening and leave from ayers rock on
september the 4th.
I have some doubts about the rent of a car/campervan, that is I don't

I am a student studying in The United Kingdom, who is currently doing a
dissertation on the effects of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks on British
Tourism. I would be gratefull if any user reading this posting, who
reside's outside of the UK, could spare a minute to visit the link

going to Australia in late August early September and thinking of
staying for a few days at one of these islands.  Is one better worse
then any of the others?

Hi, I'm a chilean and i'd like to go to study to Australia or New Zealand
but i don't speak english very well
Can you help me with it?
I'm a young engineer and I'd like to know some information about english

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Hi, we are visiting from the UK for 3 weeks, for one week we are going to NZ
but are struggling to decide on destinations within Aus.
1. do you think Cairns will be too hot and humid, we have 2 kids with, ages
10 and 12.