Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / August 2005

Anyone got any recommendations for YHs in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaid
and Perth please
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Stephen W

I plan a trip to Australia and New Zealand and also want to visit Papua
New Guinea! I am travlling as a backpacker and have to pay attantion to
my money i can spend so i'm thinking about going there by ship or boat.
PNG (or Indonesia) is approx. 320 Miles away from the north top of ...

Hope this isn't too OT, but here goes....
We are from the UK and visiting a family of Brits who have now taken on
Aussie citizenship.
What would be nice to take as pressies? What would they miss? (apart from

On the news here is the US they mentioned that it snowed in Australia and
they didn't mention where.  They acted like it was a big deal but all they
said was it snowed in Australia.  Maybe they didn't have a clue that there
are mountains there and it snows every winter.  So where ...

We wish to advertise our Whistler condo rental in Australian papers,
especially Sydney and The Gold Coast area. Could anyone advise us on
which papers to contact for placing an ad like this. Thanks so much.

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I found:
www.germanjohn.com
He designs tours in Australia for self drive fans...
Have a look, tell me what you think?

 I booked my round the world flight yesterday through STA travel and
managed to get a £40 discount by agreeing to sign up to the insurance
as well at an additional cost of £393, which covers me for pretty much
everything (including adventure sports) for a year.  I only agreed to

Check out Flight Recovery, (www.flightrecovery.com.au) for an
all-natural solution to jet lag.

We are planning a trip from Cairns south. We are going to have 7 days left
after we arrive in Melbourne.
Do you think it is worh driving to Adelaide or is it better to just hang out
around Melbourne for 7 days (we will be travelling in a campervan) ?

I would like to make sure I can use a mobile phone between Wanaka and
Greymouth along State Highway 6 on the South Island of New Zealand.
Which service provider has the best coverage? Vodafone does not seem to
have any coverage along this route. I am prepared to rent a local

Having difficulty entering the web site for qantas. Anyone else experiencing
this?
If  not ,, anyone got any ideas why I cannot log on?
Thanks

I'm planning a trip next year, flying into Adelaide, overland up the
Stuart Highway taking in Coober Pedy, Uluru & Alice Springs, and
Kakadu, then out via Darwin.
I think May or September will give me the best rain/temperature

Looking  to  head  up  the  bloomfield  track  in mid  september  from
Port  to Cooktown,
any  links  that  give  descriptions   and  way  points  of  this  trip
and  what  would  be  the  actual  driving  time  (am  hiring  a 4wd

We are planning to come to a month to NZ during October and we wish to
know:
1. How is the weather this year in comparison to previous winters?
2. What kind of weather can we expect during October in the soutern