Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / November 2005

I'm going to be in Oz from January until mid-march. i'm not totally
sure of my iteneary, but it's looking like a Sydney and upwards along
the gold coast kinda thing (yes, how original eh?). Anyways, I'm
wondering how far in advance I should be booking accomodations? I don't

Does Austalia have good, well stocked supermarkets like in the US and
Western Europe? Are the products high quality? How many brands of
chocolate are there? Do they have sport drinks?

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Hi, I'm making a driving tour of NZ in March.  I want to buy a road
atlas in advance to familiarize myself.  I gather the AA road atlas is
the best, but I have found two.
I found this one at AA's site:

after having spent a year in magnificent Iceland, hearing things about how
Nwe Zealand is just like Iceland but even better, I've almost setlled my mind
on going there. The only problem lies in the fact that I don't really have
too much money (I should be able to afford it ...

Me and a bud are thinking about going to the Australian GP in Melbourne
in late Mar.-early Apr 2006. We are coming from the US and this would be
our first time in Australia. We would spend 1-2 weeks after the GP ends
in Australia travelling around. Anyone have recommendations on ...

I will be travelling with my wife back to my home state WA in early-mid
December. We're planning on renting a car and doing the
Perth-goldfields-Esperance loop, over about 9-10 days. We'd like to camp
out at least some of the time. Does anyone have any suggestions for nice

When I was down in Oz 2 years ago I used to be thrilled to the cool
music coming from TripleJ.
There was one particular dance/house band that was really cool, but I
can't for the life of me remember the name of them. I check the triple J

I will be in Oz in January thru March 06 and do not want to travel with
a lot of cash on my person.  At home I use ATMs all the time to get
cash only when I need it.  I was wondering if the ATMs in Oz supported
Interac, Plus or Cirrus which are common here in Canada to allow use of

Is it possible to bicycle from one end of the Gold Coast to the other?
Is there a bicycle path? Is the Gold Coast expensive in general? I am
looking for a place in Australia that is by the beach with hot days in
January, lots of resturants but not too expensive. Any recommendations?

Hey All
I'm going to be in oz for 10 weeks starting in january. We (2 of us)
are flying in/out of Melbourne. The plan is to travel up the gold coast
(yes, I know, not very original!). Anyways, we're debating on trying to

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Is it acceptable for men to go shirtless in Austraila? I know in Hawaii
it is and I believe this is one of the few civilized places where it is
acceptable. How about in Austraila?

Hi, I'm going to New Zealand for two weeks from 3-19 March.  I just
bought my Lonely Planet guidebook today, and one of the first things I
noticed in leafing through it are mentions of sandflies.  They sound
like the midges I've encountered in Scotland and Ireland.