Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / December 2005

We are Americans and are going to be arriving in Sydney on 22 Dec. and
will be staying at a pub in The Rocks.  We're remembering a most
horrible Christmas dinner in Adelaide at The Hilton and would like to
get an early start looking for ideas.

I have a new homepage about travelling in Outback Australia:
http://www.outback-australia.info
Jörg

In February about how many days a week does it rain on avaerage? Is it
downpour tropical rain or all day steady typr rain?  Please don't post
any insulting comments. My question is genuine and while average rain
fall statistics are easy to find on online it is difficult to nearly

Just after telling someone in this newsgroup that you never actually see
snakes in the suburbs, I just fished one out the pool. And we are only 15
kms from the centre of Sydney.
My 12 year old boy said "its dead - how about I just pick it up?". I didn't

Visiting OZ in January.  We will bring charge cards, but for spending money,
should we bring travelers cheques or US dollar bills.  Where can we convert
travellers cheques, bank, hotel?  Should we get them converted to Australian
currency in the US?

Qantas Airways to Increase Flights from New York to Australia
5:13 pm ET  LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--Qantas
Airways has announced it will increase the number of flights from New
York to Australia from three to five per week beginning February 27,

What would be a good price per week for a month's rental of a small
luxury cottage on the Gold Coast for the month of February? Would $500
per week be a good price?

Going to OZ mid January.  Know it is the wet season. Fly in to Sydney, then
Cairns, Darwin. Alice, Adelaide, Melbourne and back to the USA. Lots of side
trips.  Several internal flights and the Ghan.  Other routes by bus. Staying
in mid-class hotels.  Would apreciate advice on ...

Has anyone from Australia visited the main island of Tahiti and/or
Moorea? What is it like? I have heard it is very expensive. Much more
than Oz? The weather is hot?

We are coming to Perth on 14th March2006 and want to explore the South West
Area by car.
Any advice please on a reliable and reasonably priced car hire company.
Also ideas of places to visit would be useful.

I am looking for a moderately priced B&B in the Auckland area.  Any
recommendations?

My wife and I will be flying into New Zealand and transferring from
Auckland to a domestic flight. We have about 2 hours transferring and
will be traveling during high season (late December).
Just wondering how the airport is, and what to expect in terms of

Need some advice. My wife and I am travelling from Christchurch -> Mt
Cook -> Queenstown. We like to do a short hike (1-2 hour) on either FJ
or Fox Glaciers.
Beside driving from Queenstown to the glaciers, is there other

My wife and I are traveling to NZ in February 2006 for five weeks.  We
would like to find somewhere to stay for several days where we can hang
out on the beach, snorkle, hike, etc.  We would like to stay at a nice
small resort, B&B or homestay.  Where would you recommend we go ...