Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / September 2007

traveling to aus in 2 weeks time ,i only have a telecom cell phone and i
have been told that i will loose the software in my cellphone if i put a sim
card from aus into my  telecom phone.i have been told that i need to hook up
to globel roaming,but with globel roaming any call in ...

I was very kindly pointed to the official Australian Government
Department of Transportation guidance paper on carriage of prohibited
items by people suffering from bona fide medical conditions.
The position, as I read it, is that Diabetics must have a "proof" of

I plan to take touring holiday in NZ, driving myself and staying in B&B,s
does anyone know if I would be better off converting money from AU to NZ in
Australia or leave it till I get to NZ? also would someone be kind enough to
just post their "must see places" in NZ, no need to ...

i'm going down under real soon  8)
i'm actually going over for work purposes, but also for sightseein
and all. so was hoping forum members could help me with both
my work consists of compiling a report based on functioning o

The plan is to depart from Baltimore on 28 Nov and
arrive in Perth on the 30th.  A mate and I will then
drive from Perth to Denmark.  We're then planning to
go on to Adelaide, a few towns in Victoria, and to

Will I need an electricity adapter in Cairns and at Ayers Rock to plug
in my battery charger for the rechargeable batteries for my camera? The
charger is United States-flavor electric.
TIA

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help writing them should get much more credits for it than they get

My husband and I are from Texas, USA. We have just booked a 14 day
cruise that leaves from Sydney on the 27th of October and returns there
on the 10th of November. It will stop in Melbourne then go on to sail
the sounds of New Zealand stopping at last in Auckland before returning ...

Hello! I am having a holiday in Perth later this year and will be
staying in Scarborough. I will need to drive to an event in Rockingham
which starts at 07:30 (weekday) and wondered how long it will take to
drive from Scarborugh to Rockingham?

We just had an extremely (and unnecessarily) unpleasant experience
with the AATKings tour company based in Sydney Australia.
We were booked on a half day tour (Aboriginal Culture, Desert Park and
Museum)  in Alice Springs on 22 August.  This was to be the highlight

Hello.  I have a business trip that just came up in about a month to
Canberra.  I'd like to take the following week (probably Sunday-
Friday) as vacation (hey, work pays for a trip to Australia, I'm going
to explore!), and I'm trying to figure out where to go.

I am a Mead guy who will be on holiday in OZ in December.
There's a winery that makes Mead in the Margaret Valley and
there is Bartholomews in Denmark, WA.  Can you tell me about
other Meaderies in OZ?  Otherwise I will bw compelled to Pub

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Arriving Sydney 20th September 07 until 1st October 07. Am familiar with
most Sydney attractions having been there several times (from NZ) but just
wondered if there are any special attractions or performances tying in with
these dates. All suggestions welcome.

ELo guys,
I just want to ask it is possible to stay in a caravan park? we'r
going to Australia by december and we rented a campervan. Could give u
the location of caravan parks in australia?