Travel Forum / Destinations / Australia and NZ / December 2007

Outdoor Eyes was recently mentioned as one of the top websites for
finding Hiking Partners in the new February 2008 issue. A NEW Outdoor
Eyes Forum for "FINDING A PARTNER"  has been launched to bring people
together with common interests in outdoor activities: hiking,

Going to New Zealand?
Check our new  travel website about beautiful New Zealand and
Australia:
http://www.triptouch.com/new-zealand/ni/auckland

A few photographic galleries about Tahiti and her islands :
http://daniel.chay.free.fr/Polynesie/Polaccueil.htm

Any advice regarding staying on Hamilton Island in February ?
Do prices vary much at different times of the year ?
Would you book now or wait ?
All reasonable advice will be apreciated.

I am classified as permanently disabled and have
had 12 surgeries over the last 4-1/2 years.  My
back is held tegether with two slugs of concrete
and I have arthritis in my left ankle, my right

PBS "Newshour" (also seen on VOA Worldnet) -- conversion to full HD is next
monday... Nice miniture documentry on their converion process in this
Friday's transmission...
Places I least expected to see this programme

HELP: NZ Web Proxy needed to view TVNZ Interactive -- I need to catch up on
DTV episodes of "Eating Media Lunch"!
-- TOR does not allow one to choose one's Termination Domain -- and it has
DNS issues with browsers revealing information you don't want.

It's official. Bali is back as one of the world's most popular
islands. Recent polls conducted by a number of influential travel
magazines place Bali as "World's Best Resort Island", "World's most
popular island" and "Asia's Number One Holiday choice".

Its getting out of hand what additional charges are being put on top of a
ticket price nowadays.
Example
Qantas Adelaide to Sydney to London with stop off in Singapore on return

Yes, I have survived the Nullarbor.  More later
after I recover from jet lag, etc.
Dick

We are driving across the Nullarbor in November (Adelaide to Perth). Should
we pre-book accommodation? If so, how far in advance? We'd prefer to stay as
flexible as possible on the trip, so would rather avoid pre-booking or only
book a night ahead, but we recognise with the ...

Hi folks I am a Canadian going to Australia next year at this time.
One thing I want to do is see Tasmania.
I think I will allot about a week. I am not sure whether to rent a car or go
on a budget tour. I am not able to do the hiking thing so this would be

I just ran across an updated site for Australian Gov't with a
multitude of links.  I would especially recommend it for readers
of the above groups who have recently become interested in
visiting or migrating to Australia.