G'day John
May is a good time to visit Victoria and New South Wales. The weather
is generally excellent for travelling. Temperatures would be in the
high teens- low 20s (Celsius) in lowland/coastal areas - a bit cooler
if you get into the alpine areas but it wont be freezing. May is also
good because I'm fairly sure it's within the school term period for
both Vic and NSW, so accommodation shouldn't be a problem.
Melbourne to Sydney is about 880 km by the shortest route and about
1100 by the coast. I'm not sure I'd want to tackle that in two weeks
by bicycle but that's me...
Anyway I've done quite a bit of touring in Vic and NSW (and I'm sure
others have too) so I can probably suggest places to visit but first I
think you should decide how you want to get around because that will
pretty much determine what places are practical - you might be
restricted to defined coach/train routes.
As far as accommodation goes, there are backpackers hostels in most
major towns. Here's a link to check out:
http://www.yha.com.au/
Other cheap accommodation is available using on-site vans at caravan
parks, which are everywhere.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
Quoting John Celio <[email protected]>:
I know there are a few Aussies here, so I hope you don't mind if I
pick your brains for a moment.
I'm going to be in Australia this coming May for work, and I'm taking
some time after that's done to do some traveling. The work stuff is in
Melbourne, and then I'll have lots of time on my own to do whatever I
want until my flight home takes off two weeks later from Sydney.
I'm planning on backpacking around, staying in hostels and such to
keep the costs down, so I'm trying to put together a list of things to
see and places to do some photography that are interesting but not too
touristy.
(Honestly, part of me wants to buy a cheap used bicycle and just bike
everywhere, but that may be unrealistic with all the crap I'll
probably have to lug around.)
Anyway! If you had two weeks to get from Melbourne to Sydney, no car
and no one else you had to worry about, where would you go? Also,
what's the weather like there in May?
Many thanks,
John
P.S.: This is my first time doing any sort of solo, low-cost traveling
like this, so any general traveling tips would be immensely
appreciated.
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