A travel/adventure writer, Bill Bryson, has done a series of books including hitchhiking in Europe, through-hiking the Appalachian Trail, and traveling through Australia. I thought the Australia book was a good read. I particularly enjoyed his description of Canberra, and having read it I was spared a shock; Canberra is unlike any other city you are ever likely to visit. I was in Canberra briefly, Sunday evening through Thursday morning, at the tail end of a working trip that included stops in (and PDML meetings in) Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney. I think Canberra is worth the trip for the art museum alone, the tour of the Parliament building was an added extra. Don't expect any nightlife! And there is always a time-distance and travel-mode tradeoff; Canberra: a) was built for cars; and b) was situated a long way from Melbourne, Sydney, and anything else of importance in the country. Se getting there and getting around may cost more time than you are willing/able to spend.
stan On Feb 22, 2012, at 12:46 AM, John Celio wrote: > 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
