Get out of the small states (NSW, Tas & Vic) everything is a long way from anything.
On 24 February 2012 00:33, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
