RE: [cfaussie] OT: a couple of questions for my travel there in coming weeks

2010-11-08 Thread charlie arehart
Thanks everyone for all the great ideas. Those are really awesome. I'll weigh them and look forward to hearing more from those who proposed having more to share. See you in a couple of weeks. :-) /charlie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups cfaussie

Re: [cfaussie] OT: a couple of questions for my travel there in coming weeks

2010-11-08 Thread Kym Kovan
On 9/11/2010 09:03, charlie arehart wrote: Thanks everyone for all the great ideas. Those are really awesome. I’ll weigh them and look forward to hearing more from those who proposed having more to share. See you in a couple of weeks. :-) Someone mentioned Strahan. Here's one more to combine

Re: [cfaussie] OT: a couple of questions for my travel there in coming weeks

2010-11-07 Thread Barry Beattie
but the real thing about Tasmania is the wilderness. +1 if you can get to Straughn on the west coast, take one of the eco-tourism boat trips up the Gordon and Franklin rivers and see a most amazing cool temperate rainforest - the reason why myself and hundreds more fought against a dam from

RE: [cfaussie] OT: a couple of questions for my travel there in coming weeks

2010-11-06 Thread Andrew Scott
Charlie most if not all Mc Donalds have wifi hot spots, and so does KFC in almost most of their stores as well. If you like there are the prepaid options that we have in here as well where you can buy a month if you get desperate enough, not a cheap option as it might cost around $100-$150 but

Re: [cfaussie] OT: a couple of questions for my travel there in coming weeks

2010-11-06 Thread nomadic fish
one more for Charlie... If wine is your thing, Tasmania has some fantastic wineries. Even if you're not a member of this CF-based wine review site*, a search for really good wine

[cfaussie] OT: a couple of questions for my travel there in coming weeks

2010-11-05 Thread charlie arehart
Hey folks, as some of you may know, I'm coming down for the cf.Objective(ANZ) conference in Melbourne in 2 weeks. Given the distance and duration (and being our 10th anniversary), my wife is coming along and we plan to spend about a week before and after traveling Victoria and perhaps Tassie.

Re: [cfaussie] OT: a couple of questions for my travel there in coming weeks

2010-11-05 Thread MrBuzzy
Hi Charlie, you should be able to get free wifi around Melbourne. I can think of half a dozen around my workplace in the CBD. There's free wifi in Federation Square for sure. Plenty of food courts, cafes and public areas have free wifi in the city. You may find it pretty slow compared to the

RE: [cfaussie] OT: a couple of questions for my travel there in coming weeks

2010-11-05 Thread Steve Onnis
Also its not that big either. You can drive from one end to the other and back in a day so if you are there for a couple days, maybe look at staying in a couple places, hire a car and take in the sites :) -Original Message- From: Mike Kear [mailto:afpwebwo...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 6

Re: [cfaussie] OT: a couple of questions for my travel there in coming weeks

2010-11-05 Thread christophe albrech
wifi in the cbd: http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/melbourne_details.php?id=10425 On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Steve Onnis st...@cfcentral.com.au wrote: Also its not that big either. You can drive from one end to the other and back in a day so if you are there for a couple days, maybe look at