Get out of the small states (NSW, Tas & Vic) everything is a long way
from anything.
On 24 February 2012 00:33, Stan Halpin wrote:
> A travel/adventure writer, Bill Bryson, has done a series of books including
> hitchhiking in Europe, through-hiking the Appalachian Trail, and traveling
> throu
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 sp
Our tour also included Canberra and I would NOT recommend it,
particularly if time is precious. I would have MUCH rather had another
two days in Melbourne or roving around Sydney than that long slog.
Being a fairly recently manufactured capital city, Canberra is far too
modern to be interesting (fo
On Feb 23, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
> Quoting Bob W :
>
>> Australia has a collection of unpleasant insects and snakes whose sole
>> purpose in life is to kill you, so you probably want to watch out for them.
>
> I was wondering when someone was going to mention them, but if John s
Quoting Bob W :
[...]\
Australia has a collection of unpleasant insects and snakes whose sole
purpose in life is to kill you, so you probably want to watch out for them.
I was wondering when someone was going to mention them, but if John
stays away from Canberra he should be OK.
Oh, you
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>
> Thanks Bob, that's a lot of stuff I never would have thought of
> (especially the "rule of 3"). Regarding clothes, do you just have to
> keep an eye out for a laundromat every few days, or are there some
> tricks to cleaning things along the way that might be helpful?
Do the shower sto
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:32 PM, John Celio
wrote:
> Say, is it worth swinging through Canberra at all? I know it's the
> capital, but the few people I've asked say it's extremely boring.
I’d say yes. The big National Art Museum has some fabulous stuff, both
Northern Hemisphere (maybe my fave Ja
On Feb 23, 2012, at 5:32 PM, John Celio wrote:
> P.S.: I hear Australia is a better place for beer & wine than liquor,
> so I may have to pass on the gin. ;)
Make sure you study up on the correct lingo for the areas you'll be visiting :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Australia#Sizes
Dave
Sorry I haven't have a chance to reply sooner. Thanks to everyone who
has commented so far. Lots of good info; I'm making a list of
everything I might be able to use for preparing and while I'm there.
Brian Walters wrote:
> May is a good time to visit Victoria and New South Wales. The weather
> i
It's a bit of a hike by bike, but the Blue Mountains and the Three
Sisters area is very scenic and worth the trip. We took a bus trip
and it was at least an hour each way (outside Sydney). I couldn't
tell you what that'd equate to biking.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:46 AM, John Celio
wrote:
> I
I have visited Melbourne frequently and driven around Victoria a lot
and NSW a bit.
- You can easily spend a day just poking around Melbourne's Victoria Market
- Get to the beach! Melbourne's aren't that great, but Victoria's got
lots. If you can get down to the bottom right corner of Oz, 90 Mile
Speaking about the Apostles...
Here are some pictures from the Great Ocean Road 190 km west of Melbourne.
https://picasaweb.google.com/115638976374047590388/GreatOceanRoad#
Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
> I'm not from Australia, but I got to visit the same a
I'm not from Australia, but I got to visit the same area in 2002 (in
May). I was with my daughter and part of a bus tour, so didn't have
the freedom to go where we wanted, but got away for some fun.
A long drive west of Melbourne is the Twelve Apostles, which was one
of the scenery highlights of th
Watch out for those dingos.
Cheers,
frank
:-)
"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." --
Christopher Hitchens
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From: John Celio
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To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: OT: What to see in southeastern
On Feb 22, 2012, at 6:46 PM, John Celio wrote:
> 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
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
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
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