>>Back to Australia, there have been some years I have covered
one skating event in the Gold Coast region. The ONLY way
to get to the Gold Coast area, from Brisbane airport, is by
autombile. Wanna visit the Gold Coast, you HAVE to DRIVE
to get there from the Airport in Brisbane.<<
You CAN take the excellent Skytrain, from either the International Terminal
Station, or the Domestic Terminal Station to the Central Brisbane area, or
to the Gold Coast!
Drive if you WISH to - but you do NOT have to drive.
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>>> Traveling to Australia, whether for the holidays or a business trip,
>>> the best way to get around Australia is to rent a car, aside from
>>> buses and trains. Major cities and venues are at long distances,
>>> unless you can afford to fly all around the country, renting a car
>>> would be a good choice.
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>> With the advent of cheap airlines and the high petrol prices applying now
>> it
>> is often cheaper to fly unless you have a carload of people. Rail and
>> bus
>> passes are often a good deal for overseas visitors, and this is a more
>> eco-friendly form of travel than use of cars.
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> But it takes more time to take a bus or train, than it does to drive.
> As I travel around the world broadcasting sporting event on my
> online radio station, I can say that NOTHING beats renting a car
> to get around, no matter WHERE you are going.
>
> One example is the recent world figure skating championships in
> Goteborg, Sweden. Goteborn is where you HAVE to have a car
> to get around. Where I stayed at, just a few km north of the
> Scandinavium arena, There is no WAY I could have gotten
> there are back each day, without a car. From the Hisings Backa
> area of Goteborg, the ONLY way to the Scandinavium area
> is by autmobile, is there NO public transport to the Scandivium
> area from that part of the city, therefore I HAD to DRIVE
> to get to the Scandinavium area each day. Same thing will
> apply when the world figure skating championships, about
> a month after the Vancouver Olympics, takes place in
> Torino. A car is a MUST to get around Torino.
>
> Back to Australia, there have been some years I have covered
> one skating event in the Gold Coast region. The ONLY way
> to get to the Gold Coast area, from Brisbane airport, is by
> autombile. Wanna visit the Gold Coast, you HAVE to DRIVE
> to get there from the Airport in Brisbane.
>
> And contrary to popular opinion, when I cover French Open
> tennis in May and Trophee France figure skating in November,
> a car is pretty much a must. This is especially true, when
> commuting between Survilliers, and the Rolland Garros
> tennis courts. There is NO public transport between
> Survilliers and where French open is. And besides,
> you can drive on Autoroutes, the french equivalent
> of freeeways, almost all the way there. You just
> switch off one freeway to another just north of
> downtown paris, and Rolland Garros is right off
> the freeway. You can't get any EASIER than
> THAT commuting between Survilliers, and the where the
> French Open takes place.
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