On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:17:58 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:
>
>"Janet Wilder" wrote in message
>news:473b2838$0$5168$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>> Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> me@privacy.net wrote:
>>>>> We have just returned from our 3 week cruise-tour of Australia and New
>>>>> Zealand. W
>>>> Great report and thanks!!
>>>>
>>>> I live in the States and have never been to Aussie land
>>>> but want to someday
>>>
>>> A warning: Only do it if you can afford to come back!
>>> Our once-in-a-lifetime trip to Australia was in 1995. Next year we
>>> will go on our seventh-in-a-lifetime one! :-) It's a sickness and -
>>> luckily - there's no cure. So don't say 'we' didn't warn you!
>>
>> What will keep it a "once in a lifetime" trip for us is the plane ride.
>> Don't think we can handle that again.
>>
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
>> Good Friends. Good Life
>
>Just a long flight. I think 2nd longest timewise in the world is Sidney -
>LAX. You can have my quota of Vegemite. I used to travel to Oz on
>business. Business Class eases the flight time. One trip to Hong Kong /
>Singapore / Sydney and took the wife. She said it would be good to get to
>Oz, and be able to understand the speech better. She changed her mind when
>she got there. Said was easier in Asia to understand the English. Have not
>been back for a lot of years now, and am planning a trip to NZ and
>Queensland next year. Get to see the Great Barrier Reef and do some diving
>there. Business, you only get to see a town for a couple of days when you
>are there, so get limited sightseeing. So not counting on Perth and Sydney
>this trip. What to do for a week in the Cairns / Port Douglas area for a
>week? Or schedule 4 days and more other places.
>
See if this helps with some ideas:
http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/search/label/Tropical%20North
Cheers, Alan, Australia |