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OK, I finally took the plunge. I am GOING TO AUSTRALIA!!! (This is something that I've been meaning to do for quite a while, possibly ever since I did a school project on it when I was eleven, definitely since I went to New Zealand ten years ago. At the same time, it is also fairly daunting, especially considering that I just spent a month's salary on airline tickets. [Granted, that does include a five-day stop in Utah to visit my brother, but still.])

So. I will be there for three weeks in late July / early August (well, 19 days really, because of the international date line / travel time stuff, and yes, I know that is not nearly enough time, but it's what I had, and let's face it, no amount of travel time is ever enough). I'm flying into and out of Sydney, and I'm not sure yet where else I want to go, except I definitely want to see interesting wildlife and natural scenery, to the extent that you can do so without renting a car. (Yeah, I know this is probably not ideal, but I'm a nervous driver under the best of circumstances, and trying to learn how to drive on the other side of the road in an unfamiliar vehicle is definitely not the best of circumstances.) Thinking of maybe heading south toward Melbourne and then Adelaide? What's the weather going to be like at that time of year?

Eee, so exciting!

Date: 2011-05-28 04:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yahtzee63.livejournal.com
If you have three weeks, I'd think you could do Sydney, Port Douglas (fly into Cairns) and Uluru. You really only need about three days at Uluru.

And you'd be doing internal flights regardless, I think -- you wouldn't want to try to do Adelaide and Melbourne on ground transport. It's doable, but it's a long long haul. Qantas usually has specials where you can buy a multi-city domestic air pass for an extremely reasonable rate. You have to package that with a Qantas flight to Australia, but why not? Seriously worth checking out.

Date: 2011-05-28 01:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-t-rain.livejournal.com
you wouldn't want to try to do Adelaide and Melbourne on ground transport.

Oh, I totally would, actually -- I'm one of those weird people who think long bus rides are part of the fun.

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