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Australia travel tips
Hi everybody,
I'm off on a 20 days trip to Australia in October. I am going to spend 3 days in Sydney and I am trying to plan a 2-week itinerary. What I was thinking about is: flying from Sydney to Alice Springs, see Uluru, visit the Kakadu National Park and/or the Northern Peninsula (Cape York) and spend some days diving in the northern part of the reef. Since the distances are huge I must choose what segments to drive and what segments to fly based on the experience I will get - Do you think Kakadu is more interesting than cape york or the opposite? Would you suggest to drive from Sydney to Alice and fly from there to Darwin-Kakadu or viceversa? Is the panorama from Alice to Kakadu interesting? Or would you suggest driving from Alice to Cairns and the great barrier? Thanks Alessandro |
"Alessandro Cannarsi" wrote in message m... Hi everybody, I'm off on a 20 days trip to Australia in October. I am going to spend 3 days in Sydney and I am trying to plan a 2-week itinerary. What I was thinking about is: flying from Sydney to Alice Springs, see Uluru, visit the Kakadu National Park and/or the Northern Peninsula (Cape York) and spend some days diving in the northern part of the reef. Uluru is the best part of a day's drive from Alice Springs, you can fly direct to Uluru. Kakadu is worth the effort to get there. Cape York is not for novice drivers in Outback Australia, I'd suggest you look at spending more time in Kakadu. You need a serious 4x4 with all the trimmings for living without a lot of other support - fuel, water, spares, camping equipment. Since the distances are huge I must choose what segments to drive and what segments to fly based on the experience I will get - Do you think Kakadu is more interesting than cape york or the opposite? Would you suggest to drive from Sydney to Alice and fly from there to Darwin-Kakadu or viceversa? Is the panorama from Alice to Kakadu interesting? Sydney to Alice Springs is a loooooong drive - at least 4 days to do it safely. Or would you suggest driving from Alice to Cairns and the great barrier? Thats another long drive, allow 3 to 4 days at least, but Kakadu is on the way. Thanks Alessandro |
"Alessandro Cannarsi" wrote in message m... Hi everybody, I'm off on a 20 days trip to Australia in October. I am going to spend 3 days in Sydney and I am trying to plan a 2-week itinerary. What I was thinking about is: flying from Sydney to Alice Springs, see Uluru, visit the Kakadu National Park and/or the Northern Peninsula (Cape York) and spend some days diving in the northern part of the reef. Uluru is the best part of a day's drive from Alice Springs, you can fly direct to Uluru. Kakadu is worth the effort to get there. Cape York is not for novice drivers in Outback Australia, I'd suggest you look at spending more time in Kakadu. You need a serious 4x4 with all the trimmings for living without a lot of other support - fuel, water, spares, camping equipment. Since the distances are huge I must choose what segments to drive and what segments to fly based on the experience I will get - Do you think Kakadu is more interesting than cape york or the opposite? Would you suggest to drive from Sydney to Alice and fly from there to Darwin-Kakadu or viceversa? Is the panorama from Alice to Kakadu interesting? Sydney to Alice Springs is a loooooong drive - at least 4 days to do it safely. Or would you suggest driving from Alice to Cairns and the great barrier? Thats another long drive, allow 3 to 4 days at least, but Kakadu is on the way. Thanks Alessandro |
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Because of the distances and in some cases the road/weather conditions - fly
where you can and keep driving to the minimum. SteveS "Alan" wrote in message ... On 18 Aug 2004 14:10:27 -0700, (Alessandro Cannarsi) wrote: Hi everybody, I'm off on a 20 days trip to Australia in October. I am going to spend 3 days in Sydney and I am trying to plan a 2-week itinerary. What I was thinking about is: flying from Sydney to Alice Springs, see Uluru, visit the Kakadu National Park and/or the Northern Peninsula (Cape York) and spend some days diving in the northern part of the reef. Since the distances are huge I must choose what segments to drive and what segments to fly based on the experience I will get - Do you think Kakadu is more interesting than cape york or the opposite? Would you suggest to drive from Sydney to Alice and fly from there to Darwin-Kakadu or viceversa? Is the panorama from Alice to Kakadu interesting? Or would you suggest driving from Alice to Cairns and the great barrier? Thanks Alessandro In broad terms, spend a little more time around Sydney (Blue Mountains, Broken bay etc) and a little less up north. For the localities you've selected - fly everywhere and take bus, rail or ferry trips locally. You have not really got a concept of the distances and conditions involved in driving Sydney-Alice-Uluru, or Alice-Cairns (now that would be an interesting drive, but not over a week or two). The only place I'd rent a car would be Cairns, to wander around the north. Take day trips at each stop - Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury from Sydney, Barossa Valley from Adelaide, Uluru from Alice etc. Just a rough itinerary to play with over 20 days: 1 Sydney 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Adelaide 9 Alice 10 Uluru 11 Darwin 12 Kakadu 13 14 Cairns 15 16 17 18 19 20 depart Cheers, Alan -- |
"Alessandro Cannarsi" wrote in message m... Hi everybody, I'm off on a 20 days trip to Australia in October. I am going to spend 3 days in Sydney and I am trying to plan a 2-week itinerary. What I was thinking about is: flying from Sydney to Alice Springs, see Uluru, visit the Kakadu National Park and/or the Northern Peninsula (Cape York) and spend some days diving in the northern part of the reef. Since the distances are huge I must choose what segments to drive and what segments to fly based on the experience I will get - Do you think Kakadu is more interesting than cape york or the opposite? Would you suggest to drive from Sydney to Alice and fly from there to Darwin-Kakadu or viceversa? Is the panorama from Alice to Kakadu interesting? Or would you suggest driving from Alice to Cairns and the great barrier? Thanks Alessandro Alessandro , I'd suggest you do a lot more research on Australia. As others have pionted out, your knowledge of our land at this stage makes you plannign exercise a bit meaningless. First step, place a map of your country on Australia (same scale). Then realinse we don't have autobhanns etc. Also, October is getting hot in the north and the vegetation has all dried out....water is getting scarce (meaning tepid little waterfalls in Kakadu). If you can, delay and go in May/June 2005 when everything is still green and lush and the weather is far more affable. Matt Reservation Heaven |
"Alessandro Cannarsi" wrote in message m... Hi everybody, I'm off on a 20 days trip to Australia in October. I am going to spend 3 days in Sydney and I am trying to plan a 2-week itinerary. What I was thinking about is: flying from Sydney to Alice Springs, see Uluru, visit the Kakadu National Park and/or the Northern Peninsula (Cape York) and spend some days diving in the northern part of the reef. Since the distances are huge I must choose what segments to drive and what segments to fly based on the experience I will get - Do you think Kakadu is more interesting than cape york or the opposite? Would you suggest to drive from Sydney to Alice and fly from there to Darwin-Kakadu or viceversa? Is the panorama from Alice to Kakadu interesting? Or would you suggest driving from Alice to Cairns and the great barrier? Thanks Alessandro Alessandro , I'd suggest you do a lot more research on Australia. As others have pionted out, your knowledge of our land at this stage makes you plannign exercise a bit meaningless. First step, place a map of your country on Australia (same scale). Then realinse we don't have autobhanns etc. Also, October is getting hot in the north and the vegetation has all dried out....water is getting scarce (meaning tepid little waterfalls in Kakadu). If you can, delay and go in May/June 2005 when everything is still green and lush and the weather is far more affable. Matt Reservation Heaven |
Alessandro - some replies are unkind!! It is possible (and fairly easy too)
to drive from Alice Springs to Cairns (the Savannah Way!!); but it would take 4 days at least. Cape York is actually near (relatively speaking) Cairns - nowhere near Darwin or Alice Springs!! Do some real research - and use a website which shows distances and driving times. Try: http://www.auinfo.com/ Have Fun!!! "Alessandro Cannarsi" wrote in message m... Hi everybody, I'm off on a 20 days trip to Australia in October. I am going to spend 3 days in Sydney and I am trying to plan a 2-week itinerary. What I was thinking about is: flying from Sydney to Alice Springs, see Uluru, visit the Kakadu National Park and/or the Northern Peninsula (Cape York) and spend some days diving in the northern part of the reef. Since the distances are huge I must choose what segments to drive and what segments to fly based on the experience I will get - Do you think Kakadu is more interesting than cape york or the opposite? Would you suggest to drive from Sydney to Alice and fly from there to Darwin-Kakadu or viceversa? Is the panorama from Alice to Kakadu interesting? Or would you suggest driving from Alice to Cairns and the great barrier? Thanks Alessandro |
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