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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 |
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"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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Whats the attraction with Sydney???
Blue Mountains I guess but not much more. I reckon one or two days tops there, and spend the extra time in the centre or in Kakadu. Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan" Newsgroups: rec.travel.australia+nz Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:02 AM Subject: Australia travel tips snip 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 -- |
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:30:22 +0800, "Alan G. McCall"
wrote: Whats the attraction with Sydney??? Blue Mountains I guess but not much more. I reckon one or two days tops there, and spend the extra time in the centre or in Kakadu. Alan Hi Alan I suspect the only point we'll agree on here is how you spell your name. You hit a nerve, after a few similar comments by others. Last year I spent some time in almost all of the major cities of the Western world. Each had it's own unique attractions, and each was well worth the visit. And, as an Aussie, I'll admit my bias up front even though I live 900km from Sydney. Sydney was right up there with the best of them. For scenery - that magnificent harbour is unbeatable, food, shopping, activities, people, and just simply the differences between it and the other great cities, you would be mad to miss it or hurry it. And no, it doesn't have the antiquity of Rome, Aquilaea, Pompeii, Mycenae or Athens; it doesn't have the Prado or the Getty or the Louvre; it doesn't have the history of Versailles or Edinburgh or Trier or Bath; it doesn't have the theatres of Broadway or the cafe's of Paris. I saw all those, and many others - you would find it hard to name a major western city we didn't visit. In twenty countries over five months. I could go on - but I'm showing off here to make the point that Sydney is right up there as a major tourist city. I re-visited it with fresh eyes after that trip. It's a great city. To see this country, you need to see more than the outback, the rock, the reef and Kakadu. You need to see the cities, where most of the people are, in one of the most urbanised countries in the world. And Sydney is also the most cosmopolitan of them all, a melting pot of western and eastern cuisines and all the cultures of the world. I'll stop before this becomes a book. Cheers, Alan -- |
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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 -- |
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Whats the attraction with Sydney???
Blue Mountains I guess but not much more. I reckon one or two days tops there, and spend the extra time in the centre or in Kakadu. Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan" Newsgroups: rec.travel.australia+nz Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:02 AM Subject: Australia travel tips snip 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 -- |
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