Australia is becoming cheaper to visit

Thanks Lynn

Thanks Lynn

Lynn,
Thanks for the info. A trip I'd love to do.
Sorry about your economy.
Took a trip to Hong Kong years ago with a stop over in hawaii for about 5 days. That was just the ticket. Something to consider anyway. From the west coast.
 
Deals are available in Oz, but obviously suppliers have to buy from Leica in Euro equivalents. I bought a 21/1.4 Summilux last year in Hong Kong at an untouchable price elsewhere. I know from my time in Singapore that there are deals for new Leica equipment outside of the Leica branded stores. I think some, like other high end gear comes in from Europe.

The Oz dollar, currently around 0.8 US may drop further to around 0.75 US. Our economy is largely commodity driven, and in some sectors like iron ore and other metals is principally linked to the strength of Chinese demand which has cooled significantly. Prices for LNG and petroleum products, together with iron ore and coal, some of our major exports have softened significantly, and our dollar has dropped accordingly.

Oz may not be the cheapest place to either visit or live, but quality sometimes comes at a price, particularly in the West😉.
 
Sorry to see this thread pop back up so late but Air New Zealand was offering a RT from Los Angeles to Adelaide, Cairns or Gold Coast for $1208 including taxes. Sorry that this expired (yesterday as it seems) but it bears a continued look for sales.
 
I dunno, in every documentary I see about Australia it seem like every creature there either bites, stings, or doesn't mess around with all that and just chomps you down whole.
 
Pherdinand said:
so, what should one include in a road trip of, say, 3 weeks?
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That's like asking for suggestions for a road trip in the US for 3 weeks - you'd need to choose perhaps one route that interests you, rather than try to drive around the whole country.

For 3 weeks, a road trip from Sydney to Adelaide around the coast would be my pick - the highlight would probably be the Great Ocean Road section, stretching around the south coast from Melbourne towards Adelaide. Similar feel to Highway One in California, from memory (a long time since I've driven Highway 1).

But if, for instance, you like wine and old gold rush towns, I'd suggest a different route through the Victorian wine and gold fields, ending in the vineyards surrounding Adelaide.

The south-west corner of Western Australia is also a popular driving trip, in a loop from Perth.

For a unique experience, driving in the outback is quite an amazing experience, the distances are vast and population small and scattered, but you must take care. Driving off the bitumen is for the well prepared and cautious driver.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ocean_Road

It's a trap. They're running out of sacrifices for the Spider God.
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It's the drop bears you have to worry about 🙂
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Drop-Bear
 
Pherdinand said:
so, what should one include in a road trip of, say, 3 weeks?
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Depending on the time of year, I'd drive along the coast from Melbourne to Cairns / Port Douglas. This would give you 3 major cities (Melbourne, Sydney Brisbane), coastal roads, the blue mountains, some interior, tropical rainforest (Daintree). Plenty of national parks and small towns. Possibly the Great Barrier Reef. Byron Bay, Sunshine Coast...

Although if its summer, things are pretty awful in Cairns humidity-wise. In winter, Melbourne is pretty miserable - but a not to be missed city.

You'd miss desert landscapes more familar in South Australia / Western Australia, but you can't do it all in 3 weeks. A road trip like this would also give you some flexibility to stay in some places you enjoyed longer.

If you wanted to do something a bit more unique, you could drive from Adelaide to Darwin, stopping off at Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Coober Pedy, Lake Eyre, Flinder Rangers and Kakadu National Park. In some ways that is more of an adventure and perhaps more unique. You'll see some fairly barren wilderness, Aboriginal culture / people, towns where people live underground because of the heat - but its more 'sameness' compared to the diversity of the East Coast trip.

You might also want to build your trip according to your photography interests, whether they are landscape / portrait / street etc.
 
lynnb said:
That's like asking for suggestions for a road trip in the US for 3 weeks - you'd need to choose perhaps one route that interests you, rather than try to drive around the whole country.

For 3 weeks, a road trip from Sydney to Adelaide around the coast would be my pick - the highlight would probably be the Great Ocean Road section, stretching around the south coast from Melbourne towards Adelaide. Similar feel to Highway One in California, from memory (a long time since I've driven Highway 1).

But if, for instance, you like wine and old gold rush towns, I'd suggest a different route through the Victorian wine and gold fields, ending in the vineyards surrounding Adelaide.

The south-west corner of Western Australia is also a popular driving trip, in a loop from Perth.

For a unique experience, driving in the outback is quite an amazing experience, the distances are vast and population small and scattered, but you must take care. Driving off the bitumen is for the well prepared and cautious driver.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ocean_Road



It's the drop bears you have to worry about 🙂
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Drop-Bear
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Road trip in US we just did last summer 😀

yea i know it's difficult to answer it but i'm just fishin around for ideas.
We like a road trip where every day-every second day you can see or do something different, and this worked well in the south utah - canyons-vegas-sierras-coastal california area.
 
randolph45 said:
We would love to go but the flight would be a real killer even from the west coast of the US.been looking for ships for crossing big blue.
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My problem too. I can travel OK, but my wife has trouble traveling in anything but a car, and not too far at that. Must be a really big storm, as the last I checked, the highway from California to Australia was under water.
 
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