Whats the best way to hoiliday and experience Australia for 21 days?

Question

Looking to go me and the other half during August this year. Would like to see as much as possible but at the same time do some relaxation as well. Would it be better to buy/hire a camper van, do some driving then sell it/give it back or would a package deal be better?

Want to do a squeeze a bit of job hunting in as well wherever the IT market is best.

Could possibly do 28 days rather than 21.

Any ideas gratefully received.

Answer 1

first up, you won't see all of australia in 21 days and still have time to relax.

Melbourne is a brilliant city to go out in and to go shopping and find all kinds of cool things going on, but you need to know where to look and it will take time to get to know the city. It's also a city where you need time to explore and preferably have someone to show you or tell you where to go and what's going on. I know people who have spend 3 days there without getting any sort of sense of all the cool hidden little bars, jazz clubs, cafe culture and events going on right under their noses.

Sydney is brilliant for sightseeing and touristy stuff, obviously. It has great beaches right in the city, and has a lots of things to keep tourists occupied

My favourite part of the country is the north coast of NSW - the 600km stretch between Port Macquarie and Byron Bay (just south of the Gold Coast). There are some really beautiful beaches and coastal National Parks in this part of the country which are great for camping - The weather is always warm too.
If you're interested in learning to surf (or even if you can surf), a really good way to experience this coastline is to go to the following website:

www.surfaris.com.au

they run 5 day trips starting in Sydney on Monday morning and ending in Byron Bay on Friday night for A$500 and take you camping in the National Parks i'm talking about. You get to see the coast, experience the native flora and fauna, learn to surf and make friends. I've been on their trip 5 times - that's how much I love it. You can also start the trip up north and get a free lift back to sydney at the end if you like

Adelaide - take it of leave it - you will get bored after 1 day. Same with Canberra.

Queensland is fantastic. Whitsunday Islands and Barrier reef worth doing. The entire east coast is fantastic.

Have never been to Perth, Darwin or Alice Springs. They all undoubtedly have their charms, but are all very, very remote and so you will take a L O N G time to drive beteween these places (talking days and days and days of driving all day).

My advice would be to do the whole east coast properly and then pick one or 2 other places to vist, like Perth and Ningaloo reef, or Darwin and Alice Springs, but don't try to do it all in 21 days unless you can fly everywhere or really enjoy being in the car all day.

Enjoy

Answer 2

You won't see all of Australia or even very much of it in 21 days. You will see even less if you are driving as it is such a long way between places.

Pick a starting city, Sydney or Melbourne. Sydney is bigger and brighter with more to do than Melbourne and is also closer to other areas of interest. Spend a few days there - there is lots to see and do and great beaches for relaxation.

Check various packages to Alice Springs and Uluru if you want to see the red centre of Australia or Cairns and the Barrier Reef if you want the tropics with the reef and the rainforest.

Alternatively drive from Sydney to Brisbane. It is about 1000km and has lots of beaches and national parks on the way with interesting towns and villages. Northeast NSW, where I live, is beautiful. Take your time, meet the people, enjoy yourself. Brisbane is a moderate sized but diverse city with lots to do. The Gold Coast, a tourist playground, is an hour to the south; the Sunshine Coast, quieter than the Gold Coast, is an hour to the north.

To check the IT markets, look at the Saturday editions of the newspapers - the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age in Melbourne, the West Australian for Perth, the Advertiser for Adelaide, the Mercury for Hobart, the Courier Mail for Brisbane and the Australian for a national view. They are all online. The SMH and the Age have an IT supplement during the week but I can't remember which day it is. The website should tell you.

Answer 3

Hi there,
My family and i went to Australia in August of 2005 and had a fab time. It needs good planning.
We didn't bother with a camper van as they are so expensive to hire and often work out cheaper than staying in motel/hotels.
Here is what we did to give you a good idea of what you could do:
Sydney 5 nights
Melbourne 2 nights
Ayers Rock 3 nights
Cairns 4 nights
Brisbane 4 nights
Fiji stopover 3 nights
We stayed in good hotels and booked most of our tours before getting to Australia.
If you do Ayers rock be sure to book Sounds of silence dinner. It is a fantastic experience watching the sun set over Uluru and then dining under the stars.
Also if you are going to do a boat trip out to the reef. Book that trip when you are out there so that you can match the day you go to the weather.
We were lucky as it only rained one day and that was in Ballarat near Melbourne.
Sydney was warm. Cairns and Brisbane even warmer as it's in the tropics.
You will have a wonderful time.
We are planning to return again in 2008
We found the Australians to be very proud of their country and friendly.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

Go to surfers paradise good place to start awsome beach
spend a day shopping arond for rv hire price's dont go for first one or ones at airport. newZ sucks unless you like lots of hills looks like scotland. perths nice cannberra's kack,adilade's nice melborne's cool for going out so is sidney. hope this helps.
above all just go you wont regret it!

Answer 7

Gold Coast, QLD! Has everyhitng ur looking for!